Tarrant County College District

Tarrant County College District, a Texas public community college system headquartered in Fort Worth, operates as a federal grant recipient and a small-footprint federal service contractor, with 84% of recent awards as prime recipient or contractor and 16% as sub-recipient under higher-education and workforce-development primes. The institution receives no competitive contracting vehicle seats and holds no general federal procurement authority; its federal posture is education-grant-focused (Department of Education TRIO and FIPSE programs, National Science Foundation STEM curriculum development, National Endowment for the Humanities) supplemented by two small definitive federal service contracts with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for police training and firing-range operations.

Tarrant County College District's recent award footprint spans 90 total awards across seventeen customer agencies, with combined obligated dollars reaching $230.6 million against a combined potential value of $2.4 million—a ratio reflecting the institution's long-standing grant and training relationships. The top five funding sources by award count account for 77% of all awards: the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education leads with 26 awards (TRIO Student Support Services, FIPSE Student Empowerment Center, and Upward Bound programs at multiple campuses); the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Fort Worth holds 23 awards valued at $1.6 million combined potential value; the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration maintains 8 awards; and the Bureau of Prisons Federal Medical Center Carswell and the Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing each carry 6 awards. By potential-value share, the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution dominates at $1.6 million, followed by BEP at $606 thousand combined potential value across its firing-range and police-training contracts.

The institution's prime federal grant work centers on student-success and STEM-workforce initiatives. Recent grant recipients include two TRIO Student Support Services awards (CFDA 84.042) to the Trinity River Campus ($272,364) and South Campus ($348,515) for 2025–26, funding comprehensive support services for disadvantaged and first-generation students; a $949,819 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant (Office of Postsecondary Education) supporting the Student Empowerment Center through September 2026; a $134,749 National Endowment for the Humanities grant (CFDA 45.162) for the "North Side: Discovering the Spirit of Place" digital humanities and geospatial project running through April 2027; and a National Science Foundation Project Grant (August 2024, completion July 2027) for improved semiconductor-technician education and curriculum development. Tarrant County College District also operates multiple TRIO Upward Bound programs at partner high schools (O.D. Wyatt, South Hills, Everman) and a TRIO Student Support Services program at Southeast Campus serving Arlington Independent School District, all funded through the Office of Postsecondary Education.

On the contract side, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing awarded two definitive service contracts: a $225,000 definitive contract (August 2026, running through July 2031) for police support services and firing-range operations at Fort Worth location 76131, including two indoor ranges (10-lane tactical 50-yard and 5-lane 100-yard) with movable running-man targets and ballistic containment for 308-caliber rounds; and a $43,200 definitive contract (May 2024, completion April 2030) for police training support services. The institution places task orders under three Bureau of Prisons indefinite-delivery contracts (DJBP050900000031, DJBP050900000028, DJBP050500000074) carrying combined potential value of $580 thousand, supporting inmate education, training, and vocational programming at Fort Worth and Carswell facilities.

Tarrant County College District's sub-recipient federal grant work spans workforce development and STEM partnerships. The institution receives sub-awards under Texas Workforce Commission apprenticeship-training programs (Apprenticeship Training Program ATP and ApprenticeshipTexas Expansion Grant ATG), with multiple flow-through awards from 2022 through 2025 supporting registered apprenticeships in skilled trades. Recent sub-recipients relationships include collaborations on microelectronics and nanomanufacturing workforce development with Pennsylvania State University (2023, 2024, 2025), electric-vehicle curriculum development under West Virginia University Research Corporation (June 2024), and aerospace engineering workforce preparation through University of Texas at Arlington (October 2025). Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. The institution's primary NAICS classification aligns with junior colleges (14 awards) and technical/trade schools (10 awards), with PSC concentration in education and training delivery across general, vocational, and technical modalities.