Federal contractor · MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY received $16.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 21 awards (−11% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $207.9M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($14.6M). It also received $136.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$16.3M
New awards
21
Sole-source
92%
Single offer
8.4%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 15.9MFY2017
  2. 13.4MFY2018
  3. 48.6MFY2019
  4. 13.2MFY2020
  5. 26.4MFY2021
  6. 18.8MFY2022
  7. 27.8MFY2023
  8. 8.9MFY2024
  9. 18.4MFY2025
  10. 16.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$14.6M90%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Army$1.4M8.4%
    7 awards
  3. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$236.9K1.5%
    8 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$85K0.5%
    2 awards
  5. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. Office of Procurement Operations-$65.180.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$14.6M90%
  2. Research & development$1M6.2%
  3. Education & social services$361.5K2.2%
  4. Professional services$321.9K2.0%
  5. Construction & real property$4,7880.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Oktibbeha County, MS$16.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $16.3M
  • Sole-source awards92%
    US 30% · $15M
  • Single-offer competitions8.4%
    US 8.7% · $1.4M
  • 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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$14.6M
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$236.9K
    Department of Agriculture · 5 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$85K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$4,788
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AS A MANAGED SERVICE TO$15M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Oktibbeha County, MS· IT & telecom· Sep 25, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· 1305M425F0153
  2. MSU HPC SERVICES TO-2$14.6M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Oktibbeha County, MS· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 1305M426F0120
  3. BAA OSSCAR$5.5M
    Department of the Army· Oktibbeha County, MS· Research & development· Apr 5, 2023 – Apr 23, 2026· W909MY23C0002
  4. JUSTICE NEXTGEN TASK ORDER 2$4.5M
    Office of Procurement Operations· Oktibbeha County, MS· Research & development· Sep 30, 2023 – May 13, 2026· 70RSAT23FR0000146
  5. MSU ADVANCED HYPERSONICS YEAR 1$2M
    Department of the Army· Oktibbeha County, MS· Research & development· Jan 29, 2025 – May 20, 2026· W912HZ25C0012
  6. BAA 21-0019 WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE RALC: U433A00$1.9M
    Department of the Army· Oktibbeha County, MS· Research & development· Sep 30, 2022 – May 29, 2026· W912HZ22C0056
  7. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO FUND THE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HAZMAT PACKAGES IN AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) ENVIRONMENT.$1.2M
    Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 26, 2025 – Apr 22, 2026· 693JK325C000003
  8. SERVICES FOR LODGING, MEALS, IN AND AROUND TRANSPORTATION, TRAINING FACILITIES, AND A RESIDENTIAL STEM EXPERIENCE FOR 360 CADETS FROM 1 JUNE - 17 JULY 2026; SIX (6) ONE-WEEK FIVE (5) DAYS FOR EACH CYCLE WITH 60 CADETS AND FOUR (4) CADRE PER CYCLE.$361.5K
    Department of the Army· Oktibbeha County, MS· Education & social services· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· W9124D26PA156

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.

