Federal contractor · PORTLAND, OR

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY received $34.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−84% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $13.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($44.8K). It also received $12.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$34.1K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
H4CAHK2RD945
Parent company
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 349.3KFY2017
  2. 1.1MFY2018
  3. 1.3MFY2019
  4. 1.5MFY2020
  5. 2.2MFY2021
  6. 4.1MFY2022
  7. 2.3MFY2023
  8. 364.6KFY2024
  9. 214.1KFY2025
  10. 34.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$44.8K100%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Highway Administration-$10.7K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$44.8K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Coos County, OR$44.8K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $44.8K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $44.8K
  • 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. NEW CONTRACT FOR FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY FOR RISK-BASED BRIDGE AND TUNNEL ASSET MANAGEMENT$277.6K
    Federal Highway Administration· Multnomah County, OR· Research & development· Sep 23, 2021 – Jan 5, 2026· 693JJ321C000030
  2. NEW CONTRACT RISK-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF BRIDGE-SIZED CULVERTS FOR PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY$241.5K
    Federal Highway Administration· Multnomah County, OR· Research & development· Sep 23, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· 693JJ321C000036
  3. SNOWY PLOVER POPULATION MONITORING$130.4K
    Department of the Army· Coos County, OR· Professional services· Mar 29, 2024 – Feb 19, 2026· W9127N24P0029

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.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY received $12.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 143 actions (25 new awards), −47% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects ($2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$12.1M
New awards
25
Actions
143
Since FY2021
$249.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 115MFY2021
  2. 32.1MFY2022
  3. 28.3MFY2023
  4. 39.3MFY2024
  5. 22.7MFY2025
  6. 12.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$11.7M97%
  2. Other assistance$395.9K3.3%

Top programs

  1. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$2M17%
  2. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$1.3M11%
  3. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$1.1M8.7%
  4. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$1M8.6%
  5. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$697.8K5.8%
  6. 47.050 · Geosciences$683.8K5.7%
  7. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$630.3K5.2%
  8. 15.247 · Wildlife Resource Management$629K5.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$3.2M26%
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2M17%
    Department of Commerce
  3. National Science Foundation$1.7M14%
  4. National Institutes of Health$1.1M8.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Bureau of Land Management$629K5.2%
    Department of the Interior
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$610.7K5.1%
  7. National Park Service$590.3K4.9%
    Department of the Interior
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$450K3.7%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. ENHANCING CROSS DISCIPLINARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAINING AT OREGON (EXITO)$17.9M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jul 15, 2021 – Mar 17, 2026· UL1GM118964
  2. ENHANCING CROSS DISCIPLINARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAINING AT OREGON (EXITO) RESEARCH ENRICH$11.4M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 10, 2021 – Mar 4, 2026· RL5GM118963
  3. ENHANCING CROSS DISCIPLINARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAINING AT OREGON (EXITO) STUDENT TRAINING$10.1M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 12, 2021 – Mar 18, 2026· TL4GM118965
  4. ENGAGEMENT, ACHIEVEMENT, AND GRADUATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A PARTNERSHIP IN STEM EDUCATION$5M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Oct 26, 2020 – Apr 2, 2026· 1930564
  5. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO OPEN-WATER TEST AND VALIDATE A NEW TYPE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT POWER TAKE-OFF WAVE ENERGY…$4.5M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2022 – Dec 19, 2025· DEEE0009958
  6. NOVEL MULTIPLE-STAGE ACTIVE ANTIMALARIALS$4.5M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 7, 2021 – Aug 12, 2026· R01AI141972

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: $522.4K (4 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$227.2K43%
    PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$149.3K29%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$98.7K19%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  4. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$47.2K9.0%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $49.7K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $3.3M (31 subawards)

15 primes

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$601.6K18%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$586.7K17%
    SEATTLE, WA · 7 subawards
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$362.1K11%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 5 subawards
  4. VETERANS HEALTH FOUNDATION$302.6K9.0%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  5. OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY-PUBLIC HEALTH$271.3K8.1%
    SALEM, OR · 4 subawards
  6. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$258.2K7.7%
    PORTLAND, OR · 2 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$194K5.8%
    DURHAM, NH · 1 subaward
  8. DREXEL UNIVERSITY$164.4K4.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$144.1K4.3%
    EUGENE, OR · 1 subaward
  10. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$109K3.2%
    PRINCETON, NJ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.2M paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2022: $4.9M paid out · $14.2M received
  • FY2023: $10.6M paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2024: $1.9M paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2025: $1.8M paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2026: $522.4K paid out · $3.4M 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

60 companies · $26.1M reported

  1. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$3.4M
    CORVALLIS, OR · 16 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$3.1M
    MISSOULA, MT · 13 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$3M
    PORTLAND, OR · 20 subawards

Primes that pay it

59 companies · $42.2M reported

  1. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$6.1M
    SALEM, OR · 13 subawards
  2. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$5.7M
    PORTLAND, OR · 46 subawards
  3. OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY-PUBLIC HEALTH$3M
    SALEM, OR · 11 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LAKOTA-SUNDANCE JV, LLC$630.9K−100% in FY2026
    SITKA, AK · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Land Management · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. SAGE COUNTRY VETERINARY SERVICE PC$206K+2,353% in FY2026
    BURNS, OR · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Land Management · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. ROCKY TOP VETERINARY SERVICE, LLC$211K−88% in FY2026
    FLORISSANT, CO · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Land Management · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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

  • Portland State UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2026
$0
4 reports
Lobbying · 2025–2026
$40K
$40K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2025$40K
    7 reports
  2. 2026$0
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Education8 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES7 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE6 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. K&L GATES LLP$20K
    5 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.