Kentucky Community & Technical College System

Versailles, KY Doing business as Kctcs

UEI
GWSXAJZALU69
CAGE
30QU6
Primary NAICS
611210 Junior Colleges
SAM.gov registration
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Company facts

Self-certified in SAM.gov
  • U.S. Local Government
  • Educational Institution
  • Local Government Owned
  • State Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
Entity structure
U.S. Government Entity
Corporate family
SAM.gov registration date
Physical address
300 N Main St, Versailles, KY 40383, USA
Website
kctcs.edu
Founded
1998
Employees
1K-5K
Estimated annual revenue
$500M-$1B
Industry
  1. Consumer Discretionary
  2. Diversified Consumer Services
  3. Education Services
  4. Education
SIC code
82 Educational Services
Profiles

Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .

Contract awards

Award Agency Obligated Awarded
State EMS response data HHSD2002017M93874P CDC Pittsburgh $22,368
Nims ICS 300 and nims ICS 400 courses DJBP0122LVM130075 Federal Correctional Institution Mcdowell (BOP) $4,300
Flight paramedic training W9124811P0066 MICC Fort Campbell $42,400
151060 mark rudder to provide nims training for FCI manchester staff. DJBP0110JN110036 Federal Correctional Institution Manchester (BOP) $3,600
Paramedic course training W9124810P0064 MICC Fort Campbell $42,314

Grant awards

Award Agency Obligated Awarded
Eager: empowering educators: AI & cybersecurity pathways for kentucky high schools 2618317 Division of Computing and Communication Foundations $53,800
Building a concrete ecosystem for the manufacturing education of new technicians in 3D printing project 2555961 Division of Undergraduate Education $1,000,000
Scholarships for stem success: building community and advancing transfer from a two-year college 2527671 Division of Undergraduate Education $1,949,245
Collaborative research: educateai: CUE-t: designing artificial intelligence curricula for all undergrads 2434183 Division of Computing and Communication Foundations $315,715
Rbdg rural business coop rural enterprise grant CLSS00000117589 Rural Business Cooperative Services (RHS) $93,825

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Grant subawards

Prime recipient Prime award Amount Awarded
Health Services Kentucky Cabinet For Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - TANF 2601KYTANF $10,858,524
Health Services Kentucky Cabinet For E&t 50% oper 265KY404S2519 $122,679
The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation CO-PI is uniquely positioned to support this NSF Engine program and will be responsible for leading the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility)… 2302947 $6,500
University Of Louisville Scope of Work: A Nurse Faculty Fellow (20% effort) will lead development and implementation of a Competency Based Education (CBE) assessment initiative within… UD749620 $62,438
University Of Louisville KCTCS--Nurse Faculty Fellow (20% effort, 2.4 man months), TBN, will be responsible for developing the LPN Competency Based Education (CBE) assessment initiative… UD749620 $60,336

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About the company

Written by GovTribe AI ·

Kentucky Community & Technical College System (doing business as KCTCS) is a state-controlled, U.S. government entity and educational institution that receives federal grants as the prime recipient in STEM education, technical workforce development, and advanced manufacturing curricula across its 16-campus network. The organization does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor and does not compete in the federal procurement market; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, anchored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the dominant customer.

KCTCS operates as a multi-institution system spanning Kentucky with named component colleges including Bluegrass Community & Technical College, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Somerset Community College, Maysville Community and Technical College, and West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The system's federal grant portfolio concentrates on NSF funding — 36 awards from NSF proper and 11 additional awards from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education alone account for 68% of recent award volume. Secondary federal customers include the Federal Emergency Management Agency (9 awards), the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (7 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services (4 awards). The top-customer concentration is substantial, with NSF and its subdivisions driving the majority of recent grant activity.

KCTCS's capability portfolio centers on technical and STEM education program development, faculty professional development, and curriculum innovation targeted at two-year college populations and K–12 pathways. Representative grant work includes a $2.997 million NSF award (CFDA 47.076, Division of Undergraduate Education) to establish the Geospatial Technology Consortium of Community Colleges (GTC3), running through June 2028, which develops modern GIS curriculum and professional development programs for community college instructors. A $1 million NSF STEM Education grant (CFDA 47.076) awarded to Somerset Community College funds the CEMENT-3D project (Building a Concrete Ecosystem for the Manufacturing Education of New Technicians in 3D Printing), delivering concrete 3D printing technician training, cloud-based curriculum development, and train-the-educator distribution through July 2029. A $1.95 million NSF award (CFDA 47.076) funds scholarships and student success initiatives at Somerset Community College for 115 low-income STEM students, with comprehensive support including mentoring and summer research through December 2031. Additional recent work includes $474 thousand (CFDA 47.076) for hybrid and electric vehicle technician education at Jefferson Community and Technical College, $315 thousand (CFDA 47.070, Computer and Information Science and Engineering) for inclusive undergraduate AI curriculum design, and a $383 thousand award for extended reality (XR) technology integration into technician education.

The system also holds a $950 thousand Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (awarded September 2022, completed September 2024) and manages workforce development grants from the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services and sub-award roles in health workforce initiatives through the University of Louisville and Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services. Several grants focus on broadening participation in manufacturing and advanced technology fields among rural, female, and underrepresented populations — examples include support for the "Girls Can Too" industrial maintenance technology recruitment project at Bluegrass Community & Technical College and rural aviation maintenance technician recruitment through Maysville Community and Technical College.

Activity volume has remained modest but consistent, with 7 to 9 annual awards in the 2022–2025 period and 6 awards recorded in 2026. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest near-term recompete exposure. The system operates almost entirely as a prime grant recipient (88% of awards) rather than a sub-recipient (12%), with notable sub-award roles in nursing education competency-based training initiatives led by the University of Louisville and temporary assistance/TANF workforce training sub-awards from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services. The federal grant footprint reflects KCTCS's core mission as a state higher-education system focused on regional workforce development and STEM education pathways rather than federal procurement operations.

Quick answers

Is Kentucky Community & Technical College System registered in SAM.gov?

Yes. Kentucky Community & Technical College System's SAM.gov registration is active through January 9, 2027.

What is Kentucky Community & Technical College System's most recent federal award?

Kentucky Community & Technical College System's most recent federal grant award is Eager: empowering educators: AI & cybersecurity pathways for kentucky high schools (2618317), from Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, on October 1, 2026.

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