Federal contractor · NASHVILLE, TN

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER received $36M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 54 awards (−5.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $327.6M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($33.1M). It also received $401.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$36M
New awards
54
Sole-source
92%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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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.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $43.8M in FY2026 together.

  1. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERNASHVILLE, TN · Family page
    $36M
  2. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNASHVILLE, TN
    $6.2M
  3. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNASHVILLE, TN
    $1.6M
  4. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THENASHVILLE, TN
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 12.4MFY2017
  2. 15.6MFY2018
  3. 19.4MFY2019
  4. 21.7MFY2020
  5. 37.6MFY2021
  6. 55.2MFY2022
  7. 58.4MFY2023
  8. 33.5MFY2024
  9. 37.9MFY2025
  10. 36MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$33.1M92%
    39 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$2M5.5%
    10 awards
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$912.9K2.5%
    4 awards
  4. Offices, Boards and Divisions-$7,0500.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$32M89%
  2. Research & development$2.2M6.2%
  3. Professional services$1.8M4.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Rutherford County, TN$19M53%
  2. Davidson County, TN$16.7M46%
  3. Essex County, NJ$217.9K0.6%
  4. Jefferson County, KY$12.6K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $33.1M
  • Sole-source awards92%
    US 30% · $33.2M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$12.6K
  • 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 Veterans Affairs$33.1M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 15 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$38.6K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FY21 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TOPIC 9.1 - VUMC$21.7M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Davidson County, TN· Research & development· Mar 4, 2022 – Aug 31, 2026· 75D30122C13379
  2. HEART TRANSPLANT SERVICES - MODIFICATION TO UPDATE INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS.$19M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Rutherford County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 36C24926N0125
  3. HEART TRANSPLANT SERVICES - OPTION PERIOD 2$14.4M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Davidson County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· 36C24925N0135
  4. BAA FY23 NETWORK OF HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION STUDIES FOR VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS$12.8M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Davidson County, TN· Research & development· Sep 25, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026· 75D30123C17674
  5. B-CELL EPITOPE DISCOVERY AND MECHANISMS OF ANTIBODY PROTECTION$10.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Davidson County, TN· Research & development· Sep 16, 2019 – Jul 22, 2026· 75N93019C00074
  6. KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SERVICES - OPTION YEAR 2.$6M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Davidson County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2024 – Apr 20, 2026· 36C24925N0140
  7. KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SERVICES - MODIFICATION TO FUND FY26 TO$5.3M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Davidson County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 36C24926N0022
  8. BASE PERIOD OF LIVER/LIVER-KIDNEY AND LIVE DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANT SERVICES$4.9M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Davidson County, TN· Health & medical· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 36C24926N0489

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.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER received $401.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,198 actions (130 new awards), −21% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($59.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$401.5M
New awards
130
Actions
1,198
Since FY2021
$2.8B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 383.1MFY2021
  2. 454MFY2022
  3. 495.8MFY2023
  4. 540.4MFY2024
  5. 511.2MFY2025
  6. 401.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$369M92%
  2. Direct payments$32.5M8.1%

Top programs

  1. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$59.9M15%
  2. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$43.7M11%
  3. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$39M9.7%
  4. 93.866 · Aging Research$33.5M8.3%
  5. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$29.6M7.4%
  6. 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$23.9M5.9%
  7. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$13.6M3.4%
  8. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$12.2M3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$380M95%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$8M2.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Defense Health Agency$8M2.0%
    Department of Defense
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$2.3M0.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality$976.9K0.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Education$787.3K0.2%
  7. Administration for Community Living$602K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. National Science Foundation$531.7K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. ALL OF US RESEARCH PROGRAM DATA AND RESEARCH CENTER - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - THE ALL OF US RESEARCH PROGRAM’S OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO…$210.4M
    93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2022 – Sep 17, 2026· OT2OD035404
  2. CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT$130.1M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Mar 25, 2021 – Sep 17, 2026· P30CA068485
  3. VANDERBILT INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (VICTR)$118.6M
    93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 4, 2020 – Mar 4, 2026· UL1TR002243
  4. VANDERBILT VACCINE AND TREATMENT EVALUATION UNIT$43M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 18, 2020 – Apr 23, 2026· UM1AI148452
  5. CCASANET: CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA NETWORK$40.1M
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Feb 17, 2021 – Jul 22, 2026· U01AI069923
  6. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SEQUENCING PROJECT PHENOTYPE HARMONIZATION CONSORTIUM - ABSTRACT IN RESPONSE TO PAR-20-099 “HARMONIZATION OF…$37.5M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· U24AG074855

