Naval Education and Training Command

The Department of the Navy Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), a defense agency within the Department of the Navy, procures contract services and funds research grants supporting military education, training, and readiness across the service. NETC awards contracts and grants through its education and training operations, which span training commands, educational institutions, and professional development centers worldwide.

NETC has executed 41,877 federal contract awards since 1997, totaling $7.07 billion in combined potential value with $5.96 billion obligated. Recent contract volume has contracted sharply: the agency awarded 795 contracts in 2023, 740 in 2024, 512 in 2025, 230 in 2026, and 1 year-to-date in 2027, with the most recently recorded award dated June 30, 2027. The competitive landscape for contracts is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, New TECH Solutions, Inc. leads by award count with 71 awards ($5.9 million combined potential value), followed by Fcn, Inc. (51 awards, $10.3 million) and Software Information Resource Corp. (48 awards, $2.5 million). By potential value, Brackish Consulting LLC leads with $14.6 million across 21 awards, followed by Fcn, Inc. ($10.3 million, 51 awards) and Carahsoft Technology Corp ($6.5 million, 33 awards). The top five primes by count represent only 7 percent of recent awards and by value only 1 percent of combined potential value, reflecting a long tail of 6,728 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio history. The contracting base is predominantly open competition: 84 percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation, with the balance split among small-business set-asides (12 percent of awards), 8(a) sole source (2 percent), and service-disabled veteran-owned small business (1 percent).

NETC has obligated $38.6 million in federal grant funding across 66 total grant awards since 2007, with recent cadence of 6 awards in 2021, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 1 in 2024, and 5 in 2026. The most recent grant award closed September 1, 2026. Grant recipients are highly fragmented. Over the last five years, University of California Santa Cruz leads by award count and federal dollars with 2 awards totaling $442 thousand, followed by National Observatory of Athens (2 awards, $205 thousand) and San Jose State University Research Foundation (2 awards, $244 thousand). These top recipients represent only 67 percent of recent awards and 3 percent of federal dollars, indicating a broad base of 48 distinct recipients across portfolio history. Grant assistance is predominantly Project Grants (53 percent of awards) with Cooperative Agreements comprising 44 percent and Block Grants 3 percent.