Jacksonville University

Jacksonville University Controller's Office Division, operating as Jacksonville University Dormit, is a tax-exempt private educational institution providing Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) tuition, fees, and educational support services to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor. The university operates on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designation across its entire federal footprint; all work is self-performed without subcontractor engagement.

The university's federal contract portfolio centers entirely on Navy personnel education. Recent representative work includes a $3.59 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel (February 2026) for Spring 2026 NROTC midshipmen tuition and allowable fees, a $3.71 million retroactive-tuition delivery order for Fall 2025 NROTC midshipmen (January 2026), and a $2.83 million delivery order for Spring 2025 NROTC tuition and support services (February 2025). The university also provides tutoring and academic support services for Navy scholarship students attending Jacksonville University and the nearby University of North Florida. All contracts are firm fixed-price delivery orders with performance at Jacksonville, Florida.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of the Navy, which accounts for 66% of the university's 185 total awards across prime and sub categories. Within Navy, the Naval Education and Training Command leads by potential value at $17.6 million across 25 awards, followed by the Bureau of Naval Personnel at $15.8 million across 14 awards, and the Chief of Naval Personnel at $10.9 million across 29 awards. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery places smaller awards valued at $80 thousand across 20 contracts. Total combined potential value across all awards is $45.1 million, though obligated amounts ($80.4 million) exceed potential value, reflecting below-ceiling execution on NROTC delivery orders that renew seasonally.

The university operates under two primary Navy indefinite-delivery vehicles: Basic Ordering Agreement N0018918GZ051, which carries 43 task orders valued at $28.4 million combined potential value, and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0014006G0022, which carries 24 task orders valued at $16.4 million. A third vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018908GZ050, holds 17 task orders with $73 thousand combined potential value.

Activity has declined year over year — from 11 awards in 2022 to three awards in 2026 to date — though this reflects the seasonal nature of NROTC contract issuance rather than loss of customer standing; only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure. Category coding reflects the educational mission: 79 awards fall under NAICS Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, and 116 awards carry PSC Education/Training–Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees.

Beyond Navy contracts, Jacksonville University also holds a National Science Foundation grant recipient relationship. In April 2022, the university received an NSF project grant for collaborative research on biogeography, population genetics, and ecology of macroalgae species in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, extending through March 2027. The university also appears as a sub-recipient under Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster-assistance grants flowing through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management for debris removal and emergency protective measures (October 2025 and August 2023) and under a Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association subaward for Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act implementation (November 2025 and November 2024).