Federal contractor · MADISON, WI
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM received $277.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+213% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.5M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($185.2K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $277.4K
- New awards
- 7
- Sole-source
- 80%
- Single offer
- 19%
- UEI
- UBCGS2J98RK4
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 WISCONSIN SYSTEM company family: 11 registered entities, $8.2M in FY2026 together. See the family
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI · Family page$4.4M
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI$2.7M
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI$891.5K
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMMADISON, WI$0
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMSUPERIOR, WI$0
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 112.6KFY2017
- 336.7KFY2018
- 269.2KFY2019
- 190KFY2020
- 399.5KFY2021
- 430.8KFY2022
- 172.3KFY2023
- 202.1KFY2024
- 88.6KFY2025
- 277.4KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$185.2K67%3 awards
- 1 awards
- 1 awards
- Indian Health Service-$1,8900.0%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Health & medical$224.3K80%
- Equipment maintenance$55K20%
Where the work was performed
- Dane County, WI$279.3K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition99%US 39% · $273.8K
- Sole-source awards80%US 30% · $220.6K
- Single-offer competitions19%US 8.7% · $53.1K
- 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 Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Dane County, WI· Health & medical· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· 36C25226N0182
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Dane County, WI· Health & medical· Apr 5, 2024 – Aug 23, 2026· 140F0S24C0003
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Dane County, WI· Equipment maintenance· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· 75D30126P20721
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Dane County, WI· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2024 – Oct 20, 2025· 36C25225N0013
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Dane County, WI· Health & medical· Jul 1, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· 36C25225N0449
- Indian Health Service· McKinley County, NM· Professional services· Dec 14, 2021 – Dec 14, 2025· 75H71022P00253
- Indian Health Service· McKinley County, NM· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 10, 2020 – Mar 23, 2026· 75H71021P00285
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 $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
Assistance by fiscal year
- 7.9KFY2021
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.
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: $30K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $370.2K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $30K 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
540 companies · $668.6M reported
- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$31.1MSEATTLE, WA · 61 subawards
- WISCONSIN CHEESE-MAKERS' ASSOCIATION$28.4MMADISON, WI · 7 subawards
- INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 33 subawards
Primes that pay it
290 companies · $559.6M reported
- MADISON, WI · 180 subawards
- MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 68 subawards
- PRINCETON, NJ · 17 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 43 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$55.2M−20% in FY2026LOS ANGELES, CA · 64% 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
- MAGNIX USA INC$11.3MEVERETT, WA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
- VISTA PHOTONICS, INC$12.7M−90% in FY2026LAS CRUCES, NM · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 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.