Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, a division of Oklahoma State University headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, operates as a federal prime contractor and grant recipient delivering graduate-level distance learning, physician specialty services, clinical healthcare, biomedical research, and educational programming to civilian federal agencies. The center functions as a non-small business entity and competes on full-and-open (non-set-aside) contracts and grants.

The center's federal contract portfolio centers on three capability streams. First, distance learning and tuition support: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has issued 52 delivery orders totaling $11.3 million through a $7.2 million indefinite delivery contract running through June 2027 for graduate-level distance learning courses and laboratory fees supporting ATF workforce training in Tulsa. Second, clinical physician specialty services to the Indian Health Service: 67 awards worth $40.1 million anchor the portfolio, including a $5.53 million definitive contract awarded January 2024 for emergency and urgent care department physician services at Claremore Indian Hospital through September 2025, a $108 thousand purchase order for on-site cardiology clinics in Pawnee awarded August 2023 through July 2028, EKG interpretation services ($17.5 thousand, May 2024–May 2029), and echocardiogram interpretation services ($32 thousand, March 2026–March 2031) under a $350 thousand blanket purchase agreement established March 2026. Third, tuition and fees for Navy medical personnel: 50 delivery orders worth $1.9 million from the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery fund graduate-level medical education, with recent orders including $169.9 thousand awarded February 2026 and $184.4 thousand awarded October 2024, both completing June 2025. The center also delivers medical expert review services to the Drug Enforcement Administration (a $2.7 thousand purchase order from March 2023) and held expert witness contracts with U.S. Attorney's Offices.

Customer concentration is pronounced: the Indian Health Service and the ATF together account for $51.4 million, or 88% of combined potential value across the top five customers. The three-ranking split shows Indian Health Service dominance in both volume (67 awards) and dollars ($40.1 million), while ATF dominates the distance-learning category with 52 awards. The Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery places frequent small orders (50 awards but only $1.9 million potential value). The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration placed three awards worth $4.3 million combined.

On parent contract vehicles, the center holds a $7.2 million indefinite delivery contract with ATF for distance learning (18 task orders, $762 thousand of combined potential value), multiple Navy IDIQs and blanket purchase agreements (32 task orders under N0018910GZ007 carrying $782 thousand potential value, 19 under 15A00022DAQA00222 carrying $1.4 million, and 14 under HHSI246201500002B carrying $2.5 million), and a $250 thousand blanket purchase agreement with the Indian Health Service for physician specialty services established July 2022 through August 2027.

Federal grant work centers on research, workforce development, and public health intervention. Recent prime grant awards include $3.998 million from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (January 2026–December 2029) for a testimony-based framework for campus civil discourse; $499.043 thousand from the Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (June 2026–January 2027) for U.S.-Japan cultural outreach; $413.972 thousand from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (August 2026–May 2031) investigating gut-brain pathways and early-life stress; $377.586 thousand from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (February 2026–January 2028) studying sex-specific mechanisms of sumoylation in heroin-seeking behavior; $279.504 thousand from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (October 2026–September 2028) for cloud-enabled computational training in biomedical evidence evaluation; and $219.557 thousand from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (August 2026–April 2030) measuring integrity of adverse event reporting in biomedical research. The center also receives grant sub-awards from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, University of Oklahoma, University of California San Diego, and other university partners on topics including HIV care innovation, mental health capacity, substance use disorder prevention, maternal health equity, and microbiome research.

SCI-reported invoicing on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $8.9 million across FY2023 and FY2025 (no reportable volume in FY2022 or FY2024), with FY2023 showing $3.4 million across 6.7 FTEs and FY2025 showing $5.5 million across 10.9 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts run uniformly at approximately $245/hr across the 10th, median, and 90th percentiles, indicating standardized educational service pricing. The center operates as a prime contractor on these reportable contracts with no sub-hours engagement recorded.

Activity has held relatively flat, with 27 awards in 2022, 25 in 2023, 32 in 2024, declining to 16 in 2025, and 19 thus far in 2026. Seventeen awards (combined potential value $308 thousand) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore recompete exposure. The center's broader portfolio spans 358 total awards (prime and sub, contracts and grants) since 1994, with combined potential value of $58.2 million and $364.2 million in combined obligated dollars, reflecting substantial infrastructure investment by federal agencies in the center's facilities and personnel for healthcare delivery, medical education, and research support.