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY received $136.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 656 actions (91 new awards), −3.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($39.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$136.6M
New awards
91
Actions
656
Since FY2021
$947.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 172.9MFY2021
  2. 137.9MFY2022
  3. 181.1MFY2023
  4. 177.5MFY2024
  5. 141.6MFY2025
  6. 136.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$93.8M69%
  2. Direct payments$41.3M30%
  3. Other assistance$1.5M1.1%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$39.1M29%
  2. 19.045 · International Disaster and Humanitarian Response$9M6.6%
  3. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$8.5M6.2%
  4. 10.511 · Smith-Lever Extension Funding$7.6M5.5%
  5. 12.032 · Department of War Cyber Academic Engagement Office$6M4.4%
  6. 10.203 · Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act$5.3M3.8%
  7. 93.600 · Head Start$5M3.7%
  8. 20.109 · Air Transportation Centers of Excellence$4.7M3.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$51.7M38%
  2. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$19.2M14%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. National Science Foundation$14.8M11%
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$9.2M6.7%
    Department of Commerce
  5. Department of State$9M6.6%
  6. Washington Headquarters Services$6.1M4.5%
    Department of Defense
  7. Administration for Children and Families$5M3.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Federal Aviation Administration$4.7M3.4%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$39.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 22, 2024 – Oct 1, 2025· P063P241714
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$38.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 27, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· P063P251714
  3. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$31.6M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Dec 21, 2020 – Jun 4, 2026· 04CH011182
  4. NORTHERN GULF INSTITUTE$28.7M
    11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 8, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· NA21OAR4320190
  5. POST-ANALYSIS OF UAS DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES TO ASSESS WHICH DEMONSTRATE APPLICABILITY AND/OR PROMISE FOR USE IN AND AROUND AIRPORTS.$23.6M
    20.109 · Air Transportation Centers of Excellence· Federal Aviation Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 18, 2020 – Aug 21, 2026· 15-C-UAS-MSU
  6. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$21.1M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jul 8, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026· 04CH013317

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-contracts: $1.1M (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $7.5M (42 subawards)

37 sub-recipients

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI$1.2M14%
    HATTIESBURG, MS · 4 subawards
  2. MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE INCORPORATED$1.1M13%
    BILOXI, MS · 1 subaward
  3. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY$785.1K9.1%
    WICHITA, KS · 1 subaward
  4. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$479.1K5.6%
    MEDFORD, MA · 1 subaward
  5. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY$472.9K5.5%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 2 subawards
  6. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$350K4.1%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  7. VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA$349K4.1%
    VILLANOVA, PA · 1 subaward
  8. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$338.6K3.9%
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 1 subaward
  9. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$302.9K3.5%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  10. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH$290K3.4%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $27.3M (60 subawards)

36 primes

  1. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$11.6M42%
    JACKSON, MS · 4 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$6.1M22%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 4 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$2.6M9.5%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  4. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MISSISSIPPI$1M3.7%
    JACKSON, MS · 1 subaward
  5. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES$638.7K2.3%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 2 subawards
  6. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$500K1.8%
    JACKSON, MS · 1 subaward
  7. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$472K1.7%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$472K1.7%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  9. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$350.3K1.3%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards
  10. GULF OF MEXICO ALLIANCE$345.9K1.3%
    OCEAN SPRINGS, MS · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 6.5% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $29M paid out · $13.8M received
  • FY2022: $38.2M paid out · $15.8M received
  • FY2023: $49.5M paid out · $45.3M received
  • FY2024: $17.4M paid out · $24.5M received
  • FY2025: $18.2M paid out · $40.3M received
  • FY2026: $8.6M paid out · $27.3M 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

190 companies · $160.9M reported

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI$13M
    HATTIESBURG, MS · 22 subawards
  2. HOTTINGER BRUEL & KJAER INC.$11.4M
    MARLBOROUGH, MA · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MISSISSIPPI$11.2M
    JACKSON, MS · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

113 companies · $166.9M reported

  1. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$66.5M
    JACKSON, MS · 19 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER$10M
    JACKSON, MS · 48 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$8.4M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 29 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BLUE GLACIER MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.$17.9M+174% in FY2026
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  2. OPTIV FEDERAL INC$34.1M−11% in FY2026
    ELKRIDGE, MD · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ANG SIGNAL LLC$14.8M+124% in FY2026
    COLUMBIA, MD · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Computer systems design 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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

  • MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$700K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$200K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Aerospace14 reports
  2. Agriculture14 reports
  3. Defense14 reports
  4. Education14 reports
  5. Energy and nuclear14 reports
  6. Homeland security14 reports
  7. Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice14 reports
  8. Medical and disease research, clinical labs14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Education - Dept of14 reports
  2. Justice - Dept of (DOJ)14 reports
  3. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)14 reports
  4. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  5. U.S. SENATE14 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Federal Solutions, LLC$700K
    14 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.