Miami University

Miami University, a state-controlled, Ohio-based public research institution, operates as a prime recipient on federal grants and a prime contractor on federal educational service agreements, with no SBA set-aside designations. The university competes in full-and-open procurements across 121 federal agencies, positioning itself as a large entity without minority-owned, women-owned, or small-business certifications.

Miami University's capability portfolio centers on federal research funding, educational services, and STEM workforce development. The institution holds substantial grant portfolios across the National Science Foundation (197 awards), the National Institutes of Health (37 awards), and specialized defense agencies. Representative work includes a $539,920 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke project grant investigating TSC1 regulation of Purkinje neuron axon initial segment organization in autism spectrum disorder (FY2026–FY2029); a $763,232 NSF Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences award studying gene regulatory network evolution using beetle wing models (FY2026–FY2029); and a $796,516 NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences award developing polarization-squeezed light beams for quantum-enhanced optical magnetometry in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison (FY2024–FY2027). On the contract side, Miami delivers NROTC tuition and educational services under delivery orders from the Bureau of Naval Personnel (most recent awards in March and April 2026, ceiling values $516,618 and $320,076 respectively), and a $529,778 cooperative agreement with an unnamed civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center to execute a balanced science program informed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (award November 2025, completion November 2028).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward research agencies. The top five funders by award count—National Science Foundation (197 awards), NIH (37), the Air Force (24), the Navy (17), and the National Institute on Aging (16)—account for 41% of all awards. By potential value, the Navy's Naval Education and Training Command dominates with 12 awards worth $5.7 million combined potential value, followed by NASA's Shared Services Center (10 awards, $1.3 million). The NSF and NIH anchors the dollar portfolio despite modest individual award sizes relative to federal research norms for academic institutions. Recent obligations ($324.7 million across the award portfolio) substantially exceed combined potential value ($68.9 million), reflecting multi-year grant funding profiles.

Miami University places work across five parent vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract F0160079D0309 (12 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract N0014006G0027 with the Navy (12 task orders, $5.7 million combined potential value), Basic Ordering Agreement N0018919GZ020 (6 task orders, $3 million), and two additional BOAs under the Navy and General Services Administration, each with 4–6 task orders. Activity has remained relatively flat over the recent five-year period, averaging 35–46 awards per year, with 2022 representing the peak (46 awards) and 2026 trending lower (25 awards to date). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months involves 36 awards with combined potential value of $250 thousand, a modest concentration relative to the portfolio size.

The university operates predominantly as a prime (89% of awards) across grant and contract modalities, with 11% sub-award activity typically routed through partnerships with other research institutions on multi-institutional projects. Service Contract Inventory data provides minimal insight—only one SCI record spanning FY2022 documents 0.2 FTEs attributed to a sub-recipient role, indicating federal services contracting above the $150,000 threshold does not characterize Miami's federal footprint. The university's federal activity is research and education-centric rather than service-contract-based.

Miami University operates as a single corporate entity; no subsidiary structure complicates its federal contracting posture. The institution competes across education and training (36 PSC awards in tuition and fees), vocational/technical training (15 awards), professional support services (7), and R&D across space science, national defense applications, and basic research (15 awards combined). Primary NAICS classification aligns with colleges, universities, and professional schools (35 awards). The university brings broad institutional research capacity and federal compliance infrastructure but maintains a characteristic academic-institution profile: grants and educational contracts rather than IT services, logistics, or defense products.