Federal contractor · WEST COLUMBIA, SC

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION received $129.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+2.8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1M. Its largest customer was Department of Education ($129.6K). It also received $1.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$129.6K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 101.4KFY2017
  2. 101.7KFY2018
  3. 57.6KFY2019
  4. 141.4KFY2020
  5. 110.1KFY2021
  6. 79.5KFY2022
  7. 126.5KFY2023
  8. 121.9KFY2024
  9. 126.1KFY2025
  10. 129.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Education$129.6K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$129.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lexington County, SC$129.6K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $129.6K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $129.6K
  • 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. SOUTH CAROLINA - NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP) STATE COORDINATOR$255.6K
    Department of Education· Lexington County, SC· Professional services· Mar 25, 2025 – Jun 5, 2026· 91990025C0066

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.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION received $1.1B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 75 actions (26 new awards), −3.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.555 · National School Lunch Program ($474.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.1B
New awards
26
Actions
75
Since FY2021
$9.9B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 4.1BFY2021
  2. 1.2BFY2022
  3. 1.1BFY2023
  4. 1.2BFY2024
  5. 1.2BFY2025
  6. 1.1BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.1B100%

Top programs

  1. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$474.8M42%
  2. 84.010 · Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies$277.3M24%
  3. 84.027 · Special Education Grants to States$222.1M19%
  4. 84.367 · Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (Formerly Improving Teacher Quality State GRANTS)$36.9M3.2%
  5. 84.048 · Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States$24.6M2.2%
  6. 84.424 · Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program$20.1M1.8%
  7. 84.287 · Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers$19.3M1.7%
  8. 84.282 · Charter Schools$11.3M1.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$608.2M53%
  2. Food and Nutrition Service$484.5M43%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Employment and Training Administration$45.6M4.0%
    Department of Labor
  4. Administration for Children and Families$857.8K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$424.1M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 13, 2021 – Jul 20, 2026· 225SC328N1199
  2. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$409.7M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 15, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· 265SC328N1199
  3. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$394.9M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 26, 2022 – Jul 20, 2026· 235SC328N1199
  4. TITLE I PART A BASIC GRANTS TO LEAS$278.1M
    84.010 · Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· S010A250040
  5. STATE GRANT - B (611)$220.1M
    84.027 · Special Education Grants to States· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· H027A250081
  6. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND$216.3M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· S425D200019

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: $455.9M (945 subawards)

122 sub-recipients

  1. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS$39.7M8.7%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 16 subawards
  2. HORRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$26.1M5.7%
    CONWAY, SC · 14 subawards
  3. CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$25.3M5.6%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 15 subawards
  4. RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1$18M3.9%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 14 subawards
  5. CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY$15.4M3.4%
    AIKEN, SC · 16 subawards
  6. BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$15M3.3%
    MONCKS CORNER, SC · 14 subawards
  7. ORANGEBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$13.6M3.0%
    ORANGEBURG, SC · 12 subawards
  8. RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 2$12.1M2.7%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 12 subawards
  9. SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT$11M2.4%
    SUMTER, SC · 16 subawards
  10. BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$10.5M2.3%
    BEAUFORT, SC · 13 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $803.6K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. SC DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES$803.6K100%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.2B paid out · $2M received
  • FY2022: $1.4B paid out · $25K received
  • FY2023: $366M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $607.8M paid out · $692.4K received
  • FY2025: $861.4M paid out · $44.7K received
  • FY2026: $455.9M paid out · $803.6K 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

177 companies · $5.9B reported

  1. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS$502.5M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 80 subawards
  2. CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$437.4M
    CHARLESTON, SC · 88 subawards
  3. HORRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$352.8M
    CONWAY, SC · 72 subawards

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $3.5M reported

  1. SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER$2M
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward
  2. SC DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES$1.4M
    COLUMBIA, SC · 3 subawards
  3. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES$140K
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward

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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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TENNESSEE$378.5K+61% in FY2026
    NASHVILLE, TN · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development services
  2. KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$372.8K+19% in FY2026
    TOPEKA, KS · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development services
  3. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MONTANA OFFICE OF$371.4K+14% in FY2026
    HELENA, MT · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development 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.

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.