Federal contractor · LOS ANGELES, CA

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES received $20.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 60 awards (−12% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $138M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($14.9M). It also received $608.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$20.6M
New awards
60
Sole-source
73%
Single offer
9.6%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 12.2MFY2017
  2. 11.6MFY2018
  3. 4.9MFY2019
  4. 10.6MFY2020
  5. 21MFY2021
  6. 10.3MFY2022
  7. 10.4MFY2023
  8. 12.9MFY2024
  9. 23.5MFY2025
  10. 20.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$14.9M72%
    3 awards
  2. Federal Highway Administration$1.8M8.9%
    3 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$1.2M6.0%
    25 awards
  4. National Institutes of Health$1.1M5.5%
    4 awards
  5. Department of the Navy$942.1K4.6%
    18 awards
  6. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$442.9K2.1%
    1 awards
  7. U.S. Geological Survey$202K1.0%
    1 awards
  8. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards
  10. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$16.3M79%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$2M9.6%
  3. Education & social services$1.2M5.8%
  4. Health & medical$673.2K3.3%
  5. IT & telecom$418.1K2.0%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$56.5K0.3%
  7. Professional services$27.6K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$19.2M93%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$1.4M6.8%
  3. Hampshire County, MA$3,2500.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition83%
    US 39% · $17M
  • Sole-source awards73%
    US 30% · $15M
  • Single-offer competitions9.6%
    US 8.7% · $2M
  • 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$1.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 15 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$942.1K
    Department of Defense · 10 awards

Largest awards

  1. DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT (DLRE), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES (UCLA) SEGMENT, PHASE D/E EFFORT UNDER THE LRO PROJECT$33.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 5, 2016 – Aug 26, 2026· NNG09EK06C
  2. THE GOAL OF NEO SURVEYOR IS TO FIND, TRACK, AND CHARACTERIZE THE ASTEROIDS AND COMETS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY THREATEN THE EARTH.$16.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 10, 2024 – Aug 11, 2026· 80MSFC24CA008
  3. MPOX IMMUNOGENICITY AND SEROPREVALENCE$4.2M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Aug 29, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30124C18761
  4. TASK AREA A SHALL ENCOMPASS ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP OF COHORT MEMBERS, CLINICAL EVENTS INVESTIGATIONS, STUDY OPERATIONS, AND DATA ANALYSIS AND MANUSCRIPT WRITING. IF IMPLEMENTED, TASK A.1 WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR.$3.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 19, 2019 – Dec 11, 2025· 75N92020F00001
  5. THE NNTC COLLECTS, STORE, AND PROVIDE CLINICAL DATA AND WELL CHARACTERIZED BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, INCLUDING POST-MORTEM TISSUE FROM STUDY VOLUNTEERS AND/OR ORGAN DONORS WITH HIV AS WELL AS HIV-NEGATIVE CONTROLS.$2.9M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Aug 23, 2023 – Aug 20, 2026· 75N95023C00017
  6. STRENGTHENING PHARMACOVIGILANCE SYSTEMS AND ADVERSE EVENTS REPORTING FOR MATERNAL IMMUNIZATION SAFETY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - BAA GLOBWP 60$2.8M
    Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Aug 27, 2021 – Mar 3, 2026· 75F40121C00109
  7. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR COOPERATIVE PERCEPTION (CP) MODELS AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SUPPORT THE ABILITY OF ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (ADAS) OR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS (ADS) TO NAVIGATE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT.$2.5M
    Federal Highway Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 19, 2025 – Jul 17, 2026· 693JJ325C000010
  8. THE SPACE PHYSICS ENVIRONMENT DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM CONTRACT. PROVIDES SERVICES FOR THE HELIOPHYSICS COMMUNITY TO ACCESS AND ANALYZE DATA ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF DATASETS.$2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· IT & telecom· Nov 16, 2022 – Aug 6, 2026· 80GSFC23CA024

