Federal contractor · GALVESTON, TX

TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON

TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON received $19.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−61% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $610.9K. Its largest customer was Smithsonian Institution ($19.5K). It also received $3.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$19.5K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
G8Y3L8JV2588
Parent company
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH company family: 2 registered entities, $246.5K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHCOLLEGE STATION, TX · Family page
    $227.1K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. 32.9KFY2018
  3. 166.5KFY2019
  4. 9.7KFY2020
  5. 65.4KFY2021
  6. 95.2KFY2022
  7. 86.1KFY2023
  8. 85.6KFY2024
  9. 50KFY2025
  10. 19.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Smithsonian Institution$19.5K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$19.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Galveston County, TX$19.5K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $19.5K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $19.5K
  • 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. Smithsonian Institution$19.5K
    Smithsonian Institution · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SERVICES$19.5K
    Smithsonian Institution· Galveston County, TX· Professional services· Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 33316426P00540564

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 UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON received $3.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 11 actions (3 new awards), −95% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.806 · State Maritime Schools ($3.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.8M
New awards
3
Actions
11
Since FY2021
$89.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.8MFY2021
  2. 5MFY2022
  3. 2.3MFY2023
  4. 2.9MFY2024
  5. 74.1MFY2025
  6. 3.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$3.7M98%
  2. Grants$62.8K1.6%

Top programs

  1. 20.806 · State Maritime Schools$3.7M98%
  2. 11.472 · Cooperative Research Program$80.5K2.1%
  3. 15.423 · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES)-$3.390.0%
  4. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research-$8020.0%
  5. 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering-$16.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Maritime Administration$3.7M98%
    Department of Transportation
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$80.5K2.1%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. MARAD PROVIDES DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE SIX STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES SMAS EACH FISCAL YEAR. THIS FUNDING ENSURES THE U.S. HAS A CONTINUOUS…$2.5M
    20.806 · State Maritime Schools· Maritime Administration· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 2426TVS0001
  2. MARAD PROVIDES DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE SIX STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES SMAS EACH FISCAL YEAR. THIS FUNDING ENSURES THE U.S. HAS A CONTINUOUS…$1M
    20.806 · State Maritime Schools· Maritime Administration· Direct payment for specified use· Jan 27, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· 2426DPE00017
  3. PLC-SAST (PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER STATIC APPLICATION SECURITY TESTING) SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CODE VULNERABILITIES & STANDARD COMPLIANCE$267.3K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jun 2, 2023 – Oct 30, 2025· N000142312626
  4. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SEISMIC AIRGUNS ON RED SNAPPER, COMMERCIALLY AND RECREATIONALLY IMPORTANT FISH$259.9K
    15.423 · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES)· Bureau of Ocean Energy Management· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· M21AC00002
  5. MARAD PROVIDES DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE SIX STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES SMAS EACH FISCAL YEAR. THIS FUNDING ENSURES THE U.S. HAS A CONTINUOUS…$214.9K
    20.806 · State Maritime Schools· Maritime Administration· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· 2426MMA76TX01
  6. WITH THE LISTING OF QUEEN CONCH UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LISTING, THERE IS A NEED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL CRITICAL COMPONENTS WHILE A…$168.9K
    11.472 · Cooperative Research Program· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 8, 2025 – Jul 17, 2026· NA25NMFX472C0160

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.1M (5 subawards)

4 primes

  1. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$711.7K62%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 1 subaward
  2. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$197.9K17%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  3. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$189.6K16%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  4. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$50K4.3%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $37.1K paid out · $585.6K received
  • FY2022: $845.7K paid out · $10.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $31.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $637.6K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.1M 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

173 companies · $82.2M reported

  1. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$6.5M
    TULSA, OK · 6 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$3.6M
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. PEOPLEFUND$3.2M
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

98 companies · $141.7M reported

  1. TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE$51.2M
    AUSTIN, TX · 33 subawards
  2. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$19.9M
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 21 subawards
  3. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT$6.3M
    AUSTIN, TX · 41 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.

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

  1. ESC AEROSPACE US, INC$1.4M−100% in FY2026
    ORLANDO, FL · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. AMBERWAVE INC$1.4M
    LOWELL, MA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY$1.5M+72% in FY2026
    DES PLAINES, IL · 2 entities · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development 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 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.