Pacific University

Pacific University, a private non-profit educational institution and minority-serving organization based in Forest Grove, Oregon, provides tuition and fee services to active-duty Navy personnel and their families as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards) on a Navy Basic Ordering Agreement, alongside federal grant funding for STEM education, teacher preparation, educational research, and public health workforce development. The university competes full-and-open across all award categories, with no set-aside designations.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery accounts for 87 of Pacific University's 177 recent awards (71% of award count) valued at $2.7 million combined potential value. An additional 15 awards from the Navy (not BUMED) carry $213 thousand. The National Science Foundation places 10 awards, the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education places 8, and NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education places 5. Together, these five customer entities represent 71% of award activity. Dollar exposure is almost entirely concentrated in BUMED's individual delivery orders for tuition and fees: individual orders range from approximately $11,600 to $59,000, with recent examples including a $55,204 order issued July 15, 2026, a $57,880 order issued March 18, 2026, and a $57,420 order issued August 1, 2025. All BUMED work flows through two parent vehicles: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0060085G1840) carrying 80 task orders valued at $2.5 million combined potential value, and a Basic Ordering Agreement (N0018920GZ012) carrying 20 task orders valued at $444 thousand combined potential value. Both BOAs were established in 2020. BUMED tuition and fee delivery orders are the university's primary federal contracting footprint — 115 of 177 awards fall into the PSC category "Education/Training—Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees."

Federal grant work anchors the university's secondary research and educational mission. Recent prime recipients roles include a $464,024 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) issued August 13, 2026, for research on ornithine decarboxylase as a therapeutic target in Leishmania parasites, running through July 31, 2029, with place of performance in Hillsboro, Oregon. The National Science Foundation awarded $1.75 million through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (CFDA 47.076, Undergraduate Education) beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2031, to prepare and support science teachers for high-need Oregon school districts. The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $272,364 under the TRIO Student Support Services program (CFDA 84.042) on September 25, 2025, to provide tutoring, advising, and retention services for disadvantaged college students. A $923,332 grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education funded the Inclusive and Accessible Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Project from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025. NSF awarded $999,370 (CFDA 47.076) for research into the career trajectories and retention of STEM teachers who participated in Noyce programs in Oregon, with partners including the University of Oregon, University of Portland, and Education Northwest.

The university also acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants, receiving seven recent sub-awards from prime grantees including the University of Oregon (Western Regional Noyce Network sub-awards on December 20, 2024, and January 11, 2024), Oregon Health & Science University (age-friendly communities initiative, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F dental partnership, IRACIDA, and Area Health Education Centers Program sub-awards), and Oregon Health Authority (Scholars for A Healthy Oregon Initiative and COVID Health Equity Fund sub-awards).

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years at eight to ten awards annually, with four awards in 2026 to date. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in the near term. The university's federal award portfolio reflects its institutional mission as a regional educational and research provider, with BUMED's Navy personnel tuition support representing operational contracting revenue and NSF, NIH, and Department of Education grants funding faculty research and educational program development across STEM teacher preparation, public health workforce development, and academic research in life sciences.