Bay Path University

Bay Path University, a private nonprofit educational institution based in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and a tuition-services contractor to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, serving healthcare professional development and workforce training missions across multiple federal agencies with no set-aside designations.

Bay Path University's federal footprint centers on two distinct capability areas: healthcare workforce development through federal grant funding and tuition and educational services delivery under contract to the Navy. As a grant recipient (85% of recent awards), the university develops specialized curricula and training programs in high-need healthcare fields. Recent grant work includes a three-year substance use disorder (SUD) treatment curriculum for physician assistant students under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (awarded September 2024, ultimate completion September 2027), which will engage 210 PA trainees and train practicing healthcare providers in Western Massachusetts and North-Central Connecticut. Bay Path also holds active special education workforce-development grants from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, including "Closing the Diversity Gap: Intensive Preparation for Special Education Teachers" (awarded October 2023, completing September 2026) and "Promoting Diversity: A Doctorate Program to Improve School-Based Practice" (awarded September 2024, completing August 2026). A $1 million grant from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program (CFDA 84.116) funds the Student Success Center, supporting women's college and career readiness through May 2026. As a contractor, Bay Path holds a single-award Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA N0018925GZ004) with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery running through February 2035, under which the Navy has issued five delivery orders for tuition and fees covering spring and fall semesters, totaling $80 thousand in combined potential value. Individual task orders have included $19,205 for spring 2025 tuition (awarded February 2025), $18,155 for fall 2025 (awarded September 2025 and reiterated February 2025), $12,740 for summer 2025 (awarded June 2025), and $11,330 for spring 2026 (awarded March 2026).

Federal customer concentration splits between grant agencies and the Navy. The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education leads by award count with eight grants, while the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery anchors all six contract awards and their associated potential value. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters, National Science Foundation, and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration complete the active customer set. Bay Path also receives COVID-19 emergency relief sub-grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Massachusetts (four sub-awards between July 2023 and January 2025 for emergency protective measures and pandemic response). Activity has remained intermittent, averaging roughly 1.4 awards per year over the past five years, with three awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The source records $33 million in combined dollars obligated, substantially exceeding the $80 thousand combined potential value figure, indicating that invoiced and obligated amounts under the Navy BOA and prior grants materially exceed the stated contract ceilings and grant award amounts shown.