Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

DOD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a defense agency that procures and funds medical education, research, and training infrastructure supporting the military medical education and research mission. USUHS operates a dual contract and grant portfolio funding military medical research, professional development, and academic operations.

USUHS has issued 9,348 federal contract awards since 1981, with combined potential value of $1.16 billion and combined dollars obligated of $1.19 billion. Recent contract activity shows 187 awards in 2022, 190 in 2023, 199 in 2024, 171 in 2025, and 99 year-to-date in 2026. The most recently recorded award date is August 25, 2026. Among 2,203 distinct prime contractors, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by both award count and potential value. CDW Government LLC leads with 51 awards and $34.7 million combined potential value, followed by The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. with 18 awards and $28.8 million, and C2 Alaska, LLC with 12 awards and $18.3 million potential value over the last five years. The remaining contractor base is broadly distributed across 2,198 other vendors. Set-aside activity is minimal; 74 percent of awards are unrestricted, 22 percent are small-business set-asides (total small business), and SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, and WOSB designations account for less than 2 percent combined.

USUHS has obligated $4.34 billion in federal grant dollars across 1,534 grant awards since 2001, with the most recent grant award dated October 1, 2026. Grant activity shows 99 awards in 2022, 132 in 2023, 129 in 2024, 67 in 2025, and 59 year-to-date in 2026. Grant recipient concentration is highly concentrated by award count; The Henry M. Jackson Foundation dominates with 410 awards and $1.46 billion federal dollars obligated over the last five years, representing 93 percent of recent award count. By federal dollars, the top five recipients hold 36 percent of total obligations, with The Geneva Foundation second at 33 awards and $97 million. Cooperative Agreements form the plurality at 62 percent of assistance type, with Project Grants at 37 percent and Block Grants at 2 percent.

Recent contract opportunities center on laboratory animal research infrastructure and academic software licensing. USUHS posted solicitations for small-business set-aside RFQs on vivarium equipment including mouse single-side IVC systems (due August 28, 2026), large animal transport carts (due September 2, 2026), and bottle filling stations with acidifier (due August 27, 2026). Sole-source notices posted for Panopto lecture capture software (due October 20, 2026), Advisor degree auditing software (due September 2, 2026), Research Administration System software through Kuali (due August 19, 2026), and MRI-compatible behavioral testing equipment through BIOPAC (due August 26, 2026). No recent grant opportunities are present in the source data.

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is comprised of a School of Medicine and a School of Nursing, providing higher health sciences education ad training to service members.