Board Of Education Of Montgomery County

Board Of Education Of Montgomery County, operating as Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), is a U.S. local government school district serving over 161,000 students across 211 schools that acts as a federal grant recipient and contract prime, with 60% of recent awards as prime grants and contracts and 40% as sub-awards under federal grantors and state intermediaries.

MCPS holds federal grant awards predominantly through the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and receives sub-awards from the Maryland State Department of Education and Montgomery County, Maryland as pass-through grantors. The district operates as a prime recipient on formula grants and project grants including Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (CFDA title not specified in source), Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041), and a cooperative agreement with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for school health education and youth wellness programming running through July 2029. MCPS also holds a single firm fixed price purchase order contract with the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center for patient tutoring services valued at $1.14 million effective through May 2027, and carries a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant from EPA Region 3 for replacement of 50 diesel school buses with zero-emission buses and installation of 20 DC fast chargers, performance running through March 2026. As a sub-recipient, MCPS receives federal education funding through the Maryland State Department of Education covering Title I Part A, Supporting Effective Instruction (Title II Part A), Student Support and Academic Enrichment (Title IV Part A), English Language Acquisition (CFDA 84.365A), McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, IDEA Part B (611 and 619 special education funding), and Career and Technical Education (Perkins) awards, and receives Head Start programming funds as a sub-recipient of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at 73 awards (38% of all awards), reflecting MCPS's core K-12 public education mission. The top five funding agencies account for 68% of recent awards: alongside Education's 73 awards, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families holds 18 awards, HHS National Institutes of Health holds 14 awards, the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services holds 14 awards, and the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology holds 13 awards. By potential value, NIH's Office of the Chief Operating Officer anchors the top-dollar position with 2 awards carrying $6 million combined potential value, and NIH Clinical Center carries 2 awards worth $3.8 million combined. MCPS places work under two parent indefinite delivery vehicles: IDC DM200048 with 34 task orders and $1.3 million combined potential value, and IDC 0020 with 2 task orders and $9 thousand combined potential value.

Activity has accelerated in recent years, growing from 2 awards in 2022 to 33 in both 2024 and 2025, with 15 awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Over the full source period (since 1993), MCPS holds 193 total awards with combined potential value of $11.1 million, though obligated dollars across all awards total $368.9 million, indicating substantial multi-year funding cycles. Only 2 awards carrying $1.1 million combined potential value face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. The source identifies 22 distinct customer agencies served. By contracting category, the award footprint concentrates on computer training (38 awards) and education/training delivery (5 awards under general education/training PSC), reflecting MCPS's role in federal professional development and instructional services beyond traditional K-12 operations.