Arizona State University

Arizona State University, a public research university and Hispanic-serving institution headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, delivers federal educational services and research support as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) across 49 agencies, with no small-business set-asides. ASU is a U.S. state government entity and state-controlled institution of higher learning that competes in full-and-open procurements.

ASU's federal footprint centers on Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) tuition and fee support, which dominates the recent award portfolio by volume and dollars. The top five customer agencies account for 38% of total awards: the Department of the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel leads with 20 awards valued at $7.6 million combined potential value, followed by the Navy's Bureau of Naval Personnel (12 awards, $5.3 million), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (14 awards, $5.1 million), the Navy's Naval Education and Training Command (25 awards, $1.5 million), and the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (31 awards, $249 thousand). Navy relationships account for the majority of recent contract volume, while NASA and civilian research agencies contribute a smaller but sustained stream of task orders. Representative prime work includes Spring 2026 NROTC midshipmen tuition and allowable fees valued at $814 thousand to the Bureau of Naval Personnel (delivery order, February 2026), laboratory and testing services for protein array platforms and ELISA assays valued at $24 thousand to the National Institute on Aging (September 2025), and a $325 thousand Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to build youth resilience in Nicaragua (awarded September 2022).

ASU places task orders under five named parent vehicles: Basic Ordering Agreement N0018919GZ040 carries 21 task orders valued at $8.9 million combined potential value, Basic Ordering Agreement N0018914GZ004 supports 14 task orders valued at $112 thousand, Indefinite Delivery Contract F0160079D0239 holds 9 task orders, Basic Ordering Agreement N0018912GZ010 contains 8 task orders valued at $4 million, and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0024409G0025 anchors 6 task orders valued at $54 thousand. All five vehicles are Navy-affiliated.

Award activity has remained modest and relatively flat over the past five years—six awards in 2022, four in 2023, six in 2024, six in 2025, and two through February 2026—with only one award (valued at $24 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure. ASU's award portfolio spans education and training (93 awards under PSC codes for tuition, registration, and membership fees), space research and development (46 awards under basic research codes), and testing laboratory services (8 awards). The NAICS concentration shows 108 awards under Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, 28 under Administration of Education Programs, and 4 under Testing Laboratories and Services.

In its subcontractor role, ASU performs limited sub work: a design-and-development task under Arete Associates for Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems (SMART EPANTS) awarded July 2023, and multiple grant sub-awards under Research Triangle Institute and the University of Missouri System for materials science and metallurgical research (slag chemistry modeling, steel production support). Service Contract Inventory data captures one sub-record in FY2022 showing roughly 11.7 FTEs on a federal services contract, though SCI represents a narrow slice of ASU's federal activity and excludes the large tuition-support and grant portfolios that dominate the award count.