Federal contractor · MAYAGUEZ, PR

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO received $92.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−79% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($59.1K). It also received $64.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$92.8K
New awards
4
Sole-source
36%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 661.3KFY2017
  2. 564.6KFY2018
  3. 952.8KFY2019
  4. 255.7KFY2020
  5. 527.7KFY2021
  6. 855KFY2022
  7. 587.5KFY2023
  8. 394.8KFY2024
  9. 445.1KFY2025
  10. 92.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$59.1K64%
    3 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$33.7K36%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$59.1K64%
  2. Professional services$33.7K36%

Where the work was performed

  1. 72$59.1K64%
  2. Prince George's County, MD$33.7K36%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition36%
    US 39% · $33.7K
  • Sole-source awards36%
    US 30% · $33.7K
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$33.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BAA 24-0038 - DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A ROBUST POWER GRID INCORPORATING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND NEW LOAD DEMANDS U435CEO$227.2K
    Department of the Army· Research & development· May 29, 2025 – Jun 1, 2026· W9132T25C0007
  2. ERDC GSL-UPRM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM$41K
    Department of the Army· Research & development· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· W912HZ26FA103
  3. CCSDS SPRING 2026 MEETING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT MAYAGUEZ$33.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· 80NSSC26P0677
  4. ERDC CHL-UPRM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM - FLOOD AND STORM PROTECTION DIVISION, RIVER AND ESTUARINE ENGINEERING BRANCH$18K
    Department of the Army· Research & development· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· W912HZ26FA105

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 PUERTO RICO received $64.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 116 actions (21 new awards), +2.6% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($42.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$64.7M
New awards
21
Actions
116
Since FY2021
$372.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 103.8MFY2021
  2. 27.9MFY2022
  3. 60.3MFY2023
  4. 52.5MFY2024
  5. 63.1MFY2025
  6. 64.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$43.4M67%
  2. Grants$21.3M33%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$42.2M65%
  2. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$14.3M22%
  3. 11.417 · Sea Grant Support$1.7M2.6%
  4. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$996.2K1.5%
  5. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$969K1.5%
  6. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$787.8K1.2%
  7. 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$575.1K0.9%
  8. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$545.8K0.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$43.4M67%
  2. National Science Foundation$17M26%
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.3M3.5%
    Department of Commerce
  4. Department of Energy$996.2K1.5%
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$721.1K1.1%
    Department of the Interior
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$125K0.2%
  7. National Institutes of Health$99.1K0.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Forest Service$50K0.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT$46.8M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Feb 17, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· P425E200957
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$44.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Apr 23, 2026· P063P245248
  3. UNKNOWN TITLE$44.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 9, 2020 – Jan 21, 2026· P063P195248
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$43.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 11, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· P063P255248
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$15M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P265248
  6. CENTER FOR ADVANCED RADIO SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING$13.6M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 20, 2021 – Sep 3, 2026· 2132229

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: $4.7M (11 subawards)

9 primes

  1. PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING$2.8M60%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$551K12%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward
  3. HOWARD UNIVERSITY$493K11%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$384.6K8.2%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$231.4K4.9%
    ORONO, ME · 1 subaward
  6. RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$100K2.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  7. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$44.9K1.0%
    ITHACA, NY · 2 subawards
  8. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$32.9K0.7%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  9. PUERTO RICO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND RESEARCH TRUST$28.9K0.6%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.1M paid out · $3M received
  • FY2022: $2.2M paid out · $3.7M received
  • FY2023: $761.3K paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $211.6K paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $4.7M 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

26 companies · $5.3M reported

  1. RESONANT SCIENCES LLC$1.4M
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 1 subaward
  2. CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM, INC$1.2M
    MAYAGUEZ, PR · 1 subaward
  3. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES$508.7K
    ORLANDO, FL · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

39 companies · $19.7M reported

  1. PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING$2.8M
    SAN JUAN, PR · 2 subawards
  2. PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY$2.4M
    SAN JUAN, PR · 3 subawards
  3. CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM, INC$1.4M
    MAYAGUEZ, PR · 5 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. INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE$944.2K
    BERKELEY, CA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. CLEAR SCIENTIFIC, LLC$1M
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. DRASGOW CONSULTING GROUP LLC$1.1M+26% in FY2026
    URBANA, IL · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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.

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.