Federal contractor · PLATTEVILLE, WI

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM received $87.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards. Since FY2024: $96.9K. Its largest customer was Agricultural Research Service ($47.3K). It also received $10.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$87.3K
New awards
3
Sole-source
54%
Single offer
46%
UEI
EARPJJ6CMFG7
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.6KFY2024
  2. 87.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 1 awards
  2. 1 awards
  3. Forest Service-$0.170.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$47.3K54%
  2. Research & development$40K46%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $87.3K
  • Sole-source awards54%
    US 30% · $47.3K
  • Single-offer competitions46%
    US 8.7% · $40K
  • 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 Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Agricultural Research Service· Grant County, WI· Professional services· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 1232SA26P0649
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs· Dane County, WI· Research & development· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 36C25226C0031
  3. Forest Service· Grant County, WI· Research & development· Apr 19, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· 12444824P0025

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 WISCONSIN SYSTEM received $10.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 162 actions (10 new awards), −3.7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($7.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$10.1M
New awards
10
Actions
162
Since FY2021
$70M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 22.8MFY2021
  2. 6.9MFY2022
  3. 9.1MFY2023
  4. 10.6MFY2024
  5. 10.5MFY2025
  6. 10.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$8.5M85%
  2. Grants$1.5M15%
  3. Other assistance$39.9K0.4%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$7.9M78%
  2. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$1.4M14%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$376K3.7%
  4. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$285.7K2.8%
  5. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$81.5K0.8%
  6. 10.707 · Research Joint Venture Agreement$39.9K0.4%
  7. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$3,7720.0%
  8. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)-$6700.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Forest Service$39.9K0.4%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 2, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· P063P252451
  2. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· P042A200355
  3. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Apr 15, 2026· P042A200369
  4. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A264557
  5. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· May 26, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· P042A250454
  6. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P007A264557

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: $206.6K (11 subawards)

2 primes

  1. LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. MADISON, WI · 10 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $84.3K received
  • FY2023: $49.5K paid out · $131.7K received
  • FY2024: $389.6K paid out · $238.9K received
  • FY2025: $100K paid out · $14.3K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $206.6K 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

4 companies · $539.1K reported

  1. AANIIIH NAKODA COLLEGE$255.6K
    HARLEM, MT · 1 subaward
  2. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE$149.6K
    PEORIA, IL · 2 subawards
  3. MASSEY UNIVERSITY$100K
    PALMERSTON NORTH, NZ · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

8 companies · $675.9K reported

  1. LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$144K
    GREEN BAY, WI · 1 subaward
  3. MADISON, WI · 2 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CARLSBAD, CA · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Scientific research and development servicesVeterans Affairs · Scientific research and development services
  2. CYAGEN BIOMODELS LLC$406.2K−100% in FY2026
    SANTA CLARA, CA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Scientific research and development servicesAgricultural Research Service · Scientific research and development services
  3. CREATIVE BIOLABS INC$715.6K+84% in FY2026
    SHIRLEY, NY · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Scientific research and development servicesVeterans Affairs · 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 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.