University Of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN Doing business as Univ Tennessee System Office
- UEI
- FN2YCS2YAUW3
- CAGE
- 4B958
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 541330 Engineering Services
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services
- 541613 Marketing Consulting Services
- 541614 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
- 541618 Other Management Consulting Services
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Corporate family
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- University Of Tennessee · Memphis, TN NDZ1VCNNXMQ3
- University Of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN NBB1BJ7QCFG4
- University Of Tennessee · Memphis, TN X1M1PN3KG3E7
- University Of Tennessee · Nashville, TN K9N2F8E39JH3
- University Of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN CCZSYM5RSG96
- University Of Tennessee · Tullahoma, TN R7UDMNZJNFU5
- University Of Tennessee HS5ZJGBWMY96
- University Of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN LXG4F9K8YZK5
- University Of Tennessee · Chattanooga, TN JNZFHMGJN7M3
- University Of Tennessee · Martin, TN VBVKFE7E5FJ9
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- University Of Tennessee U5XGJG7ZVLK3
- University Of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN L54FLKJM2MN4
- University Of Tennessee YZSNRKS5G6X8
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37916, USA
- Website
- utk.edu
- Founded
- 2021
- 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 | $1,073,208 |
| FY2025 | $1,448,796 |
| FY2024 | $1,581,351 |
| FY2023 | $1,895,670 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Army | $410,000 | |
| 2 | Air Force | $385,084 | |
| 3 | Department of Transportation | $154,160 | |
| 4 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $76,464 | |
| 5 | Department of Commerce | $20,000 | |
| 6 | Department of Justice | $17,500 | |
| 7 | Department of Energy | $10,000 |
Contract vehicles
No active vehicles.
1 expired vehicle
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triad National Security, LLC | 89233218CNA000001 | $800,000 | |
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $300,000 | |
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $84,210 | |
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $460,000 | |
| Applied Research Associates, Inc. | W15QKN25CA058 | $4,800,000 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pennsylvania State University | 80NSSC23K1039 | $86,188 | |
| Arizona State University | 2622265 | $638,065 | |
| The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation | 2437812 | $233,122 | |
| Vanderbilt University | 693JJ22640011YP4ATNA260011ATTI | $189,385 | |
| The Regents Of The University Of California | DENA0004277 | $399,905 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
The University of Tennessee, operating through its System Office in Knoxville, Tennessee, acts as a prime recipient and prime contractor for federal research grants and educational service contracts, competing predominantly in full-and-open markets with no characteristic set-aside posture. As a tax-exempt, state-controlled 1862 land-grant research institution, UT delivers research, education, and professional development services across life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, and humanities disciplines to federal agencies including NSF, DOE, NIH, NASA, DoD, and NOAA.
UT's recent award footprint—3,818 total awards with $361.3 million in combined potential value spanning 255 customer agencies—reflects a mature, diversified federal research and education enterprise. The National Science Foundation dominates by award count (668 awards), while NASA's Shared Services Center, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and NIH drive the largest dollar concentrations ($26.2 million, $4.8 million, and $4 million respectively). The top five customers by award count account for 32% of UT's recent portfolio, indicating broad federal sector engagement rather than single-agency dependency. Activity trended upward from 2023 to 2024 (141 to 237 awards), then moderated in 2025–2026 (173 and 110 awards); 182 awards representing $4 million in combined potential value face recompete within the next twenty-four months. Notably, UT reports combined dollars obligated across all awards at $2.22 billion—615% of combined potential value—a reflection of multi-year cooperative agreements and grants with staggered funding, including major $9–11 million cooperative agreements with DoE and DoD.
UT holds a Blanket Purchase Agreement with Air Education and Training Command (ceiling $2.5 million through February 2031) for professional and management development training and IT training at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The vendor also places task orders on several Air Force indefinite delivery contracts, including F4060094D0001, FA701410D0012 (anchoring $25.8 million), and FA701406D0019 ($31.9 million), along with federal supply schedule work under GSA Schedule GS10F0205T ($2.7 million across 16 task orders).
UT's prime contract and grant work spans research in basic science, applied engineering, materials characterization, disease mechanism investigation, climate and environmental science, quantum computing and AI, advanced manufacturing, food safety, and K–12 and higher-education STEM curricula. Representative recent prime work includes $1.998 million for tokamak research (DOE Office of Science), $1.92 million on microbial metabolic interactions in polymicrobial environments (NIGMS), $10.8 million for Rapid Applied Materials Processing Laboratory university support (Office of Naval Research), $9 million to operationalize the National Science Data Fabric (NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure), $5 million for an autonomous materials characterization platform called ATHENA (NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships), and $3.35 million on next-generation hybrid eVTOL integrated power and propulsion solutions (Army Materiel Command). UT also recipient-delivers on NSF grants for quantum algorithms and optimization ($480 thousand), social tabletop robots for autism play interactions ($800 thousand), and harmful cyanobacterial bloom mechanisms ($1.454 million), alongside educational grants for microelectronics workforce development ($999 thousand) and civics instruction ($2.08 million).
UT acts as prime recipient on federal grants totaling hundreds of millions and operates as a subcontractor to national laboratories and defense contractors. Named sub-relationships include Triad National Security and Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (Los Alamos and Kansas City operations; R&D work), UT-Battelle (Oak Ridge National Laboratory management and operations; materials science and quantum computing research), Applied Research Associates (advanced manufacturing and energetics), and other primes across energy, defense, and mission support domains. UT also subgrants to peer research universities—Pennsylvania State, University of Kentucky, Emory, Northwestern, and others—on NSF, NIH, and defense-funded collaborative research spanning materials science, infectious disease, agricultural systems, and quantum science.
UT's award trajectory reflects sustained federal investment in higher education research and workforce development with modest year-over-year volatility. The vendor's scale (3,818 awards; $2.22 billion obligated) and disciplinary breadth position it as a cornerstone research and education institution within the federal research ecosystem, with particular concentration in NSF-funded discovery, DOE-funded materials and energy sciences, and NIH-funded biomedical research. No characteristic SBA set-aside posture appears; UT competes as a full-and-open, research-intensive institution rather than under disadvantaged-business designations.
Quick answers
Is University Of Tennessee registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. University Of Tennessee's SAM.gov registration is active through June 16, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does University Of Tennessee hold?
University Of Tennessee holds a place on 1 federal contract vehicle: SeaPort-e.
How much has University Of Tennessee received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,448,796 to University Of Tennessee in fiscal year 2025 and $5,999,025 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does University Of Tennessee rank among federal contractors?
University Of Tennessee ranked #22 in PSC AS11, #22 in PSC U010 and #70 in PSC AS in FY2025.
What is University Of Tennessee's most recent federal award?
University Of Tennessee's most recent federal grant award is Connecting disciplines: applying computer vision to physical activity measurement methods (F31LM015004), from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH), on February 8, 2027.
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