Instituto Tecnologico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey

Instituto Tecnologico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey, doing business as Itesm, is a private, non-profit educational institution headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, that operates as a federal research grant recipient and occasional prime contractor delivering academic research, scientific conferences, and professional training to U.S. federal agencies. Itesm is minority-owned and competes in the education and research space without set-aside designation; the vendor's federal footprint is entirely grant-driven, anchored by the Office of Naval Research, with minimal contract activity.

Itesm's customer base concentrates heavily on defense research and diplomacy. The top five funding agencies account for 81% of recent awards. The Office of Naval Research leads by award count (eight awards) and carries all eight grant awards across applied research in maritime operations, electrochemical sensing, materials science, virtual reality affective modeling, and electric grid optimization for naval vessels, with most grants running three-year performance periods ending in 2027 or 2028. The Department of the Air Force has placed three awards, including research grants on semiconductor materials development and cognitive modeling for human-AI interactions in decision-making. The Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement together account for two awards focused on cross-border environmental and security challenges in Mexico.

Recent activity shows growth — eight awards in 2025, up from four in 2024 — with six awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing renewal or recompete risk. The combined potential value across all twenty-one awards stands at $43 thousand, but actual obligated dollars ($3.3 million) far exceed that figure, signaling that the source captures recent award announcements rather than fully realized grant values; federal research grants to academic institutions typically carry multi-year funding streams not fully reflected in ceiling values. Itesm's sole recent contract award is a September 2026 purchase order for Power BI and Power Query training to the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, valued at $42,688.83. As a subcontractor, Itesm delivers climate-policy research to Research Triangle Institute on a Department of State greenhouse-gas-emissions program and participates as a sub-recipient under Stanford University on an energy-system-transition grant and under Arizona State University on a Mexico-focused public-safety research award. The vendor's federal profile is anchored to unclassified academic and applied research partnerships with the Navy and Air Force, with no demonstrated prime contract vehicle participation or defense contractor ecosystem engagement.