Federal contractor · EDINBURG, TX

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY received $157.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+168% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $658.7K. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($160.9K). It also received $188M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$157.5K
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 42.7KFY2017
  2. 20KFY2018
  3. 0FY2019
  4. 0FY2020
  5. 22.8KFY2022
  6. 357.8KFY2023
  7. -1KFY2024
  8. 58.9KFY2025
  9. 157.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$160.9K100%
    2 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$00.0%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy-$3,4380.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$160.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cameron County, TX$160.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $157.5K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $157.5K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$160.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. GEOMORPHIC CHANGE DETECTION ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER IN SOUTH TEXAS, WITHIN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY (LRGV)$300K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Hidalgo County, TX· Professional services· Sep 11, 2023 – Apr 30, 2026· 140G0323C0003
  2. BASE YEAR TO 740-C60115$86.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cameron County, TX· Health & medical· Jul 23, 2026 – Jul 23, 2026· 36C25726N0455
  3. BASE YEAR TO 740-C610113$74.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cameron County, TX· Health & medical· Jul 23, 2026 – Jul 23, 2026· 36C25726N0439
  4. TX, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE AY 1301245628$46K
    Department of the Navy· Hidalgo County, TX· Education & social services· Apr 24, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· N0622A25FA226

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 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY received $188M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 348 actions (22 new awards), −4.7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($138.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$188M
New awards
22
Actions
348
Since FY2021
$1.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 220.8MFY2021
  2. 102.4MFY2022
  3. 181MFY2023
  4. 195.3MFY2024
  5. 197.2MFY2025
  6. 188MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$143.4M76%
  2. Grants$44.5M24%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$138.2M74%
  2. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$7M3.7%
  3. 93.600 · Head Start$6.1M3.3%
  4. 59.007 · 7(J) Technical Assistance$5M2.7%
  5. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$4.6M2.5%
  6. 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$4.2M2.2%
  7. 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research$3.7M1.9%
  8. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$3M1.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$161.9M86%
  2. National Institutes of Health$11M5.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Administration for Children and Families$6.1M3.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Small Business Administration$5.4M2.9%
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.7M0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. National Science Foundation$1.2M0.7%
  7. Department of the Army$449.6K0.2%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$327.4K0.2%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$137M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 25, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P252296
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$132.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2024 – Jan 29, 2026· P063P242296
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$58.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 17, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· P063P262296
  4. EARLY HEAD START/CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP$36.2M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Aug 9, 2021 – Jun 10, 2026· 06HP000334
  5. EARLY HEAD START CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP$25.6M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Aug 22, 2024 – Aug 5, 2026· 06HP000639
  6. RIO GRANDE VALLEY CANCER HEALTH DISPARITY RESEARCH CENTER - THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY (RGV), LOCATED IN SOUTH TEXAS ALONG THE US-MEXICO BORDER…$11.3M
    93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 18, 2024 – Jul 8, 2026· U54MD019970

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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: $6.3M (34 subawards)

16 primes

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO$2.9M46%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 15 subawards
  2. THE ONESTAR NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION, INC.$1.2M19%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$529.9K8.4%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 2 subawards
  4. WOMENS HEALTH & FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS$334.2K5.3%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON$262.5K4.2%
    HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards
  6. GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE$194.7K3.1%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  7. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$174.6K2.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  8. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$133.8K2.1%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  9. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM$127.4K2.0%
    LUBBOCK, TX · 1 subaward
  10. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT$100K1.6%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $5.4M paid out · $5.6M received
  • FY2022: $6.9M paid out · $5.3M received
  • FY2023: $4.1M paid out · $14.7M received
  • FY2024: $2.9M paid out · $7M received
  • FY2025: $1.4M paid out · $7.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $6.3M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

57 companies · $20.8M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$3.8M
    AUSTIN, TX · 10 subawards
  2. PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT$3.3M
    PHARR, TX · 1 subaward
  3. LITTLE EXPLORERS DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING CENTER LLC$1.7M
    PHARR, TX · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

52 companies · $46.6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$12.1M
    AUSTIN, TX · 74 subawards
  2. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$9.2M
    DEL VALLE, TX · 21 subawards
  3. THE ONESTAR NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION, INC.$6.1M
    AUSTIN, TX · 6 subawards

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MCGAW MEDICAL CENTER OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$205.3K+1.9% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. BARBARA MORANO$120K0% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. OU HEALTH PARTNERS, INC.$118.7K−107% in FY2026
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley FoundationAI match · 97%
Lobbying · 2024
$100K
4 reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2024$100K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Defense - Dept of (DOD)4 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE4 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. Strategic Marketing Innovations$100K
    4 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.