Federal contractor · HOUSTON, TX

THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER

THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER received $13.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (+6.2% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $127.4M. Its largest customer was Health Resources and Services Administration ($9.1M). It also received $226M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$13.7M
New awards
18
Sole-source
20%
Single offer
9.7%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.8MFY2017
  2. 11.9MFY2018
  3. 14.8MFY2019
  4. 10.6MFY2020
  5. 11.7MFY2021
  6. 14MFY2022
  7. 15.3MFY2023
  8. 11.6MFY2024
  9. 12.9MFY2025
  10. 13.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Health Resources and Services Administration$9.1M66%
    1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$3M22%
    9 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$1.3M9.1%
    6 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$389.3K2.8%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$9.5M69%
  2. Professional services$2.4M17%
  3. Research & development$1.4M10%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$531.2K3.9%
  5. Equipment maintenance$2,7630.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Harris County, TX$12.2M89%
  2. Bastrop County, TX$1.6M12%
  3. Dallas County, TX$2,7630.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition30%
    US 39% · $4.1M
  • Sole-source awards20%
    US 30% · $2.7M
  • Single-offer competitions9.7%
    US 8.7% · $1.3M
  • 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. National Institutes of Health$2.4M
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$389.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL CORD BLOOD INVENTORY$67M
    Health Resources and Services Administration· Harris County, TX· Health & medical· Sep 27, 2019 – Sep 10, 2026· 75R60219C00004
  2. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHIMPANZEE CARE CENTER (CCC)$8.7M
    National Institutes of Health· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Nov 30, 2020 – Jul 30, 2026· 75N97021C00001
  3. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHIMPANZEE CARE CENTER (CCC)$1.6M
    National Institutes of Health· Bastrop County, TX· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 75N98026C00052
  4. PROJECT TITLE: LOW-DOSE ERLOTINIB AND MESALAMINE FOR PREVENTION OF COLITIS-ASSOCIATED COLORECTAL CANCER (CAC)$1.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Sep 22, 2025 – Aug 10, 2026· 75N91025F00001
  5. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF IPSC-BASED VACCINE FOR COLON CANCER PREVENTION$1.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Jul 20, 2023 – May 4, 2026· 75N91023F00001
  6. TARGETING DKK1 WITH A DNA VACCINE TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA$1.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Jun 20, 2023 – Mar 9, 2026· 75N91023F00002
  7. MED PHYSICS PEER REVIEW SERVICES$1.1M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Harris County, TX· Health & medical· Sep 27, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 36C24524P0903
  8. PREVENT CANCER PRECLINICAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: PRECLINICAL EFFICACY AND INTERMEDIATE ENDPOINT BIOMARKERS-- TARGETING THE PARP PATHWAY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BREAST CANCER$1.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Harris County, TX· Research & development· May 24, 2022 – Apr 28, 2026· 75N91022F00001

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 UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER received $226M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 770 actions (104 new awards), −18% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research ($42M).

Assistance · FY2026
$226M
New awards
104
Actions
770
Since FY2021
$1.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 188.3MFY2021
  2. 206.6MFY2022
  3. 214.4MFY2023
  4. 232.9MFY2024
  5. 275.6MFY2025
  6. 226MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$224.4M99%
  2. Direct payments$1.7M0.7%

Top programs

  1. 93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research$42M19%
  2. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$36.2M16%
  3. 93.396 · Cancer Biology Research$29.2M13%
  4. 93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants$26.9M12%
  5. 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development$21.5M9.5%
  6. 93.394 · Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research$12.7M5.6%
  7. 93.398 · Cancer Research Manpower$7.2M3.2%
  8. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$7.1M3.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$202.4M90%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Defense Health Agency$21.5M9.5%
    Department of Defense
  3. Food and Drug Administration$1.1M0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of Education$964.8K0.4%

Largest awards

  1. CANCER CENTER SUPPORT (CORE) GRANT$214.7M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 10, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· P30CA016672
  2. SPORE IN BRAIN CANCER$38.8M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 17, 2020 – Sep 18, 2026· P50CA127001
  3. GENETICS AND BIOLOGY OF PANCREATIC DUCT ADENOCARCINOMA$38M
    93.396 · Cancer Biology Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 15, 2021 – Aug 21, 2026· P01CA117969
  4. CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS, DIABETES AND PANCREATIC CANCER: COORDINATING AND DATA MANAGEMENT CENTER (CSCPDPC-CDMC)$32.8M
    93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 8, 2021 – Aug 3, 2026· U01DK108328
  5. IMPROVING CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION$24.3M
    93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 30, 2021 – Jan 13, 2026· P01CA148600
  6. SOUTHWEST EARLY CLINICAL TRIALS CONSORTIUM$20.4M
    93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 2, 2020 – Jul 7, 2026· UM1CA186688

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: $9.5M (66 subawards)

40 sub-recipients

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO$1.5M16%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  2. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$948.6K10.0%
    HOUSTON, TX · 7 subawards
  3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$796.8K8.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards
  4. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER$533.9K5.6%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  5. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAUDE$459.3K4.8%
    MARRACUENE, MOZ · 1 subaward
  6. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$415.3K4.4%
    STANFORD, CA · 2 subawards
  7. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$415K4.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  8. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$383.6K4.0%
    DALLAS, TX · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$368K3.9%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$366.6K3.9%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $29.1M (134 subawards)

62 primes

  1. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$3.5M12%
    HOUSTON, TX · 13 subawards
  2. ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$3.2M11%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 subawards
  3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$2.9M10%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON$2.1M7.3%
    HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards
  5. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$1.8M6.0%
    HOUSTON, TX · 10 subawards
  6. THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY$1.1M3.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  7. THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$1.1M3.6%
    HOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards
  8. TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$741.6K2.5%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 3 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$677.2K2.3%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  10. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$671K2.3%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $43M paid out · $29M received
  • FY2022: $25.5M paid out · $42.5M received
  • FY2023: $25M paid out · $33.1M received
  • FY2024: $20.9M paid out · $27.5M received
  • FY2025: $18.8M paid out · $39.2M received
  • FY2026: $9.5M paid out · $29.1M 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

182 companies · $142.5M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$16.6M
    AUSTIN, TX · 104 subawards
  2. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$11.4M
    HOUSTON, TX · 105 subawards
  3. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS$6.7M
    OAKLAND, CA · 8 subawards

Primes that pay it

121 companies · $200.3M reported

  1. ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$20.1M
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 30 subawards
  2. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$19.8M
    DEL VALLE, TX · 27 subawards
  3. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$14.2M
    HOUSTON, TX · 49 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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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.

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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.