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.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES received $608.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2,889 actions (340 new awards), −15% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($72.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$608.1M
New awards
340
Actions
2,889
Since FY2021
$4.7B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 905.1MFY2021
  2. 823.2MFY2022
  3. 851.1MFY2023
  4. 801.4MFY2024
  5. 715.8MFY2025
  6. 608.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$529.9M87%
  2. Direct payments$78M13%
  3. Other assistance$133.7K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$72.6M12%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$50.9M8.4%
  3. 93.866 · Aging Research$39.6M6.5%
  4. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$37.3M6.1%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$30.3M5.0%
  6. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$25.2M4.1%
  7. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$25.1M4.1%
  8. 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development$24.7M4.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$359.8M59%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$77.3M13%
  3. National Science Foundation$71M12%
  4. Defense Health Agency$24.7M4.1%
    Department of Defense
  5. Administration for Children and Families$14.1M2.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Energy$12.6M2.1%
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$10.3M1.7%
  8. Health Resources and Services Administration$8.1M1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. UCLA CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE$118.1M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Dec 9, 2020 – Sep 2, 2026· UL1TR001881
  2. LABORATORY CENTER, AIDS CLINICAL TRIALS GROUP (ACTG); LC 2 / 3$116.8M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 20, 2020 – Jun 5, 2026· UM1AI106701
  3. CANCER CENTER CORE SUPPORT GRANT$100.7M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 19, 2021 – Apr 7, 2026· P30CA016042
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$73.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 13, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P255118
  5. UCLA AIDS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT$51.8M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 19, 2020 – Aug 13, 2026· UM1AI069424
  6. LC - IMPAACT LEADERSHIP GROUP$47.2M
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 20, 2020 – Aug 28, 2026· UM1AI106716

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: $25.3M (151 subawards)

105 sub-recipients

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1.2M4.8%
    AURORA, CO · 5 subawards
  2. LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER$1.2M4.6%
    TORRANCE, CA · 7 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1.1M4.4%
    SEATTLE, WA · 4 subawards
  4. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$900.7K3.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$854.9K3.4%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 5 subawards
  6. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$842.8K3.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$821.9K3.2%
    MADISON, WI · 3 subawards
  8. THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$688.2K2.7%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 1 subaward
  9. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$679.1K2.7%
    DETROIT, MI · 1 subaward
  10. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$671.6K2.7%
    TEMPE, AZ · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $2.4M (8 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $51.3M (277 subawards)

119 primes

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY$5.9M11%
    DURHAM, NC · 13 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$4M7.5%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 12 subawards
  3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$3.1M5.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 9 subawards
  4. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$2.4M4.5%
    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA · 11 subawards
  5. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$2.1M4.0%
    IOWA CITY, IA · 7 subawards
  6. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS$1.5M2.9%
    OAKLAND, CA · 5 subawards
  7. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$1.5M2.7%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 4 subawards
  8. LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER$1.4M2.6%
    TORRANCE, CA · 5 subawards
  9. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$1.3M2.4%
    ITHACA, NY · 8 subawards
  10. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES$1.2M2.2%
    MATHER, CA · 4 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $132.2M paid out · $73.8M received
  • FY2022: $120.9M paid out · $86M received
  • FY2023: $127.7M paid out · $90.2M received
  • FY2024: $83.7M paid out · $125.1M received
  • FY2025: $65.4M paid out · $76.1M received
  • FY2026: $25.3M paid out · $53.7M received
  • FY2027: $333.7K paid out · $0 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

507 companies · $554.5M reported

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY$31M
    DURHAM, NC · 28 subawards
  2. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$19.4M
    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA · 66 subawards
  3. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$15.6M
    STANFORD, CA · 48 subawards

Primes that pay it

244 companies · $503.9M reported

  1. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES$72.4M
    MATHER, CA · 45 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$19.2M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 132 subawards · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$15.7M
    LAUREL, MD · 35 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 25 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$37M−53% in FY2026
    DURHAM, NH · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$34.8M−33% in FY2026
    MADISON, WI · 11 entities · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services+4 more
  3. TROY SIERRA JV LLC$18.7M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services

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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.