Federal contractor · BALTIMORE, MD

MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION received $199.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.6M. Its largest customer was Department of Education ($199.9K). It also received $1.4B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$199.9K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessGovernment entity
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION company family: 2 registered entities, $7M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONBALTIMORE, MD · Family page
    $6.8M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 143.1KFY2017
  2. 149.6KFY2018
  3. 63.6KFY2019
  4. 186.5KFY2020
  5. 160.4KFY2021
  6. 155KFY2022
  7. 188.9KFY2023
  8. 184.7KFY2024
  9. 185KFY2025
  10. 199.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Education$199.9K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$199.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Baltimore city, MD$199.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $199.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $199.9K
  • 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. MARYLAND - NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP) STATE COORDINATOR$390.3K
    Department of Education· Baltimore city, MD· Professional services· Apr 2, 2025 – Jul 30, 2026· 91990025C0045

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.

MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION received $1.4B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 136 actions (38 new awards), +6.7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.555 · National School Lunch Program ($461.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.4B
New awards
38
Actions
136
Since FY2021
$8.6B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.6BFY2021
  2. 1.6BFY2022
  3. 1.4BFY2023
  4. 1.4BFY2024
  5. 1.3BFY2025
  6. 1.4BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.4B100%

Top programs

  1. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$461.4M33%
  2. 84.010 · Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies$298.9M22%
  3. 84.027 · Special Education Grants to States$247.9M18%
  4. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$124.4M9.0%
  5. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$64M4.6%
  6. 84.367 · Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (Formerly Improving Teacher Quality State GRANTS)$28.4M2.1%
  7. 84.048 · Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States$20.8M1.5%
  8. 84.424 · Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program$20.7M1.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$675.2M49%
  2. Food and Nutrition Service$478.1M35%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Administration for Children and Families$203.2M15%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Employment and Training Administration$20.8M1.5%
    Department of Labor
  5. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$1.5M0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$99.9K0.0%
    Department of Commerce
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$99.7K0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$618.4M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 5, 2021 – Jun 30, 2026· 221MD303N1199
  2. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$387.6M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 15, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 261MD303N1199
  3. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$307.5M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 12, 2024 – Jun 30, 2026· 251MD303N1199
  4. TITLE I PART A BASIC GRANTS TO LEAS$296.5M
    84.010 · Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· S010A250020
  5. STATE GRANT - B (611)$248.3M
    84.027 · Special Education Grants to States· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· H027A250035
  6. STATE GRANT - B (611)$228.1M
    84.027 · Special Education Grants to States· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2022 – Jan 29, 2026· H027A220035

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: $651.4M (459 subawards)

88 sub-recipients

  1. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$114.6M18%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 17 subawards
  2. PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$100.9M15%
    UPPER MARLBORO, MD · 17 subawards
  3. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY$90M14%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 13 subawards
  4. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY$83.7M13%
    TOWSON, MD · 15 subawards
  5. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$43.3M6.6%
    ANNAPOLIS, MD · 17 subawards
  6. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HOWARD COUNTY$24.4M3.7%
    ELLICOTT CITY, MD · 18 subawards
  7. BOARD OF EDUCATION FREDERICK C$20.4M3.1%
    FREDERICK, MD · 12 subawards
  8. HARFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$19.6M3.0%
    BEL AIR, MD · 16 subawards
  9. WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$15.8M2.4%
    HAGERSTOWN, MD · 17 subawards
  10. BOARD OF EDUCATION CHARLES COUNTY$13.7M2.1%
    LA PLATA, MD · 15 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $461.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $709.3M paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2023: $600.9M paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2024: $740.3M paid out · $31.4K received
  • FY2025: $721.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $651.4M paid out · $0 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

224 companies · $3.9B reported

  1. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$606.6M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 111 subawards
  2. PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$543M
    UPPER MARLBORO, MD · 113 subawards
  3. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY$525.2M
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 119 subawards

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $8.2M reported

  1. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEM$8.1M
    REISTERSTOWN, MD · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE$31.4K
    BALTIMORE, MD · 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT$24.3M+33% in FY2026
    DENVER, CO · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Special food servicesArmy · Special food services
  2. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$18.4M+62% in FY2026
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 2 entities · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Special food servicesArmy · Special food servicesEducation · Scientific research and development services
  3. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICE$43.6M+3.4% in FY2026
    MADISON, MS · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Special food servicesArmy · Special food 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.