Federal contractor · BERN

UNIVERSITAT BERN

UNIVERSITAT BERN received $47K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2017: $99K. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($47K). It also received $5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$47K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. 11KFY2020
  3. 41KFY2022
  4. 47KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$47K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$47K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Prince George's County, MD$47K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $47K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $47K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$47K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. UNLIMITED LICENSE OF THE BERNESE GNSS SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO ENABLE NESDIS TO PRODUCE GNSS (GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS) RADIO OCCULTATION LEVEL 1 AND 2 DATA FROM COMMERCIAL AND PARTNER SATELLITE MISSION SOURCES, AND THE OUTPUT PRODUCTS WILL BE$47K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· 1332KP26P0001

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.

UNIVERSITAT BERN received $5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 66 actions (1 new awards), +79% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development ($2.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5M
New awards
1
Actions
66
Since FY2021
$26.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.9MFY2021
  2. 5.7MFY2022
  3. 3.5MFY2023
  4. 5.4MFY2024
  5. 2.8MFY2025
  6. 5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development$2.1M42%
  2. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$1.4M28%
  3. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$750K15%
  4. 93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research$297.3K6.0%
  5. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$160.7K3.2%
  6. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$137.4K2.8%
  7. 93.989 · International Research and Research Training$83.3K1.7%
  8. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$80.4K1.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$2.9M58%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Defense Health Agency$2.1M42%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. OBSERVATIONAL ANTIRETROVIRAL STUDIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (OASIS) COLLABORATION$53.4M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 12, 2021 – Aug 20, 2026· U01AI069924
  2. REVEALING MINOR SPLICEOSOME SNRNA DYSREGULATION AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY IN PROSTATE CANCER$2.1M
    12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development· Defense Health Agency· Project grant· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· HT9425261E333
  3. TARGETING PARP INHIBITOR RESISTANCE$438.9K
    12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development· Defense Health Agency· Project grant· Jun 2, 2022 – Aug 11, 2026· W81XWH2210557
  4. R&D, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, IN THE AREA OF ASTRONAUTICAL$300K
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Project grant· Feb 22, 2023 – Feb 26, 2026· FA86552317246
  5. INTESTINAL SECRETED MICRORNAS AS REGULATORS OF THE GUT MICROFLORA DRIVING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE$219.6K
    12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development· Defense Health Agency· Project grant· Nov 8, 2023 – Feb 3, 2026· HT94252410010
  6. SITE-SPECIFIC INTRA-ARTICULAR "ON DEMAND" IMMUNOSUPPRESSION FOR LONG TERM FUNCTIONAL GRAFT SURVIVAL IN JOINT ALLOTRANSPLANTATION IN A…$187.8K
    12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development· Defense Health Agency· Project grant· May 20, 2024 – May 13, 2026· HT94252410165

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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: $504.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$504.5K100%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $573.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $213.8K received
  • FY2023: $250K paid out · $169.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $551.4K received
  • FY2025: $799.1K paid out · $453.6K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $504.5K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

4 companies · $1M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL$623.1K
    DURBAN, ZAF · 1 subaward
  2. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$250K
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH$145.3K
    ZURICH, CHE · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $2.5M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$547K
    ROCHESTER, NY · 3 subawards
  2. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$544.5K
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$415.3K
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.