Federal contractor · TULLAHOMA, TN
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE received $259.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−66% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $8.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($258.6K). It also received $157K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $259.1K
- New awards
- 9
- Sole-source
- 99.8%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- R7UDMNZJNFU5
- Parent company
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE company family: 6 registered entities, $3.9M in FY2026 together. See the family
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN · Family page$1M
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEMEMPHIS, TN$2.6M
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN$0
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN$0
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEKNOXVILLE, TN$0
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 545KFY2017
- 315.1KFY2018
- 1.5MFY2019
- 1.5MFY2020
- 916.6KFY2021
- 989.8KFY2022
- 804.2KFY2023
- 437.2KFY2024
- 762.6KFY2025
- 259.1KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Air Force$258.6K99.8%8 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.2%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$259.1K100%
Where the work was performed
- Franklin County, TN$258.6K99.8%
- Madison County, AL$5000.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition99.8%US 39% · $258.6K
- Sole-source awards99.8%US 30% · $258.6K
- 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
- Department of the Air Force$258.6KDepartment of Defense · 3 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· Feb 17, 2022 – Apr 6, 2026· FA910122FB007
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· Apr 5, 2017 – Mar 17, 2026· FA910117F0035
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026· FA910126FB009
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· FA910126FB044
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· May 15, 2023 – Mar 12, 2026· FA865023C1044
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· Mar 4, 2021 – Mar 17, 2026· FA910121F0021
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· Dec 17, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· FA910126FB005
- Department of the Air Force· Franklin County, TN· Research & development· Feb 7, 2023 – Apr 6, 2026· FA910123FB027
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 TENNESSEE received $157K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions (1 new awards), −42% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health ($157K).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $157K
- New awards
- 1
- Actions
- 6
- Since FY2021
- $21.7M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 546KFY2021
- 1.7MFY2022
- 630.4KFY2023
- 18.4MFY2024
- 271.9KFY2025
- 157KFY2026
By type
- Grants$157K100%
Top programs
- 93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health$157K100%
Awarding agencies
- National Institutes of Health$157K100%Department of Health and Human Services
Largest awards
- 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Sep 16, 2024 – Apr 28, 2026· FA86502425213
- 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jun 28, 2022 – Dec 18, 2025· N000142212457
- 12.330 · Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Feb 9, 2023 – Dec 5, 2025· N000142312260
- 47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 15, 2022 – Aug 13, 2026· 2225803
- 93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· R03EB038257
- 43.009 · Mission Support· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Feb 19, 2025 – Jan 28, 2026· 80NSSC25M7035
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: $36.5K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$36.5K100%NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $253.7K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.6M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $728.3K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $186.2K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $36.5K 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 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
428 companies · $174.6M reported
- RALEIGH, NC · 17 subawards
- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, INC.$5.1MKNOXVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
- MADISON, WI · 25 subawards
Primes that pay it
192 companies · $218.2M reported
- NASHVILLE, TN · 121 subawards
- FREDERICK, MD · 104 subawards · Facilities support services
- STATE OF TENNESSEE$6.6MNASHVILLE, TN · 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 14 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$3.8M−90% in FY2026PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 entities · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
- JACKSON, MS · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development services
- SILICON AUDIO RF CIRCULATOR, LLC$2.8M+0.2% in FY2026AUSTIN, TX · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · 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 TENNESSEE (6 recipients).
Matched organizations
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEAI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $520K
- 8 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $1.7M
- $1.7M in its own reports
Lobbying by year
- 2023$320K8 reports
- 2024$490K8 reports
- 2025$520K8 reports
- 2026$370K6 reports
Top issues
- Defense28 reports
- Agriculture14 reports
- Budget and appropriations14 reports
- Energy and nuclear14 reports
- Sports and athletics14 reports
- Education8 reports
- Transportation6 reports
- Health issues5 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
- U.S. SENATE28 reports
- Defense - Dept of (DOD)15 reports
- Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)6 reports
- Education - Dept of5 reports
- Energy - Dept of4 reports
- Natl Science Foundation (NSF)3 reports
- Transportation - Dept of (DOT)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
- Strategic Marketing Innovations$430K14 reports
- TheGROUP DC, LLC$100K2 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.