Federal contractor · MURRAY, KY

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY received $58.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $435.2K. Its largest customer was Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ($52K). It also received $17.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$58.7K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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. 49KFY2017
  2. -27.1KFY2018
  3. 9KFY2019
  4. 19KFY2020
  5. 35.1KFY2021
  6. 123.9KFY2022
  7. 77.4KFY2023
  8. 44.2KFY2024
  9. 46.1KFY2025
  10. 58.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$52K89%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$6,73811%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$52K89%
  2. Education & social services$6,73811%

Where the work was performed

  1. Calloway County, KY$58.7K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $58.7K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $58.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$52K
    Department of Agriculture · 2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$6,738
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES$50K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Calloway County, KY· Professional services· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 12639526F0688
  2. TUITION AND FEES KY, MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY$6,738
    Department of the Navy· Calloway County, KY· Education & social services· Feb 4, 2026 – Feb 4, 2026· N0622A26FA097
  3. KENTUCKY FAD TESTING$2,000
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Calloway County, KY· Professional services· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· 12639526F0548

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.

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY received $17.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 228 actions (8 new awards), −18% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($15.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$17.5M
New awards
8
Actions
228
Since FY2021
$127.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 33.6MFY2021
  2. 11.8MFY2022
  3. 20.5MFY2023
  4. 22.5MFY2024
  5. 21.2MFY2025
  6. 17.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$16.7M95%
  2. Grants$814.5K4.7%
  3. Other assistance-$6,6530.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$15.5M89%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$470.1K2.7%
  3. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$352.7K2.0%
  4. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$322.7K1.8%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$320.5K1.8%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$156.2K0.9%
  7. 93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program$150K0.9%
  8. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$116.4K0.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$17M97%
  2. National Institutes of Health$272.6K1.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$150K0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of Energy$100K0.6%
  5. Food and Drug Administration$30K0.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$25K0.1%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Health Resources and Services Administration$4,9560.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$17.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 9, 2024 – Apr 6, 2026· P063P241501
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$15.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 3, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026· P063P251501
  3. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT$1.8M
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Grant· Jul 21, 2021 – Aug 17, 2026· T03OH008437
  4. MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES$1.6M
    84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 18, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· P042A200509
  5. AWARD PURPOSE.WORC PURPOSE: IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE JUSTICE40 INITIATIVE, THE PURPOSE OF THE WORC INITIATIVE GRANTS IS TO CREATE ECONOMIC…$1.5M
    17.280 · Wioa Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Sep 14, 2023 – Aug 13, 2026· 23A60WO000022
  6. INTEINS: EXPANDING BIOLOGICAL ROLES AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTACT THE LONG-TERM GOALS OF THIS APPLICATION ARE…$810.9K
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 31, 2021 – Feb 17, 2026· R15GM143662

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $203.4K (6 subawards)

4 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$399.3K100%
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 2 subawards
  2. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$151.3K74%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$94.2K46%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.4M paid out · $393.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $681.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $203.4K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

3 companies · $1.4M reported

  1. SILVER FIN SOLUTIONS, INC.$1.3M
    LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  2. MURRAY-CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION$102.7K
    MURRAY, KY · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$49.1K
    FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $5.7M reported

  1. HEALTH SERVICES KENTUCKY CABINET FOR$2.4M
    FRANKFORT, KY · 17 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$1.5M
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 10 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$986.5K
    LEXINGTON, KY · 16 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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. MONTANA VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABOR$180.2K−96% in FY2026
    BOZEMAN, MT · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$186K−81% in FY2026
    CHARLESTON, WV · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$250.9K−74% in FY2026
    TRENTON, NJ · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.