Federal contractor · HONOLULU, HI

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII received $13M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−54% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $162.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($7.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$13M
New awards
12
Sole-source
73%
Single offer
26%
UEI
G92CQ8RP4CE4
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
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.

13 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $19.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI · Family page
    $13M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI
    $4.2M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMSHONOLULU, HI
    $1.2M
  4. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII - HONOLULU COMMUNITY COLLEGEHONOLULU, HI
    $648.5K
  5. RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI
    $227.5K
  6. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHILO, HI
    $25K
  7. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIKAHULUI, HI
    $0
  8. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIKAPOLEI, HI
    $0
  9. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMHONOLULU, HI
    $0
  10. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMSHONOLULU, HI
    $0
  11. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMSHONOLULU, HI
    $0
  12. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMSHONOLULU, HI
    $0
  13. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIHONOLULU, HI
    -$165.2K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. -27.1KFY2018
  3. 8.1MFY2019
  4. 18.1MFY2020
  5. 19.9MFY2021
  6. 31.4MFY2022
  7. 17.2MFY2023
  8. 26.5MFY2024
  9. 28.4MFY2025
  10. 13MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$7.8M60%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$3M23%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$2.2M17%
    7 awards
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$13M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Honolulu County, HI$9.7M74%
  2. Maui County, HI$3.3M26%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition98%
    US 39% · $12.8M
  • Sole-source awards73%
    US 30% · $9.5M
  • Single-offer competitions26%
    US 8.7% · $3.3M
  • 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. Department of the Navy$2.2M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE VANGUARD CENTERS UNIFIED UARC FOR MHPCC SUPPORT TO 0001 EFFORTS SHALL FOCUS ON THREE HPCMP FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES CENTERS, PORTAL, AND CREATE.$42.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· May 1, 2020 – Apr 20, 2026· FA945120F0004
  2. REEFENSE PROGRAM SEEKS TO DEVELOP A SOLUTION THAT RAPIDLY PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE.$22.3M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Jun 3, 2022 – Apr 16, 2026· HR001122C0134
  3. ENGINEERING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES OF THE MAUI HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER (MHPCC) BY THE APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII (ARL-UH).$12.3M
    Department of the Army· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Sep 12, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· W912HZ25C0035
  4. ARL/UH WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES TO EVALUATE AND OPTIMIZE EARLY PRODUCTION HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDE BREAKTHROUGH SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR VANGUARD CENTER$7.5M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Feb 22, 2021 – Mar 2, 2026· FA945121F0003
  5. U.S. NAVY WAVE ENERGY TEST SITE (WETS) RESEARCH AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT (WETS-6)$6M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Jul 19, 2021 – Mar 2, 2026· N0002421F8805
  6. AFRL LWIR INSTRUMENT RETROFIT CRITICAL DESIGN, FABRICATION AND INTEGRATION$3.6M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Mar 12, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· N0002425F8802
  7. PACIFIC ECOSYSTEM FOR CYBER (PECOC) - PHASE 2$3.4M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Jul 30, 2021 – Mar 2, 2026· N0002421F8803
  8. DETER UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PACIFIC ARCHITECTURE FOR RAPID SPACE EXPLOITATION AND CONTROL (PARSEC) (WP CALLED DATAFUSION)$3.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Maui County, HI· Research & development· Jan 21, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· FA945126CX001

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-contracts: $1.2M (11 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC$392.7K31%
    WAIMANALO, HI · 2 subawards
  2. ZIMMERMAN-MCDONALD MACHINERY, INC.$230.6K18%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$187.8K15%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  4. KULEANA CORAL REEFS$151.5K12%
    KAPOLEI, HI · 1 subaward
  5. AUTO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY$130K10%
    STRONGSVILLE, OH · 1 subaward
  6. THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC$63K5.0%
    FITCHBURG, WI · 1 subaward
  7. APPLIED DATA SYSTEMS$41.3K3.3%
    POWAY, CA · 1 subaward
  8. FIERCE SOFTWARE CORP$33.5K2.7%
    ASHBURN, VA · 1 subaward
  9. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$18.7K1.5%
    BOCA RATON, FL · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 9.6% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $354.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $3.4M paid out · $320K received
  • FY2023: $3.6M paid out · $524.5K received
  • FY2024: $7.5M paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2025: $5.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $1.2M 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 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

310 companies · $187.8M reported

  1. MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC$14.9M
    WAIMANALO, HI · 17 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$9M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 26 subawards
  3. CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU$6.2M
    HONOLULU, HI · 29 subawards

Primes that pay it

169 companies · $221.9M reported

  1. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII$58.8M
    HONOLULU, HI · 8 subawards
  2. HEALTH, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF$15.3M
    KAPOLEI, HI · 14 subawards · Administration of human resource programs
  3. STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND & NATURAL RESOURCES$13.4M
    HONOLULU, HI · 48 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 28 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.$93.6M−68% in FY2026
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. LYNNTECH INC.$50M−46% in FY2026
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  3. BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$46.8M−42% in FY2026
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · 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 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.

Across the company family of UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII (13 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Research Corporation of the University of HawaiiAI match · 100%
  • the University of HawaiiAI match · 100%
  • University of Hawai'i Community CollegesAI match · 91%
Lobbying · 2025
$360K
10 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$865K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$80K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$190K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$360K
    10 reports
  4. 2026$235K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations21 reports
  2. Education14 reports
  3. Science and technology5 reports
  4. Health issues1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES21 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE21 reports
  3. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)1 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. Strategies 360$590K
    12 reports
  2. THE WAYFINDER GROUP$140K
    4 reports
  3. Red Maple Consulting, LLC$135K
    6 reports
  4. Downs Government Affairs$0
    14 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.