Federal contractor · RALEIGH, NC

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY received $11.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+13% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $214.8K. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($10K). It also received $393.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$11.3K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 94.7KFY2017
  2. 2.8KFY2018
  3. 65KFY2019
  4. 3.7KFY2020
  5. 3.7KFY2021
  6. 3.7KFY2022
  7. 20KFY2024
  8. 10KFY2025
  9. 11.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$10K88%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1,30412%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$11.3K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wake County, NC$11.3K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $11.3K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $11.3K
  • 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. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1,304
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (NCDEQ) WATER QUALITY ACCREDITATION$20K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Aug 25, 2025 – Mar 13, 2026· 140G0125P0195
  2. NCDEQ FEE$1,304
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Jan 5, 2026 – Jan 5, 2026· 15B10626P00000156

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.

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY received $393.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 136 actions (37 new awards), −68% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund ($213.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$393.1M
New awards
37
Actions
136
Since FY2021
$2.9B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 133.1MFY2021
  2. 208.4MFY2022
  3. 370.3MFY2023
  4. 619.9MFY2024
  5. 1.2BFY2025
  6. 393.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$393.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund$213.7M54%
  2. 66.458 · Clean Water State Revolving Fund$86.5M22%
  3. 66.442 · Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program$28.6M7.3%
  4. 66.491 · Response to Water Emergencies for Systems That Ensure Clean Water (American Relief Act, 2025, Public Law 118-158)$16.5M4.2%
  5. 66.419 · Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support$10.7M2.7%
  6. 66.460 · Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants$7.5M1.9%
  7. 66.489 · Response to Emergency Situations Affecting Public Water Systems (Sdwa 1442(B))$4.1M1.0%
  8. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$3.7M0.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Environmental Protection Agency$386.1M98%
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$4.9M1.2%
    Department of Commerce
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$4M1.0%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Department of the Army$306.6K0.1%
    Department of Defense
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$288.1K0.1%
    Department of the Interior
  6. Departmental Offices$25K0.0%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $409,422,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDING THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL…$409.4M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Jul 22, 2025 – Jul 13, 2026· 05D51025
  2. DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $253,681,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF…$253.7M
    66.458 · Clean Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Aug 20, 2025 – Jul 9, 2026· 05D51125
  3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, STATE AND COMMUNITY ENERGY PROGRAMS (SCEP): INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 (IRA) 50121. SCEP SEEKS TO PROVIDE…$104.7M
    81.041 · State Energy Program· Department of Energy· Formula grant· May 22, 2024 – May 5, 2026· DESE0000054
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF DWELLINGS OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY LOW-INCOME…$89.8M
    81.042 · Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons· Department of Energy· Formula grant· Sep 27, 2022 – Oct 1, 2025· DEEE0010005
  5. DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,290,000 TO NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY UNDER THE SAFE…$87.3M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Formula grant· Jul 31, 2024 – May 15, 2026· 03D11123
  6. DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,062,000.00 TO NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SECTION…$87.1M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Sep 7, 2023 – Jun 11, 2026· 02D68322

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: $85.4M (32 subawards)

30 sub-recipients

  1. PIEDMONT TRIAD REGIONAL COUNCIL$26.1M31%
    KERNERSVILLE, NC · 2 subawards
  2. CENTRAL PINES REGIONAL COUNCIL$10.7M13%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  3. NEW NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT$5.1M5.9%
    CONCORD, NC · 1 subaward
  4. COMMUNITY ACTION OPPORTUNITIES$4.9M5.7%
    ASHEVILLE, NC · 1 subaward
  5. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES$4.3M5.1%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  6. BUNCOMBE, COUNTY OF$3.5M4.1%
    ASHEVILLE, NC · 1 subaward
  7. COUNTY OF ASHE ADMINISTRATION$3M3.5%
    JEFFERSON, NC · 1 subaward
  8. COUNTY OF JACKSON$3M3.5%
    SYLVA, NC · 1 subaward
  9. ALBEMARLE COMMISSION$3M3.5%
    HERTFORD, NC · 1 subaward
  10. ALLEGHANY COUNTY$2.8M3.3%
    SPARTA, NC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $312.4K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$165.1K53%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$147.3K47%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $31.2M paid out · $272.6K received
  • FY2022: $99.2M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2023: $135.2M paid out · $75K received
  • FY2024: $241.1M paid out · $3.7M received
  • FY2025: $141.6M paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2026: $85.4M paid out · $312.4K 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 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

127 companies · $733.7M reported

  1. CITY OF SAN FORD NC$116.5M
    SANFORD, NC · 5 subawards
  2. CAPE FEAR PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITY$103.5M
    WILMINGTON, NC · 5 subawards
  3. CITY OF GRAHAM$83.5M
    GRAHAM, NC · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $15M reported

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$6.5M
    RALEIGH, NC · 14 subawards
  2. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$5.9M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 5 subawards
  3. ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.8M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 3 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.

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.