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

  • Sub-contracts: $267.2K (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $88.9M (752 subawards)

196 sub-recipients

  1. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$14.5M16%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 129 subawards
  2. EMORY UNIVERSITY$4.5M5.0%
    ATLANTA, GA · 24 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$3.4M3.8%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 22 subawards
  4. MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE$3.4M3.8%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 15 subawards
  5. THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC$2.8M3.2%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 5 subawards
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$2.6M2.9%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 9 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$2.1M2.4%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 18 subawards
  8. FIOTEC - FUNDACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTIFICO E TECNOLOGICO EM SAUDE$2M2.3%
    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRA · 13 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$2M2.2%
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 9 subawards
  10. DUKE UNIVERSITY$2M2.2%
    DURHAM, NC · 17 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.7M (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $68.4M (272 subawards)

87 primes

  1. TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY$12.9M18%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$8.2M12%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 65 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$6.8M9.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 12 subawards
  4. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$3.4M4.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 17 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$2.7M3.9%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 8 subawards
  6. DUKE UNIVERSITY$2.6M3.8%
    DURHAM, NC · 11 subawards
  7. STATE OF TENNESSEE$2.6M3.7%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 2 subawards
  8. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$1.8M2.5%
    EVANSTON, IL · 11 subawards
  9. MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF$1.8M2.5%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 3 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$1.5M2.2%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $322M paid out · $71.1M received
  • FY2022: $323.7M paid out · $66.8M received
  • FY2023: $242.3M paid out · $91M received
  • FY2024: $134.5M paid out · $84.6M received
  • FY2025: $121.5M paid out · $76.1M received
  • FY2026: $89.2M paid out · $70.1M 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

498 companies · $1.3B reported

  1. FRIENDS IN GLOBAL HEALTH, LLC$149.5M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 5 subawards
  2. THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC$134.5M
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 25 subawards
  3. MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE$40.8M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 132 subawards

Primes that pay it

235 companies · $565.6M reported

  1. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$45.3M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 117 subawards
  2. STATE OF TENNESSEE$36.6M
    NASHVILLE, TN · 14 subawards
  3. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$18.7M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 80 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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 21 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$27.1M+2.7% in FY2026
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 3 entities · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER, INC.$26.7M+19% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. MEDICAL FACULTY ASSOCIATES, INC.$32.5M+47% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Vanderbilt UniversityAI match · 100%
  • Vanderbilt University Medical CenterAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.2M
19 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2.8M
$2.8M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$450K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$430K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$1.2M
    19 reports
  4. 2026$680K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations30 reports
  2. Medical and disease research, clinical labs28 reports
  3. Education22 reports
  4. Health issues21 reports
  5. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code21 reports
  6. Defense20 reports
  7. Science and technology20 reports
  8. Veterans20 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES45 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE44 reports
  3. Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)9 reports
  4. Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)6 reports
  5. Defense - Dept of (DOD)6 reports
  6. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)5 reports
  7. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)3 reports
  8. White House Office3 reports
  9. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)1 reports
  10. Office of Policy Development1 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. BALLARD PARTNERS$510K
    6 reports
  2. ATLAS CROSSING LLC$270K
    6 reports
  3. WASHINGTON NAVIGATORS$93.6K
    5 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 Sep 30, 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.