Texas A & M University

Texas A&M University, a public land-grant research institution and Hispanic-Serving Institution headquartered in College Station, Texas, operates as a federal grant recipient and research services provider, competing in full-and-open federal funding without SBA set-aside designation. The university serves 199 distinct federal agencies through a portfolio of 2,269 awards spanning research, education, and public service activities, with a five-year trajectory showing volatility: 175 awards in 2022, 176 in 2023, 236 in 2024, 163 in 2025, and 46 as of October 2026. Combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $191.9 million, though obligated dollars total $2.11 billion—a ratio indicating substantial prior-year funding obligations—reflecting Texas A&M's scale and tenure as a major federal research contractor.

The university's capability footprint spans fundamental science research, applied development, technical services, and workforce development. Representative work includes a $5.0 million NSF scholarship award supporting 75 low-income engineering students at Texas A&M and Blinn College through co-enrollment and mentorship; a $45 million Department of Homeland Security Basic Ordering Agreement for border security and biosecurity research (active through 2031, with recent task orders of $1.2 million for African Swine Fever Virus research and $1.0 million for cross-border threat screening); a $802.5 thousand National Institutes of Health award for high-resolution spatial proteomics infrastructure acquisition; and a $2.36 million Department of Health and Human Services cooperative agreement implementing evidence-based chronic disease self-management education across six Texas Senior Nutrition Programs targeting older adults with depression and anxiety. Research spans space science and Earth observation (NASA), oceanography and climate modeling (NOAA, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences), basic physics (NSF Division of Physics, DOE Office of Science), chemistry and materials science, neuroscience and behavioral health, and K-12 STEM education development.

Customer concentration is diffuse by agency count but anchored by core research funding sources. The National Science Foundation places the most individual awards (476 across all divisions, concentrated in Mathematical Sciences with 150 awards), while NASA's Shared Services Center leads by potential value with 217 awards worth $49.8 million, reflecting the university's strength in space science research. The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9, Department of Army, and NOAA round out the top five by dollars. The top five agencies and subsets thereof account for approximately 45 percent of award count and 30 percent of combined potential value, indicating broad agency engagement rather than dependency on a single customer.

Texas A&M holds seats on multiple indefinite-delivery vehicles, including a Basic Ordering Agreement 70RSAT21G00000001 (DHS S&T, $5.3 million combined value across six task orders as of the portfolio snapshot), Indefinite Delivery Contract INF13PC00013 (19 task orders, $530 thousand), and Blanket Purchase Agreement 140F0918A0015 (10 task orders, $509 thousand). These positions enable task-order procurement in border security research, general science and technology development, and special studies work. The university does not hold major government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) seats; its IDV footprint is agency-specific, reflecting its character as a research recipient rather than a commercial service contractor.

In its prime role—which accounts for 86 percent of the portfolio's awards—Texas A&M competes directly for research funding from federal agencies. In its sub role (14 percent), the university subcontracts to primes including Arizona State University (irregular warfare research), Los Alamos National Laboratory management contractors, and Applied Research Solutions Inc. (mission autonomy research). Service Contract Inventory data captures only $4.8 million in reportable invoicing across FY2022–FY2024 on federal service contracts above $150,000, with an average of 15.7 FTEs per fiscal year and median government-paid hourly rates around $39/hour for labor and significantly higher rates for specialized research services. This SCI footprint understates the university's total federal revenue; it excludes grant-funded personnel, goods procurement, research expenditures below the reporting threshold, and non-federal enterprise revenue.

Activity is decelerating from a 2024 peak: 236 awards in 2024 contracted to 163 in 2025 and 46 recorded through October 2026. Within the next 24 months, 182 awards with combined potential value of $21.7 million approach ultimate completion dates and face recompete. The university's top capability categories, by NAICS and PSC codes, are colleges and universities (56 awards), general research and development in physical and engineering sciences (32 awards), and space science research (77 awards by PSC code). Work is performed at the university's College Station facilities and subordinate locations including Texas A&M University at Galveston, Texas A&M AgriLife, and the Cyclotron Institute, with some collaborative research conducted at partner institutions and federal laboratories.

As an entity of The Texas A&M University System (parent UEI HH6VX5XDL284), the university operates under state governance and competes without encumbrance from federal small-business set-aside restrictions. Its federal award footprint reflects a mature research institution model: broad agency engagement, substantial prior-year obligations, faculty-led grant capture in NSF and NIH programs, and infrastructure assets (research cores, cyclotron, marine facilities) that anchor multi-year awards and enable task-order work under framework agreements.