Federal contractor · COLLEGE STATION, TX

TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards. Since FY2017: $28.4M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($976.8K). It also received $12M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
17
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.6MFY2017
  2. 5.8MFY2018
  3. 2.4MFY2019
  4. 3.8MFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 5.8MFY2022
  7. 2.4MFY2023
  8. 1.9MFY2024
  9. -479.5KFY2025
  10. 1.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$976.8K84%
    2 awards
  2. Federal Highway Administration$242.6K21%
    12 awards
  3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-$49.9K0.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$777K66%
  2. Research & development$392.4K34%

Where the work was performed

  1. Brazos County, TX$1.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$13.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$13.5K
  • 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. THIS IS A COMPETITIVE HUMAN FACTORS IDIQ TASK ORDER. THIS PROJECT HAS TWO MAIN THREADS. FIRST, TO EXPLORE THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH DRIVER STATE IS ESTIMATED AND THE WAYS IN WHICH HMI STRATEGIES ARE IMPLEMENTED TO MAINTAIN DRIVER ENGAGEMENT IN L2$2M
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 24, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· 693JJ922F00174N
  2. COST REIMBURSABLE CONTRACT # DTFH6117C00026 IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (FHWA) AND TEXAS A&M. THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR TEXAS A&M TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FHWA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW).$1.5M
    Federal Highway Administration· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Sep 28, 2017 – May 5, 2026· DTFH6117C00026
  3. TASK ORDER FOR, "DEVELOPING CRASH MODIFICATION FACTORS FOR: PEDESTRIANS, LEFT TURN LANES, CURVES, AND ROADWAY DEPARTURE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS"$1.3M
    Federal Highway Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Jul 19, 2022 – Jan 14, 2026· 693JJ322F00161N
  4. NEW TO TO TTI FOR TASK AREA B$1.1M
    Federal Highway Administration· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Feb 1, 2017 – Oct 27, 2025· 0003
  5. THIS IS A NEW NON SEVERABLE COMPETITIVE TASK ORDER ISSUED ON THE HUMAN FACTORS IDIQ TO AWARD A NEW COMPETITIVE TASK ORDER FOR NOVEL HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) DESIGNS.$888.4K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 30, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· 693JJ922F00183N
  6. THIS IS A NEW TASK ORDER THAT WILL EXPLORE EMBEDDED TRAINING THAT DELIVERS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL TO THE DRIVER/OCCUPANT, EXPLORING DELIVERY TIMING AND MODALITY OF SYSTEM STATE AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT CAN BUILD THE DRIVER/OCCUPANT'S UNDERSTANDI$879.1K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 30, 2020 – Apr 14, 2026· 693JJ920F000185
  7. MASH PROJECT$842K
    Federal Highway Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 24, 2020 – Mar 20, 2026· 693JJ320C000017
  8. DIGITAL-TWIN ENABLED EXTENDED ACTIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS FOR MIXED TRAFFIC$734.6K
    Federal Highway Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 20, 2023 – Jul 20, 2026· 693JJ323C000010

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.

TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE received $12M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 7 actions (1 new awards), +389% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.200 · Highway Research and Development Program ($5.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$12M
New awards
1
Actions
7
Since FY2021
$39.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.9MFY2021
  2. 1.5MFY2022
  3. 4.1MFY2023
  4. 17.4MFY2024
  5. 2.5MFY2025
  6. 12MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$12M100%

Top programs

  1. 20.200 · Highway Research and Development Program$5.5M46%
  2. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$5.3M44%
  3. 20.237 · Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements$687.2K5.7%
  4. 93.113 · Environmental Health$530.4K4.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$10.8M90%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$687.2K5.7%
    Department of Transportation
  3. National Institutes of Health$530.4K4.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AMONG VEHICLES, ROADSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MOBILE DEVICES ENABLE A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE…$19.2M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 20, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 693JJ32450034
  2. EFFECTS OF AN INTERVENTION ON SHIPPING-RELATED AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH - ABSTRACT AMONG THE MORE THAN 39 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR…$1.6M
    93.113 · Environmental Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 13, 2024 – Jan 22, 2026· R01ES034095
  3. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL USE CRASH AND TELEMATICS DATA TO PREDICT HIGH?RISK LOCATIONS AND TIMES FOR CMV CRASHES IN TEXAS, ENABLING…$687.2K
    20.237 · Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements· Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration· Project grant· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· 69A3602641753MHP0TX
  4. SUSAN HARWOOD TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM$75K
    17.502 · Occupational Safety and Health Susan Harwood Training Grants· Occupational Safety and Health Administration· Project grant· Sep 25, 2024 – Dec 16, 2025· 24F60SH000190

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: $1.8M (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.$990.4K56%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. GENERAL MOTORS LLC$684K39%
    PONTIAC, MI · 1 subaward
  3. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY$100K5.6%
    SAN MARCOS, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.1M (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $3.6M (14 subawards)

4 primes

  1. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$3.4M71%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 10 subawards
  2. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$1.1M24%
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$126.3K2.7%
    EL PASO, TX · 1 subaward
  4. RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY$125.4K2.7%
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.1M paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2022: $1.2M paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2023: $4.8M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2024: $1.8M paid out · $8.3M received
  • FY2025: $1.5M paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2026: $1.8M paid out · $4.7M 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

24 companies · $12.1M reported

  1. EXPONENT INC$3.1M
    MENLO PARK, CA · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$1.1M
    OAKLAND, CA · 4 subawards
  3. TRABUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$1M
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 5 subawards · Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations

Primes that pay it

23 companies · $31.5M reported

  1. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$19.8M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 49 subawards
  2. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$3.9M
    RESTON, VA · 21 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$1.2M
    NORMAN, OK · 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. 2M TRANSFORMATION SERVICES LLC$994.4K−100% in FY2026
    LEESBURG, VA · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Highway Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC$1.6M−100% in FY2026
    COLUMBIA, MD · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Highway Administration · Scientific research and development servicesFederal Highway Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. SALUS RESOURCES INC$772.1K+2.3% in FY2026
    MILTON, FL · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.