Federal contractor · JOHNSON CITY, TN

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY received $128.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.6M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($90K). It also received $49.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$128.8K
New awards
7
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
V5LLVC627U34
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 340.2KFY2017
  2. 247.5KFY2018
  3. 163.5KFY2019
  4. 237.4KFY2020
  5. 283.7KFY2021
  6. 187.6KFY2022
  7. 591.3KFY2023
  8. 243.9KFY2024
  9. 188.2KFY2025
  10. 128.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$90K70%
    6 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$38.8K30%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$68.8K53%
  2. Education & social services$38.8K30%
  3. Professional services$21.2K16%

Where the work was performed

  1. Washington County, TN$128.8K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $128.8K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $137.6K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$8,768
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$98.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$38.8K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SERVICES$99.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Washington County, TN· Professional services· May 10, 2023 – May 20, 2026· 36C24923C0062
  2. IDIQ FOR AUTOPSY SERVICES, BASE PLUS FOUR OPTION PERIODS. STARTS 08/01/2025 THRU 07/31/2030.$40.7K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Washington County, TN· Health & medical· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· 36C24926N0452
  3. TN, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SPR 1301317080$38.8K
    Department of the Navy· Washington County, TN· Education & social services· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· N0622A26FA061
  4. ETSU COST SHARING AGREEMENT$37.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Washington County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 8, 2026· 36C24926C0003
  5. RATIFICATION OF AN UNAUTHORIZED COMMITMENT (EDUCATIONAL COST SHARING) ETSU$27.7K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Washington County, TN· Health & medical· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 36C24926P0514
  6. AUTOPSY SERVICE$11.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Washington County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2020 – Mar 17, 2026· 36C24621C0003
  7. OFF-SITE AUTOPSY SERVICES - FULL AND PARTIAL AUTOPSIES - EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 3 EXTENDING CONTRACT TERM TO 7/31/24$0
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Washington County, TN· Health & medical· Jun 21, 2024 – Jan 27, 2026· 36C24924N0464

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY received $49.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 416 actions (26 new awards), −2.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($26.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$49.3M
New awards
26
Actions
416
Since FY2021
$287.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 70.8MFY2021
  2. 30.6MFY2022
  3. 42.4MFY2023
  4. 43.5MFY2024
  5. 50.5MFY2025
  6. 49.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$27.6M56%
  2. Grants$21.7M44%
  3. Other assistance-$2,0360.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$26.1M53%
  2. 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$4.2M8.6%
  3. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$3.4M6.9%
  4. 93.224 · Health Center Program$2.6M5.3%
  5. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$1.8M3.7%
  6. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$1.2M2.5%
  7. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$1.1M2.2%
  8. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$1M2.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$34.2M70%
  2. National Institutes of Health$8.8M18%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$5.3M11%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$460.6K0.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Administration for Community Living$400K0.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$44.5K0.1%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$40K0.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$26.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2024 – May 21, 2026· P063P242226
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$26M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P252226
  3. HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER$19.2M
    93.224 · Health Center Program· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Jan 15, 2021 – Jun 29, 2026· H8000840
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$12M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P262226
  5. RURAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT$5.2M
    93.155 · Rural Health Research Centers· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Oct 15, 2020 – Aug 14, 2026· U1C39978
  6. TARGETING CNTF TO INCREASE ADULT FOREBRAIN NEUROGENESIS$4.8M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 16, 2021 – Aug 21, 2026· R01AG029493

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $4.6M (11 subawards)

11 sub-recipients

  1. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$997.6K22%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOLS$653.2K14%
    KINGSPORT, TN · 1 subaward
  3. KINGSPORT CITY SCHOOLS$614.2K13%
    KINGSPORT, TN · 1 subaward
  4. WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$611.9K13%
    JONESBOROUGH, TN · 1 subaward
  5. HAWKINS COUNTY SCHOOLS DISTRICT$553.7K12%
    ROGERSVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  6. CARTER, COUNTY OF$504.1K11%
    ELIZABETHTON, TN · 1 subaward
  7. JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$423K9.3%
    MOUNTAIN CITY, TN · 1 subaward
  8. NORTHEAST STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$75K1.6%
    BLOUNTVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  9. UNION COUNTY GOVERNMENT$50K1.1%
    MAYNARDVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  10. RURAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.$50K1.1%
    NEWPORT, TN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $4.6M (30 subawards)

15 primes

  1. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$985.1K22%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$945.2K21%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  3. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$664.1K15%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 10 subawards
  4. FLETCHER GROUP, INC.$500K11%
    LONDON, KY · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$285.7K6.2%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 2 subawards
  6. STATE OF TENNESSEE$243.6K5.3%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  7. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY$213.5K4.7%
    MURFREESBORO, TN · 1 subaward
  8. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$175.4K3.8%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  9. AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC$168K3.7%
    AUGUSTA, GA · 2 subawards
  10. MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF$130.9K2.9%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.6M paid out · $3.6M received
  • FY2022: $105.9K paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2023: $581.2K paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2024: $1.4M paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2025: $2.5M paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2026: $4.6M paid out · $4.6M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

31 companies · $11.7M reported

  1. NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$2.4M
    CHICAGO, IL · 3 subawards
  2. HAWKINS CO BOARD OF EDUCATION$1.5M
    ROGERSVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  3. WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$1.3M
    JONESBOROUGH, TN · 4 subawards

Primes that pay it

32 companies · $28.8M reported

  1. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$10.5M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 66 subawards
  2. STATE OF TENNESSEE$4.1M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
  3. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$1.8M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 4 subawards

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE CHICAGO SCHOOL - CALIFORNIA INC$288.2K−3.5% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY$294.8K−48% in FY2026
    FOREST GROVE, OR · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE$273.6K−88% in FY2026
    NASHVILLE, TN · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.