Laramie County Community College

Laramie County Community College (LCCC), a state-controlled educational institution in Cheyenne, Wyoming, operates as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor delivering workforce training and professional development to defense agencies and federal civilian programs, with 69 percent of recent awards as prime grants or contracts and 31 percent as sub-recipient awards under federal grant programs.

LCCC's federal footprint splits between direct contract work with military training customers and grant funding for regional workforce and educational infrastructure. On the contract side, the college holds a $250,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Army for human resources officer training (awarded November 2022, now cancelled for convenience as of April 2024), and has executed multiple BPA calls and purchase orders with the Army and Air Force totaling tens of thousands of dollars for mission-critical skills training, customer service training, and general training courses. Representative contract work includes a $3,476 firm fixed price purchase order from the Air National Guard (August 2024, completion July 2025) for mission-critical skills training at the Cheyenne campus, a $6,300 purchase order from the U.S. Air Force (June 2024) for a Yellow Ribbon Event, and a $21,000 purchase order from the Wyoming National Guard (October 2021) for virtual customer service training. On the grant side, LCCC has received prime recipient funding from the National Science Foundation ($349,851 grant awarded October 2023, running through September 2026) to improve access, recruitment, and retention in IT programs targeting rural and underserved populations, the Economic Development Administration ($2.9 million grant awarded March 2022) to establish an Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Center with equipment and a co-located fabrication lab, and two active Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration project grants (awarded December 2025 and September 2025) supporting commercial driver's license training and third-party skills tester certification.

Customer concentration is moderate and defense-heavy by dollar value. The top five federal agencies account for 99 percent of combined potential value: the Air Force Global Strike Command leads by potential value at $2 million across eight awards, followed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 ($775 thousand across three awards), the Department of the Army ($278 thousand across 18 awards), the Air National Guard ($57 thousand across two awards), and the Wyoming Army National Guard ($21 thousand). By award count, however, the Army dominates at 18 awards (predominantly small-dollar BPA calls under $5,000), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families places 12 awards (nearly all sub-recipient awards under the ARPA Child Care and Development Block Grant, flowing through Wyoming's Family Services Department).

LCCC's contract vehicle footprint is limited and Army-focused. The college executes task orders under Army Blanket Purchase Agreement W912L323A0001 (17 task orders, $28 thousand combined potential value) and under Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract FA461311D0001 (5 task orders, $846 thousand combined potential value). The Army BPA, now cancelled, historically issued calls for general and specialized training at values under $5,000 per call; the Air Force IDC has funded higher-value training and related work.

Activity accelerated sharply in 2024 (30 awards, a tenfold jump from the prior two years combined) and has moderated in 2025 and 2026 (10 and 5 awards respectively). This trajectory reflects the timing of grant awards and sub-recipient flows — the 2024 spike aligns with proliferation of ARPA CCDBG sub-awards from Wyoming Family Services Department and concurrent grant renewals. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $28.9 million, well above the $3.1 million combined potential value stated in active contracts and grants, indicating substantial historical funding draw under grants now completed or in closeout.

As a sub-recipient, LCCC receives federal grant flows from Wyoming state agencies acting as prime grantees. The college is a sub-recipient under University of Wyoming's National Institutes of Health Wyoming IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence Phase 4 (INBRE-5) program (sub-award July 2026), participates in Wyoming Department of Education prime grants for Career and Technical Education Perkins V and professional development activities (multiple sub-awards 2024–2026), and is a participant in Wyoming Department of Education's GEAR UP college-readiness program through University of Wyoming (sub-award October 2025). LCCC also receives flow-through funding from Wyoming Family Services Department's ARPA Child Care and Development Block Grant sub-awards (monthly tranches November 2023 through July 2024) and from the Wyoming Community College Commission's Adult Education and Family Literacy program (sub-award August 2025).

LCCC competes in full-and-open contracting with no set-aside designations across its federal awards. The college's capability profile centers on workforce development and professional training delivery — specifically human resources and personnel management training for military customers, advanced manufacturing and materials center operations, IT pathway development and retention programming, commercial driver license training, and adult education and literacy services. Work is performed at LCCC's primary campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with remote or hybrid delivery for select programs such as the IT professional club and summer bootcamps.