Federal contractor · MURFREESBORO, TN

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY received $50K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($50K). It also received $52.9M 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. 50KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$50K100%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$50K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Coffee County, TN$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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Air Force$50K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AEDC SUPERVISOR COURSE$50K
    Department of the Air Force· Coffee County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 6, 2026 – Mar 6, 2026· FA910126PB005
  2. 278TH EN BN PRE MOB YELLOW RIBBON 19JULY26$0
    Department of the Army· Rutherford County, TN· Facilities & utilities· May 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· W912L726PA019

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.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY received $52.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 329 actions (13 new awards), −1.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($39.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$52.9M
New awards
13
Actions
329
Since FY2021
$319M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 93.5MFY2021
  2. 21.3MFY2022
  3. 46.3MFY2023
  4. 51.1MFY2024
  5. 53.9MFY2025
  6. 52.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$40.8M77%
  2. Grants$12.1M23%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$39.9M75%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$4M7.6%
  3. 84.423 · Supporting Effective Educator Development Program$3.3M6.2%
  4. 59.037 · Small Business Development Centers$2.2M4.1%
  5. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$1.2M2.2%
  6. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$526.7K1.0%
  7. 15.939 · Heritage Partnership$500K0.9%
  8. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$377.1K0.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$41.4M78%
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$4M7.6%
    Department of Commerce
  3. Employment and Training Administration$3.3M6.2%
    Department of Labor
  4. Small Business Administration$2.2M4.1%
  5. National Science Foundation$1.2M2.2%
  6. National Park Service$500K0.9%
    Department of the Interior
  7. National Institutes of Health$294.9K0.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$160.9K0.3%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$39.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· P063P252240
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$28.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· P063P212240
  3. TENNESSEE SBDC$4.9M
    59.037 · Small Business Development Centers· Small Business Administration· Grant· Nov 15, 2024 – Aug 30, 2026· SBAHQ25B0043
  4. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH THE RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY NEEDED TO EXPAND QUANTUM ACTIVITIES AT MIDDLE…$4M
    11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026· 60NANB26D142
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THE SEED PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS BY SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED…$3.3M
    84.423 · Supporting Effective Educator Development Program· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 26S60ED000009
  6. DEVELOPING LEADERS IN EDUCATION TO ADVANCE DATA SCIENCE LEARNING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM CLASSROOMS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL…$3M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jun 11, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 2345138

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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: $2.3M (20 subawards)

20 sub-recipients

  1. PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$230K9.8%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. SOUTHWEST TN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$225K9.6%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 1 subaward
  3. EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY$213.5K9.1%
    JOHNSON CITY, TN · 1 subaward
  4. CHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$205K8.8%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 1 subaward
  5. TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY$163K7.0%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  6. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$162K6.9%
    COOKEVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  7. CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$146K6.2%
    CLEVELAND, TN · 1 subaward
  8. AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY$97K4.1%
    CLARKSVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  9. VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$94K4.0%
    GALLATIN, TN · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$92K3.9%
    MARTIN, TN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $922.3K (11 subawards)

6 primes

  1. STATE OF TENNESSEE$429K47%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 2 subawards
  2. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$195.3K21%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
  3. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION TENNESSEE$136K15%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  4. STATE OF TENNESSEE TN$60K6.5%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  5. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$52.2K5.7%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  6. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$49.9K5.4%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $207.1K paid out · $685.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2023: $4.6M paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2024: $1.3M paid out · $8.1M received
  • FY2025: $844.5K paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2026: $2.3M paid out · $922.3K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

37 companies · $9.3M reported

  1. CEDAR RECOVERY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, LLC$2.4M
    MOUNT JULIET, TN · 1 subaward
  2. TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY$685.9K
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$559.5K
    LEXINGTON, KY · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

17 companies · $15.6M reported

  1. STATE OF TENNESSEE$5.5M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
  2. ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOP$3.8M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  3. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$2.8M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 40 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTER AUTHORITY LLC$51.8K−100% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Business schools and computer and management training
  2. PERFORMANCE ON PURPOSE, LLC$69.7K
    SATELLITE BEACH, FL · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Business schools and computer and management training
  3. THE TYR GROUP, LLC$74.7K−100% in FY2026
    CLAYTON, NC · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Business schools and computer and management training

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.