Pima County Community College District

Pima County Community College District, doing business as Pima Community College, is a state-controlled institution of higher learning and minority-serving Hispanic-serving institution based in Tucson, Arizona that delivers emergency medical services certification courses, adult basic education, workforce development, and grant-funded educational programs to federal agencies primarily as a prime recipient and contractor (82% of awards). The district competes full and open and holds no set-aside designations across its federal portfolio.

The college's federal capability footprint centers on National Registry Paramedic (NRP) certification and recertification training for emergency medical technicians. A $3.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command, running through July 2029, funds NRP certification and recertification courses for up to 50 initial and 200 recertifying EMTs annually, performed in Tucson. Recent delivery orders under this IDC include a $514,500 purchase order awarded February 8, 2026, for paramedic certification courses for up to 50 Air Force students (ultimate completion February 8, 2027), and prior orders valued at $262,500 and $252,000. The college also operates as a grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, holding awards for the StrivOnline program (investing in online education success at Pima Community College, awarded October 1, 2023, completing September 30, 2025) and Desert Vista Upward Bound Math and Science (awarded September 1, 2022, completing August 31, 2025). An August 13, 2024, Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding award from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development runs through August 31, 2032.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Air Force training work. The Department of the Air Force Headquarters District Washington office anchors 63% of combined potential value across the portfolio with 14 awards totaling $11 million. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex Tucson places the highest award count at 33 orders with $1.3 million combined potential value for paramedic training courses. The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command contributes 19 awards ($1.2 million). The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and the Department of the Treasury round out the active customer set. Five agencies account for 54% of award count across the portfolio.

The college sits on five parent IDVs as prime contractor. The highest-utilization vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract J61503C161, with 27 task orders generating $6.6 million combined potential value. Indefinite Delivery Contract FA805219D0001 carries 18 task orders worth $2.5 million. Contract DJB61503170 holds 13 task orders ($186 thousand combined potential value), with two additional vehicles supporting 16 combined task orders carrying minimal dollars.

Activity has grown to 19 awards in 2024 from 8 in 2022, then slowed to 7 in 2025 and 1 in 2026. Over 167 total awards spanning prime contracts, IDVs, and grants, the college has obligated $97.5 million against $21.9 million combined potential value. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months ($515 thousand potential value), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The college's subcontract role (18% of awards) flows through Arizona Department of Economic Security refugee assistance and cash-medical-assistance programs, Arizona Department of Education adult education consolidated grants, the University of Southern California Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center consortium, and El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center's Community Health Worker Training Program.

The district also acts as prime recipient under HUD Community Project Funding, as a sub-recipient under Arizona Department of Education adult basic education and workforce development grants passing through the state, and under the Department of Health and Human Services refugee cash and medical assistance program via Arizona Department of Economic Security. Across both contract and grant footprints, the college's core federal offering is community college workforce development, emergency medical services training, and adult education aligned with local and regional employment pathways in Pima County.