Shenandoah University

Shenandoah University is a private, non-profit educational institution located in Winchester, Virginia, that has been registered to receive federal awards since 2002. The university provides tuition and educational services to the federal government through both federal contracts and grants, with a particular focus on medical education, mental health counseling, and international academic exchanges.

Through federal contract awards, Shenandoah University has consistently provided tuition and fee support for medical education and training programs exclusively for the Department of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Since 2022, the university has received five separate firm fixed price delivery orders totaling approximately $58,147 in contract value, with individual awards ranging from $6,180 to $21,386. These delivery orders have been issued without set-aside designations and have covered completion dates spanning from December 2022 through December 2025. All of these contract awards have been issued against a single award basic ordering agreement with the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery that carries a ceiling value of $0 and extends through February 2031. The structure of these awards demonstrates the Navy's reliance on the university to provide educational services on an as-needed basis while maintaining cost certainty through firm fixed price mechanisms. No subcontractors have been identified in the contract awards provided.

Shenandoah University has demonstrated substantial engagement in federal grant programs, receiving both prime grant awards and serving as a sub-grantee on initiatives managed by other prime grantees. The university received a significant $921,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, awarded on June 1, 2023, with a completion date of May 31, 2026. This three-year grant supports the development and implementation of reforms and new mental health counseling programs targeting underserved rural areas in Virginia, directly addressing workforce and healthcare access challenges in the state. Additionally, the university received a Project Grant from the Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, awarded on September 30, 2022, with a completion date of September 29, 2024, to implement activities that expand and sustain partner relationships between U.S. and Palestinian universities through advancing the use of innovative technologies in medical training. As a sub-grantee, Shenandoah University has participated in federal grant initiatives including a virtual exchange program sub-award from the Aspen Institute, Inc. (dated April 9, 2024) focused on infusing virtual exchange experiences into first-year seminar classes for undergraduate students, a COVID vaccine clinic sub-award from the Emergency Management Department (dated October 5, 2021), and an educational sub-award from the Institute of International Education Inc. (dated September 17, 2021).

Shenandoah University maintains a single award basic ordering agreement with the Department of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for student tuition support under the contract vehicle identified as "STU TUITION-SHENANDOAH U ESA." This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract was awarded on February 11, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of February 10, 2031, and carries a ceiling value of $0. The agreement was established as a single award vehicle with no set-aside designation, allowing the Navy to issue delivery orders on an as-needed basis for tuition and educational services. This basic ordering agreement serves as the parent vehicle under which all of the university's recent federal contract awards have been issued, providing a streamlined procurement mechanism for the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to fund educational opportunities for military personnel enrolled in medical readiness programs. The zero ceiling value designation indicates that the agreement itself does not establish a spending limit, with actual obligations established through individual delivery orders issued against the agreement.