Federal contractor · OAKLAND, CA

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA received $1.3B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+0.8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.3B. Its largest customer was Department of Energy ($1.3B). It also received $5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.3B
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.3%
Single offer
99.7%
UEI
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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.

9 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.4B in FY2026 together.

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAOAKLAND, CA · Family page
    $1.3B
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THEBERKELEY, CA
    $50.4M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINEIRVINE, CA
    $3.8M
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARASANTA BARBARA, CA
    $1.8M
  5. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIARIVERSIDE, CA
    $695.7K
  6. UCLA DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINELOS ANGELES, CA
    $327.4K
  7. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THELOS ALAMOS, NM
    $250K
  8. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIALA JOLLA, CA
    $0
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINEORANGE, CA
    -$16.3K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1BFY2017
  2. 1.1BFY2018
  3. 1.1BFY2019
  4. 1.1BFY2020
  5. 1.2BFY2021
  6. 1.3BFY2022
  7. 1.4BFY2023
  8. 1.4BFY2024
  9. 1.3BFY2025
  10. 1.3BFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Energy$1.3B100.0%
    2 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$31.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$1.3B100.0%
  2. IT & telecom$31.3K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alameda County, CA$1.3B100.0%
  2. San Diego County, CA$31.3K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.3B
  • Sole-source awards0.3%
    US 30% · $4M
  • Single-offer competitions99.7%
    US 8.7% · $1.3B
  • 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. OPERATION OF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY$37B
    Department of Energy· Alameda County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Nov 3, 2016 – May 11, 2026· DEAC0343SF00048
  2. THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (PBMC) IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY (LBNL). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSIGNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LABORATORY. THE LABORATORY IS ONE OF THE DOE?S OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC) MULTI-PROGRAM LABORATORIES. THE LABORATORY IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 35 AND OPERATED UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING (M&O) CONTRACT, AS DEFINED IN FAR 17.6 AND DEAR 917.6.$20B
    Department of Energy· Alameda County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0205CH11231
  3. ANNUAL CHEMICAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FOR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES TO THE RISK & SAFETY SOLUTIONS (RSS) PLATFORM AS DESCRIBED IN THE STATEMENT OF WORK. THIS REQUIREMENT INCLUDES A BASE YEAR WITH TWO OPTION YEAR PERIODS.$61K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· May 27, 2025 – Apr 14, 2026· 1333MF25P0036

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 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA received $5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (1 new awards), −24% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs ($5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5M
New awards
1
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$24.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.8MFY2021
  2. 3.5MFY2022
  3. 4.5MFY2023
  4. 1.5MFY2024
  5. 6.5MFY2025
  6. 5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5M99.7%
  2. Other assistance$13K0.3%

Top programs

  1. 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$5M99.7%
  2. 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research$13K0.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$5M99.7%
  2. Agricultural Research Service$13K0.3%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. CALIFORNIA GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS ( CALIFORNIA GEAR UP)$5M
    84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 26, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· P334S250047
  2. LOUIS STOKES STEM PATHWAYS AND RESEARCH ALLIANCE: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (CAMP) -THE…$2.5M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 9, 2024 – Aug 28, 2026· 2409137
  3. ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR STUDY OF LILAC LIMES -- REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND LINDCOVE RESEARCH & EXTENSION…$13K
    10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research· Agricultural Research Service· Other financial assistance· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 5820306085

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: $241.4K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. DATACITE-INTERNATIONAL DATA CITATION INITIATIVE E. V.$241.4K100%
    HANNOVER, DEU · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $831K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$831K100%
    PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $246.4K paid out · $494.6K received
  • FY2022: $314.5K paid out · $537.4K received
  • FY2023: $207.9K paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $402.9K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $241.4K paid out · $831K 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

583 companies · $997M reported

  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$153.2M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 12 subawards
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$110.9M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$44.8M
    YORK, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

323 companies · $771.2M reported

  1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$65.8M
    PASADENA, CA · 76 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$43.8M
    BOULDER, CO · 81 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$27.8M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 176 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC$3.6B−6.1% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 3 entities · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services
  2. ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, LLC$2.8B−15% in FY2026
    LAKEWOOD, CO · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Scientific research and development services
  3. FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC$2.5B−55% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · 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.

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.

Across the company family of THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (9 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • The Regents of the University of CaliforniaAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$700K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2024–2026
$1.2M

Lobbying by year

  1. 2024$60K
    1 reports
  2. 2025$700K
    8 reports
  3. 2026$400K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Education12 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES11 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE11 reports
  3. White House Office4 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. BGR Government Affairs$740K
    6 reports
  2. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$420K
    7 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.