Federal contractor · BOSTON, MA

THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY received $75.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−47% vs FY2025). Since FY2022: $479.6K. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($75.8K). It also received $1.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$75.8K
New awards
5
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
YWYEJEYHCA31
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 46.2KFY2022
  2. 91.6KFY2023
  3. 122.3KFY2024
  4. 143.7KFY2025
  5. 75.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$75.8K100%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$75.8K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Suffolk County, MA$75.8K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $75.8K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $75.8K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $110

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. Department of the Navy$75.8K
    Department of Defense · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. TUITION AND FEES$61.8K
    Department of the Navy· Suffolk County, MA· Education & social services· Jul 16, 2025 – Oct 28, 2025· N0622A25FA385
  2. MA, NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY SPR 1301318454$52.3K
    Department of the Navy· Suffolk County, MA· Education & social services· Jan 29, 2026 – May 19, 2026· N0622A26FA114
  3. TUITON AND FEES$11.2K
    Department of the Navy· Suffolk County, MA· Education & social services· Feb 24, 2026 – Feb 24, 2026· N0622A26FA168
  4. TUITION AND FEES FOR SUMMER TERM MAY - JUL 2026 MA, NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$7,774
    Department of the Navy· Suffolk County, MA· Education & social services· May 2, 2026 – May 2, 2026· N0622A26FA366
  5. TUITION AND FFES$4,411
    Department of the Navy· Suffolk County, MA· Education & social services· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· N0622A26FA401

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.

THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY received $1.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 31 actions (3 new awards), +870% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.867 · Vision Research ($1.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
3
Actions
31
Since FY2021
$5.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.6MFY2021
  2. 1MFY2022
  3. 430KFY2023
  4. 516.6KFY2024
  5. 120.1KFY2025
  6. 1.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.1M91%
  2. Direct payments$110K9.4%

Top programs

  1. 93.867 · Vision Research$1.1M91%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$110K9.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$1.1M91%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$110K9.4%

Largest awards

  1. LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF OPTICAL AND NEURAL FACTORS LEADING TO JUVENILE MYOPIA$2.4M
    93.867 · Vision Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 24, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· R01EY030518
  2. RESEARCH TRAINING AT NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$1M
    93.867 · Vision Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 5, 2021 – Jun 1, 2026· T35EY007149
  3. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF LENS REFRACTIVE INDEX ON THE MEASUREMENT OF AXIAL LENGTH OF THE HUMAN EYE FOR ACCOMMODATION AND CATARACT…$417K
    93.867 · Vision Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 9, 2024 – Jul 1, 2026· R21EY035830
  4. TESTING A NOVEL EMMETROPIZATION MECHANISM MODEL BASED ON OPPONENT SPECTRAL/SPATIAL INFORMATION IN YOUNG CHILDREN - SUMMARY MYOPIA IS A…$372K
    93.867 · Vision Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· R21EY038410
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$110K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A261894

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: $141.8K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$123K87%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  2. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$18.8K13%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $97.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $112.3K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $74K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $73.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $141.8K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $499.4K reported

  1. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$217.4K
    BOSTON, MA · 4 subawards
  2. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$123K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$109K
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 2 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER M.D. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$351.3K−49% in FY2026
    KALAMAZOO, MI · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY$294.8K−48% in FY2026
    FOREST GROVE, OR · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. THE CHICAGO SCHOOL - CALIFORNIA INC$288.2K−3.5% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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.