Federal contractor · RICHMOND, VA

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY received $27.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−68% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $660.9K. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($17.6K). It also received $16.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$27.1K
New awards
6
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 122KFY2017
  2. 17.2KFY2018
  3. -16.3KFY2019
  4. 202KFY2020
  5. 31.7KFY2021
  6. 66.1KFY2022
  7. 12.1KFY2023
  8. 113.3KFY2024
  9. 85.6KFY2025
  10. 27.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$17.6K65%
    5 awards
  2. Department of the Army$9,58235%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$31K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Richmond city, VA$17.6K65%
  2. Mecklenburg County, VA$9,58235%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $27.1K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $33.4K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$6,221
  • 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$23.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$9,582
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (VDEQ) TECHNICAL REVIEW AND REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF THE WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES PROGRAM$31K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Richmond city, VA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 80NSSC26P1694
  2. ECR TECHNICAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT$19.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hampton city, VA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 5, 2025 – May 13, 2026· 80NSSC25PB911
  3. 2025 VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OVERSIGHT AT LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER$19.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Richmond city, VA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 19, 2024 – Dec 3, 2025· 80NSSC25PA342
  4. VDEQ REMEDIATION OVERSIGHT SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMPLIANCE$13.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Richmond city, VA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 23, 2022 – Jan 22, 2026· 80NSSC22PB974
  5. JOHN H. KERR AND PHILPOTT VPDES PERMITS$9,582
    Department of the Army· Mecklenburg County, VA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· W912PM26PA023
  6. FUNDING FOR VDEQ TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS AND ATTEND MEETINGS.$5,135
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Richmond city, VA· Facilities & utilities· Nov 27, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· 80NSSC24PA167

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.

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY received $16.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 50 actions (12 new awards), −93% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 66.964 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants ($5.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$16.6M
New awards
12
Actions
50
Since FY2021
$639.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 66.7MFY2021
  2. 98.8MFY2022
  3. 101.9MFY2023
  4. 113.8MFY2024
  5. 241.6MFY2025
  6. 16.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$16.6M100%

Top programs

  1. 66.964 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants$5.4M32%
  2. 11.419 · Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards$3.2M19%
  3. 66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants$1.7M10%
  4. 66.458 · Clean Water State Revolving Fund$1.7M10.0%
  5. 66.805 · Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program$1.2M7.1%
  6. 12.113 · State Memorandum of Agreement Program for the Reimbursement of Technical Services$946.9K5.7%
  7. 66.034 · Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act$779.9K4.7%
  8. 66.454 · Water Quality Management Planning$701K4.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Environmental Protection Agency$12.4M75%
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$3.2M19%
    Department of Commerce
  3. Department of the Army$946.9K5.7%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. DESCRIPTION:THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL…$100M
    66.046 · Climate Pollution Reduction Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Project grant· Oct 21, 2024 – Jan 12, 2026· 953A0032
  2. DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BIPARTISAN…$13.6M
    66.964 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Sep 28, 2022 – Jul 1, 2026· 95308101
  3. THE WORK PERFORMED UNDER THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO ACCOMPLISH OBJECTIVES OF THE VIRGINIA CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL PHASE III WATERSHED…$8.1M
    66.466 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Oct 21, 2020 – Jun 26, 2026· 96383501
  4. PURPOSE: THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) IS PROVIDING $5,631,150 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT…$5.6M
    11.473 · Office for Coastal Management· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 19, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· NA24NOSX473C0070
  5. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE OPERATION OF THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY'S (VADEQ) CONTINUING…$4.5M
    66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Sep 30, 2025 – Jun 6, 2026· 953A0245
  6. DESCRIPTION:THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AWARDS FEDERAL FUNDS OF $1,741,104. FEDERAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,705,520 ARE CONTINGENT UPON…$3.5M
    66.964 · Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Oct 16, 2025 – Jul 20, 2026· 953A0251

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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-grants: $15.3M (65 subawards)

41 sub-recipients

  1. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION$3.5M23%
    RICHMOND, VA · 4 subawards
  2. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY$1.3M8.4%
    RICHMOND, VA · 3 subawards
  3. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$1.1M6.9%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  4. VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE$1.1M6.9%
    GLOUCESTER POINT, VA · 9 subawards
  5. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$920.2K6.0%
    NORFOLK, VA · 1 subaward
  6. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$800K5.2%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  7. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$621.5K4.1%
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 2 subawards
  8. MIDDLE PENINSULA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION$597.1K3.9%
    MATTAPONI, VA · 4 subawards
  9. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF$556.2K3.6%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  10. NORTHERN NECK PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION$480.8K3.1%
    WARSAW, VA · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.1M (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$1M93%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. EMERGENCY MGMT DEPARTMENT OF$74.9K7.0%
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $41.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $77.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $73.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $79M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $194.6M paid out · $50M received
  • FY2026: $15.3M paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2027: $700.1K paid out · $0 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

81 companies · $482M reported

  1. HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT$138M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 9 subawards
  2. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY$109.4M
    WOODBRIDGE, VA · 3 subawards
  3. RADFORD UNIVERSITY$81.2M
    RADFORD, VA · 7 subawards

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $51.1M reported

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES$50M
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  2. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$1M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. EMERGENCY MGMT DEPARTMENT OF$74.9K
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CENTER FOR HUMAN SYSTEMS INC$75K
    DUNEDIN, FL · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. PIP PROJECTS, INC.$79.7K
    CLEMSON, SC · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. OTHER ORB LLC$88K
    FLAGSTAFF, AZ · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.