California State Polytechnic University Humboldt
Arcata, CA Part of California State University
- UEI
- STC1LYLCWB18
- CAGE
- 1W9A7
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, California State University, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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Parent
California State University · Long Beach, CA
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Parent
California State University · Long Beach, CA
JW7YN4NDAHC1
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1 Harpst St, Arcata, CA 95521, USA
- Website
- humboldt.edu
- Founded
- 1913
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $100M-$250M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $70,275 |
| FY2025 | $45,985 |
| FY2024 | $28,537 |
| FY2023 | $37,400 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Interior | $70,275 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt vessel charter | Office of Acquisitions and Grants (USGS) | $20,835 | |
| Vessel charter services | Office of Acquisitions and Grants (USGS) | $49,440 | |
| Lease of vessel | Office of Acquisitions and Grants (USGS) | $23,850 | |
| Whsc vessel services retrieval of rrobs | Office of Acquisitions and Grants (USGS) | $24,542 | |
| Arcata grounds maintenance and security | Forest Service | $8,353 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Of Emergency Services | 4482DRCAP00000001 | $37,640 | |
| Department Of Education California | 2101CACSC6 | $28,840 |
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About the company
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt, doing business as Humboldt State University, is a state-controlled institution of higher learning that provides vessel charter services, grounds maintenance, and security services to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The university is a child entity of the California State University system and a minority-serving institution; it competes on full-and-open solicitations without set-aside designations across all named work.
Humboldt State University's federal work centers on marine research support and facilities maintenance grounded in its location in Arcata, California and coastal proximity. The university provides U.S. Coast Guard-licensed vessel charter services for scientific missions, including seafloor geodetic instrument deployment and retrieval for the U.S. Geological Survey, sediment sampling operations in coastal waters near Humboldt Bay, and ocean-bottom seismograph recovery operations. Representative contract work includes a $49,440 firm fixed-price purchase order from USGS (awarded April 15, 2026) for vessel charter services supporting five days of sediment sampling in water depths of 45–70 feet near Humboldt Bay through December 2026; a $23,850 modification from USGS (awarded May 8, 2025) for vessel lease supporting waveglider recovery in the southern Cascadia subduction zone through September 2025; and a $24,542 purchase order from USGS (awarded January 8, 2025) for rapid response ocean-bottom seismograph retrieval operations. The university also provides grounds maintenance and security services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Arcata office under recurring annual purchase orders ($8,352.72 for July 2024–July 2025; prior year $7,600). In its grant role, the university received a $1.7 million Education Stabilization Fund project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (July 2022–July 2023) for COVID-19 pandemic response and support; the university also serves as a sub-recipient under the California Department of Education's Child Care and Development Block Grant (awarded February 2025).
Customer concentration reflects West Coast federal research and natural resource agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 80% of recent awards, led by the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (15 awards, $94 thousand combined potential value), the Department of the Interior's USGS Office of Acquisitions and Grants (12 awards, $453 thousand), and the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (10 awards, $319 thousand). The dollar rankings diverge slightly: USGS dominates both volume and value at $453 thousand, while NOAA represents the second-largest dollar share at $319 thousand, reflecting larger per-task purchase orders. Activity has remained modest and flat—two to four awards per year over the past five years, with 54 total awards and combined potential value of $1.2 million spread across all federal sources. Two awards (combined potential value $70 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months. The university's primary NAICS positioning reflects its educational-institution status (19 awards) alongside landscaping services (7 awards), water transportation support (5 awards), and security services (4 awards); PSC work clusters around housekeeping and groundskeeping (8 awards) and marine equipment lease or rental (7 awards).
Quick answers
Is California State Polytechnic University Humboldt registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. California State Polytechnic University Humboldt's SAM.gov registration is active through October 8, 2027.
What is California State Polytechnic University Humboldt's CAGE code?
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt's CAGE code is 1W9A7, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is STC1LYLCWB18.
How much has California State Polytechnic University Humboldt received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $45,985 to California State Polytechnic University Humboldt in fiscal year 2025 and $182,197 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does California State Polytechnic University Humboldt rank among federal contractors?
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt's parent company, California State University, ranked #47 in NAICS 48833 and #58 in NAICS 48839 in FY2025.
What is California State Polytechnic University Humboldt's most recent federal award?
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt's most recent federal contract award is Humboldt vessel charter (140G0326P0135), from Office of Acquisitions and Grants (USGS), on May 19, 2026.
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