El Paso County Community College District

El Paso County Community College District, doing business as El Paso Community College (EPCC), is a public, state-government educational institution and Hispanic-Serving Institution based in El Paso, Texas, that delivers vocational training, occupational safety education, and workforce development programs to federal agencies and their constituents primarily as a prime recipient of federal grants and purchase orders—with 89% of recent awards in the prime capacity and no subcontract work on contracts.

EPCC operates across a diversified portfolio of federal grant programs and procurement contracts spanning workforce training, higher education support, and occupational health. The institution holds $2.5 million in combined potential value across 131 awards (prime and sub combined), with obligated dollars of $213.3 million, reflecting substantial prior-year grant funding that has been drawn down. Recent representative work includes a $687,264 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Defense Health Agency to deliver a 25-week Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic certification course for up to 32 trainees at William Beaumont Army Medical Center through June 2026; a $520,332 Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Bureau of Prisons (Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna) for accredited welding instruction to inmates at Satellite Camp Prison La Tuna through November 2028; a $709,851 Cooperative Agreement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Procurement Technical Assistance for Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002) to establish and operate an APEX Accelerator center providing free procurement technical assistance to businesses through April 2027; a $484,764 Cooperative Agreement from the National Human Genome Research Institute (CFDA 93.172) to develop and implement computational genomics and cloud computing curriculum modules across eight biology, anatomy and physiology, and microbiology courses through August 2028; and a $735,953 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042) to deliver comprehensive student support services for disadvantaged students through August 2026.

Customer concentration is spread across civilian agencies. The top five funding sources by award count account for 50% of recent awards: the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (20 awards), the Department of the Army (20 awards), the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (9 awards), the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (9 awards), and the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna (7 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value). By potential value, the Bureau of Prisons leads at $1.4 million across 7 awards, with the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection accounting for $442 thousand across 2 awards, reflecting that most of EPCC's federal opportunity sits in smaller grant and training procurements. Army work flows through Basic Ordering Agreements DABT5181G0006 (8 task orders) and DABT5186D0104 (4 task orders), while the Bureau of Prisons maintains a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with 4 task orders.

EPCC's subcontract footprint is light: the institution acts as a sub-recipient on workforce-training grants from the Texas Workforce Commission (Apprenticeship Training Program, Building Capacity in Healthcare Fields, and Externships for Teachers programs) and as a sub-recipient on higher-education partnership grants from the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Oklahoma involving STEM student preparation and transportation research cohorts. Annual award volume has declined from a recent high of 10 in 2023 to 2 in 2026 (as of May 2026), though obligated dollars remain substantial from prior grant awards. Only two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete exposure. EPCC's capability concentration spans vocational and technical education (welding, emergency medical response), occupational safety and health training under OSHA's Susan Harwood program, workforce development and apprenticeship support, STEM curriculum development targeting first-generation and minority students, and federal procurement technical assistance delivery through the APEX Accelerator network.