Columbia Power & Water System
Columbia, TN Doing business as Cpws Columbia Power & Water Systems
- UEI
- XL8UNUKKU6D5
- CAGE
- 8XRP9
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Other
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 201 Pickens Ln, Columbia, TN 38401, USA
- Website
- cpws.com
- Founded
- 1939
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Utilities
- SIC code
- 96 Administration of Economic Programs
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Emergency Management Agency | 4898DRTNP00000001 | $467,042 | |
| Tennessee Emergency Management Agency | 4898DRTNP00000001 | $89,057 | |
| Tennessee Emergency Management Agency | 4792DRTNP00000001 | $210,802 | |
| Tennessee Emergency Management Agency | 4792DRTNP00000001 | $197,627 | |
| Tennessee Emergency Management Agency | 4792DRTNP00000001 | $210,802 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Columbia Power & Water System, doing business as Cpws, operates exclusively as a subrecipient in federal disaster-relief and emergency-response grant programs, with all 42 recent awards flowing through Tennessee Emergency Management Agency as the prime grantor and recipient. Cpws is a nonprofit organization based in Columbia, Tennessee, with no federal contract footprint and no role as a prime contractor or prime grant recipient.
Cpws's entire federal exposure sits within the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Assistance programs, funneled through Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. The vendor has received subrecipient funding for Public Assistance (PA) disaster recovery work and pandemic-response reimbursement under FEMA's Emergency Protective Measures authorities. Recent work includes reimbursement for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic — including emergency medical care, medical sheltering, vaccine administration and distribution, and community engagement and information dissemination — awarded as sub-grants dated May 2025, August 2025, and September 2025. Four additional sub-awards dated December 2022 reference PA 4691, a Public Assistance disaster designation; one more recent award dated May 2026 covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and restoration or replacement of qualified disaster-damaged public and nonprofit facilities under the PA Program.
Activity has been episodic rather than sustained. Cpws received 17 awards in 2020 and 17 in 2021 (likely tied to initial pandemic-response reimbursement surges), contracted to four awards in 2022, then saw gaps in 2023 and 2024 before three awards in 2025 and one in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all 42 awards total $7.9 million. Customer concentration is absolute: all awards come from FEMA's disaster-assistance portfolio, 100% of awards are routed through a single grantor agency (Tennessee Emergency Management Agency), and there is no diversification across federal agencies or program types. The vendor has no federal contract prime vehicles, no IDIQ or GWAC seats, and no subcontract relationships with prime contractors. Cpws functions as a local nonprofit disaster-response intermediary rather than a federal services vendor.
Quick answers
Is Columbia Power & Water System registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Columbia Power & Water System's SAM.gov registration is active through September 21, 2027.
On GovTribe
See Columbia Power & Water System's full federal record
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