Federal contractor · ANN ARBOR, MI

GREAT LAKES COMMISSION

GREAT LAKES COMMISSION received $50K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.6M. Its largest customer was Environmental Protection Agency ($50K). It also received $4.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$50K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 107.5KFY2017
  2. 150KFY2018
  3. 150.2KFY2019
  4. 132.5KFY2020
  5. 245KFY2021
  6. 150KFY2022
  7. 300KFY2023
  8. 250KFY2024
  9. 73.9KFY2025
  10. 50KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Environmental Protection Agency$50K100%
    1 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$50K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Washtenaw County, MI$50K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $50K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $50K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. MAINTAINING AND UPDATING THE REGIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN/AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN AND REGION 5 INLAND SENSITIVITY ATLAS FOR THE STATES OF OHIO, MICHIGAN AND INDIANA.$608.9K
    Environmental Protection Agency· Washtenaw County, MI· Professional services· Sep 25, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026· 68HE0523C0007
  2. DRAT WEBSITE GREAT LAKES MARINE FIREFIGHTING$15K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Washtenaw County, MI· IT & telecom· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 1, 2026· 70Z03025PCLEV0135

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.

GREAT LAKES COMMISSION received $4.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 19 actions (7 new awards), +44% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects ($1.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.5M
New awards
7
Actions
19
Since FY2021
$40.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.1MFY2021
  2. 3.8MFY2022
  3. 15.5MFY2023
  4. 7.2MFY2024
  5. 3.1MFY2025
  6. 4.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.5M100%

Top programs

  1. 11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects$1.5M33%
  2. 11.463 · Habitat Conservation$947.9K21%
  3. 15.662 · Great Lakes Restoration$933.8K21%
  4. 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$929.1K21%
  5. 66.469 · Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative$225K5.0%
  6. 15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species$50K1.1%
  7. 11.407 · Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986$15.9K0.4%
  8. 10.902 · Soil and Water Conservation-$113.1K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.5M55%
    Department of Commerce
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$983.8K22%
    Department of the Interior
  3. U.S. Geological Survey$929.1K21%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$225K5.0%

Largest awards

  1. THE GREAT LAKES COMMISSION AND NOAA WILL IMPLEMENT SEVERAL HIGH PRIORITY HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NATIVE FISHERIES…$14.5M
    11.463 · Habitat Conservation· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Feb 13, 2023 – Aug 11, 2026· NA23NMF4630030
  2. THE GLSC AND THE GLC HAVE THE FOLLOWING FOUR JOINT PROJECT OBJECTIVES: 1) CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT LAKES PHRAGMITES INITIATIVE THAT…$2.2M
    15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection· U.S. Geological Survey· Cooperative agreement· Aug 21, 2023 – Sep 22, 2026· G23AC00436
  3. 2021 FUNDING TO THE GREAT LAKES COMMISSION (GLC) TO IMPLEMEN PRIORITIES OF THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE (GLRI).$1.9M
    10.902 · Soil and Water Conservation· Natural Resources Conservation Service· Cooperative agreement· Mar 2, 2021 – Apr 15, 2026· NR213A750013C001
  4. PURPOSE: THE GREAT LAKES COMMISSION WILL EXPAND ITS OPERATIONAL CAPACITY, EXPERTISE, AND WORK TO IMPLEMENT ITS AUTHORITIES UNDER THE GREAT…$1.5M
    11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Project grant· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· NA26OARX469G0013
  5. THE GREAT LAKES ARE CONTINUALLY THREATENED BY THE POTENTIAL INTRODUCTION, ESTABLISHMENT AND SPREAD OF NEW AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES (AIS)…$453.3K
    15.662 · Great Lakes Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· F26AP00455
  6. BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF PAST GREAT LAKES AIS LANDING BLITZ EVENTS AND AWARDS F22AP00473 AND F23AS00165, A TEAM OF REGIONAL PARTNERS…$325K
    15.662 · Great Lakes Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· F26AP00453

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: $1.4M (5 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

  1. FORT WAYNE CITY UTILITIES$300K21%
    FORT WAYNE, IN · 1 subaward
  2. OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WISCONSIN$300K21%
    APPLETON, WI · 1 subaward
  3. DEKALB COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT$296.2K21%
    AUBURN, IN · 1 subaward
  4. CITY OF MANITOWOC$280K20%
    MANITOWOC, WI · 1 subaward
  5. FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE, INC.$237.5K17%
    APPLETON, WI · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $876K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY$876K100%
    LANSING, MI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $3.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $12.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $3.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $2.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $1.4M paid out · $876K 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

40 companies · $24.6M reported

  1. BUFFALO URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$12.3M
    BUFFALO, NY · 3 subawards
  2. CITY OF TOLEDO$2M
    TOLEDO, OH · 4 subawards
  3. NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INC$907.5K
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

1 company · $876K reported

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY$876K
    LANSING, MI · 1 subaward

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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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TESTAMERICA LABORATORIES, INC.$602.7K−100% in FY2026
    SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnvironmental Protection Agency · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. WECK ANALYTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.$720.3K−162% in FY2026
    CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnvironmental Protection Agency · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN ASSOCIATION$868.8K+19% in FY2026
    EDINA, MN · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnvironmental Protection Agency · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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.