Tarrant County College District

Tarrant County College District, a state-controlled institution of higher learning and local government entity headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, operates as a federal grant recipient (84% of awards) and federal contract prime, competing in the open market without set-aside designations across education and training programs, police training support, and workforce development services. The district does not hold parent IDVs or GWACs; its federal footprint consists of direct grant awards and small definitive contracts.

The district's customer base concentrates heavily in federal education and criminal justice sectors. The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education accounts for 26 awards across multiple TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) and Upward Bound initiatives, including a $272,364 continuation grant to Trinity River Campus for TRIO SSS (award date September 1, 2025), a $348,515 award to South Campus for TRIO SSS (September 1, 2025), and a $949,819 three-year FIPSE grant for the Student Empowerment Center (September 1, 2023 through September 1, 2026). The Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Fort Worth anchors the potential-value ranking with 23 awards totaling $1.6 million combined potential value, though these are small tasks likely related to inmate education and training. The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing holds six awards ($606 thousand combined potential value) for police training support and firing range operations, including a $225,000 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2031, for a ten-lane 50-yard tactical range and five-lane 100-yard range facility in Fort Worth within 15 miles of the BEP Western Currency Facility. Additional BEP work includes a $43,200 police training support contract (May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2029, exercising Option Year Two) and a $126,875 modification adding fifteen range days (August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2026).

Beyond police and corrections training, the district is a recipient of STEM workforce development grants. The National Science Foundation awarded a project grant (August 15, 2024, through July 31, 2027) to improve semiconductor technician education through a new Certificate in Semiconductor Electronics Technology (CISET) using the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model to align curriculum with regional industry needs and increase women and students of color in the field. The National Endowment for the Humanities funded a $134,749 project grant (April 1, 2025 through April 30, 2027) for "North Side: Discovering the Spirit of Place," an interdisciplinary digital humanities initiative using geospatial technology to document the North Side neighborhood's oral, architectural, and natural history with Trinity River Campus students and faculty.

As a grant sub-recipient, the district participates in workforce development collaborations with Pennsylvania State University on the Microelectronics & Nanomanufacturing Partnership for Veterans (multiple sub-awards October 2025, November 2024, April 2024), with the Texas Workforce Commission on Apprenticeship Training Program awards (recurring sub-awards October 2025, October 2024, September 2023, September 2022, July 2022), with the University of Texas at Arlington on the "Beginnings" aerospace workforce experiential learning initiative (October 2025), and with West Virginia University Research Corporation on electric vehicle associate's degree curriculum standards development (June 2024).

Activity has remained modest and relatively flat—seven awards in 2022, four in 2023, seven in 2024, and six in 2025—with nine awards (combined potential value $127 thousand) facing recompletion inside the next twenty-four months. The district's federal award footprint is dominated by education and training work (NAICS Junior Colleges and Other Technical and Trade Schools account for 24 of 90 total awards), with no federal contract vehicle seats and no prime subcontractor relationships to other federal contractors documented in the source. The district competes as a direct recipient of education grants and as a small-dollar police and facilities support contractor under full-and-open procurement.