Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA
- UEI
- WR6BH9NBSC74
- CAGE
- 7F744
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 12180 Park Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98447, USA
- Website
- plu.edu
- Founded
- 1890
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- 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 obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $95,000 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | $95,000 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Of North Carolina At Charlotte | 2121364 | $46,325 |
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About the company
Pacific Lutheran University, a private nonprofit higher-education institution based in Tacoma, Washington, operates as a federal grant and contract recipient providing workforce development, educational training, and research services to civilian agencies and the Department of Defense. The university competes predominantly full-and-open (no set-aside designations across recent awards) as a prime recipient on 99% of its federal footprint, with minimal subgrant activity.
Pacific Lutheran's customer base spreads across fourteen federal agencies, with concentration in defense and health workforce development. The Department of the Army leads by award count (16 awards), followed by the National Science Foundation (10 awards) and the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (10 awards, $71 thousand combined potential value). By dollar magnitude, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke anchors the portfolio with a $250 thousand purchase order (awarded July 22, 2026, completing July 21, 2028) for the NIH Gateway to Research Opportunities for the Workforce (GROW) Program serving high school students from American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The portfolio also includes health workforce education and training grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Health Professionals — a $118 thousand behavioral health workforce education award (July 1, 2025, completing June 30, 2029) and a completed nurse education practice quality retention and simulation education grant (September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2025).
The university's research footprint centers on ocean sciences and coastal processes. The National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funded a $118 thousand collaborative research project (October 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2028) developing an AI-integrated autonomous underwater vehicle observing system to characterize three-dimensional flow structure in coastal headland eddies. Pacific Lutheran also serves as a subgrantee under an NSF Undergraduate IUSE collaborative research award led by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with Co-PI Dr. Ksenija Simic-Muller contributing to module design and classroom implementation for mathematics pre-service teacher development focused on statistical investigations of systemic racism (August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2024).
Award activity has been minimal in recent years — one or two awards annually from 2021 through 2026 — reflecting the university's focus on multi-year grant cycles rather than high-volume contract procurement. Two awards (combined potential value $250 thousand) reach completion within the next twenty-four months. Historically, sixty-seven awards span fiscal years 1966 through 2026, with combined obligated dollars of $29.1 million against $360 thousand combined potential value, indicating that most awards represent completed or substantially obligated work.
Quick answers
Is Pacific Lutheran University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Pacific Lutheran University's SAM.gov registration is active through July 15, 2027.
How much has Pacific Lutheran University received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $95,000 to Pacific Lutheran University in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Pacific Lutheran University's most recent federal award?
Pacific Lutheran University's most recent federal contract award is National institutes of health (NIH) gateway to research opportunities for the workforce (grow) program - AI/an (high… (75N98026P01043), from Office of Logisitics and Acquisition Operations (NIH), on July 22, 2026.
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See Pacific Lutheran University's full federal record
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- IDV awards
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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