Liberty University Inc.

Liberty University Inc., operating as Liberty University, a private non-profit Christian educational institution based in Lynchburg, Virginia, receives federal contract delivery orders and project grants as a prime recipient for tuition and educational services to military personnel and their families, and for academic research in materials science, cancer immunotherapy, and cybersecurity. The vendor operates entirely in the full-and-open competitive space with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

The institution's federal revenue streams cluster into two distinct channels: tuition and fees for defense personnel development, and research grants from civilian science agencies. Tuition delivery orders dominate the contract portfolio — 63 of 82 awards carry Education/Training PSC codes for tuition and registration fees — while the grant portfolio supports advanced research and workforce development. Representative contract work includes a $541,444.50 delivery order from the Department of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) awarded January 26, 2026, for tuition and fees through May 29, 2026; a $558,460 delivery order from BUMED issued September 30, 2025, covering the fall period through December 31, 2025; and a $522,690 delivery order from BUMED dated October 31, 2024, with completion through May 30, 2025. On the grant side, Liberty received a $372,846 National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.395) project grant awarded September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2026, for research on human mast cells as a platform for novel cancer immunotherapy; a $203,255 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation award (CMMI program) issued September 1, 2023, for acquisition of a broad beam ion mill to support nanostructured materials research and graduate STEM training; and a $119,460 Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy block grant (CFDA 12.902) awarded August 1, 2024, for cybersecurity curriculum development and scholarships through July 31, 2025.

Customer concentration is acute and monolithic. The Department of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery accounts for 45 awards (78% of volume and $5.8 million of the $7.3 million combined potential value across all awards), representing 99% of Liberty's contract delivery-order footprint. The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command places 11 tuition delivery orders worth $335 thousand combined, followed by scattered grants from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute, the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, and the Department of the Army. The Navy BOA N0018915GZ004 anchors the contract portfolio with 43 task orders at $5.8 million, established as a single-award indefinite delivery vehicle through September 29, 2035, providing the institutional framework for ongoing BUMED tuition reorders. The Air Force's indefinite delivery contract F0160002D0342 carries 11 tuition orders at $335 thousand, and a second Navy BOA (N0018925GZ111) holds 2 orders at $1.1 million.

Activity has declined over the past five years, from five awards in 2022 to one award in 2026 year-to-date, though obligated dollars ($126.1 million across all awards) substantially exceed potential value ($7.3 million), indicating mature performance of historical contract work. Liberty operates through a single subsidiary, Freedom Aviation, Inc., which holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy to supply aviation turbine fuel to Lynchburg-area military and federal locations with a ceiling of $1,198,579.45 through March 31, 2025. Liberty competes as a prime on all contract work and on 99% of grants; the vendor carries no subcontract exposure in the federal footprint.