Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO Part of Colorado State University System
- UEI
- CZ9GSGBGGNJ6
- CAGE
- 1WGM9
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Website
- colostate.edu
- Founded
- 1870
- Employees
- 5K-10K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- 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 | $134,657 |
| FY2025 | $145,701 |
| FY2024 | $115,988 |
| FY2023 | $179,254 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | $87,482 | |
| 2 | Department of the Navy | $26,980 | |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | $20,196 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amentum Technology, Inc. | 68HERC23F0312 | $93,624 | |
| Matrix Research Inc. | FA238523C0002 | $715,000 |
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State University | 69A3552348308 | $904,282 | |
| Colorado Department Of Public Health & Environment | 99818620 | -$0 | |
| Colorado Department Of Public Health & Environment | NH75OT000066 | -$15,000 | |
| Colorado Department Of Public Health & Environment | 99818620 | $0 | |
| Colorado Department Of Public Health & Environment | NB01PW000016 | $52,299 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Colorado State University, a public 1862 land-grant research institution and child entity of the Colorado State University System, operates as a prime contractor on federal research, educational support, and facility-use contracts, competing full-and-open with no SBA set-aside designations. The university serves 89 distinct federal customer agencies across 1,384 total awards with combined potential value of $2.03 billion, though the award portfolio is heavily skewed by a single large vehicle: a basic ordering agreement (GS08B13644) with the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service that carries $1.79 billion in potential value across 82 task orders for facility leasing. Excluding that vehicle, CSU's federal contracting footprint is substantially smaller, with the Department of the Army (293 awards, $3.7 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Air Force (125 awards) forming the next-largest customer bases by award count.
CSU's concrete federal capability portfolio spans three distinct streams. First, the university provides educational support services—tuition, fees, and student enrollment programs—primarily to the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery under an indefinite-delivery contract (N0018910GZ008) carrying 26 delivery orders worth $229 thousand combined potential value. Second, CSU operates the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC), a data subscription service serving the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Economist and the Foreign Agricultural Service on agricultural market analysis and forecasting; recent contracts include a $19,800 definitive contract (October 2025) for LMIC data renewal running through September 2027 and a $63,917.59 contract (September 2025) for LMIC weekly materials and website access. Third, CSU delivers research services and facility hosting: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $234,650.28 purchase order (February 2023) for conference space and technical support running through March 2027, and CSU received a $56,898 CDC contract (September 2023) for conference space in Fort Collins. Recent grant awards show CSU as a cooperative-agreement recipient for applied research: a $172,562 award from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (April 2024) for fuels treatment longevity modeling in the Colorado Front Range, and grants from USDA's National Agricultural Library (CFDA 10.700) for groundwater phosphorus modeling and related environmental science work.
CSU's recent activity shows volatility—two awards in 2022, sixteen in 2023, nine in 2024, thirteen in 2025, and two thus far in 2026—and recompete exposure is minimal: only three awards (combined potential value $318 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months. The university operates as a prime on 99% of its awards and as a named subcontractor on contract and grant work for larger primes including Amentum Technology (ambient air monitoring analysis, October 2023) and Matrix Research (processing support, July 2023). Across grant subawards, CSU receives federal pass-through funding from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and other state entities for water-quality, nonpoint-source, and public-health research initiatives. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows minimal federal services activity captured above the $150,000 threshold—two SCI records totaling less than one FTE across FY2022–FY2024—reflecting that CSU's federal footprint comprises largely research, educational services, and data subscriptions rather than labor-intensive federal service contracts. The university competes without set-aside advantage, positioning it as a full-and-open competitor in civilian research and educational markets where its land-grant research infrastructure and established relationships with USDA, CDC, and Department of Defense agencies drive award activity.
Quick answers
Is Colorado State University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Colorado State University's SAM.gov registration is active through March 16, 2027.
How much has Colorado State University received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $145,701 to Colorado State University in fiscal year 2025 and $575,600 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Colorado State University's most recent federal award?
Colorado State University's most recent federal contract award is Tuition and fee (N0622A26FA449), from Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Navy), on June 4, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Colorado State University's full federal record
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- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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