The Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, operating as the Office of Financial Services, is a U.S. state government entity and child of The Ohio State University parent organization functioning as the prime contractor on 97% of its federal awards, predominantly delivering tuition and fees administration, educational support services, and related training programs to the Department of the Navy and other federal agencies. The Office of Financial Services holds no SBA certifications and competes full-and-open across all work; it operates from Columbus, Ohio as a component of a 1862 land-grant public research institution.

The portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in education administration. The top two NAICS categories—Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (155 awards) and Administration of Education Programs (107 awards)—account for 262 of 339 total awards. The top PSC code, Education/Training–Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees, represents 256 awards. Representative work includes a $820,791 firm-fixed-price delivery order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel (January 2026) for Fall 2025 NROTC midshipmen tuition and fees; a $1,073,902 delivery order from the Chief of Naval Personnel (February 2022) for Spring 2022 semester tuition; and a $870,787 delivery order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel (October 2024) for educational support and tuition funding.

Customer concentration is extreme and Navy-centric. Five Navy-related entities account for 76% of awards by count: the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery leads with 183 awards ($11.1 million combined potential value), followed by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (12 awards, $5.4 million), the Chief of Naval Personnel (12 awards, $5 million), Naval Education and Training Command (5 awards, $1.1 million), and the Department of the Navy proper (29 awards, $981 thousand). The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education accounts for 23 awards but potential value is not stated in the source. Navy entities represent approximately 96% of combined potential value across the portfolio. Work extends to secondary customers including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (soil moisture monitoring, $79,985), the Defense Logistics Agency (medical director services at Defense Supply Center Columbus, $263,760), and the Shared Services Center (training administration, $7,245), and to 37 distinct agencies overall, but the Navy dominates decisively and consistently.

The Office of Financial Services places task orders under five named basic ordering agreements, all with the Department of the Navy. The largest by volume are BOA N0018910GZ013 (106 task orders, $6.1 million) and BOA N0018919GZ059 (89 task orders, $5.9 million), followed by BOA N0018919GZ029 (23 task orders, $10.4 million), BOA N0060085G1771 (12 task orders, unspecified value), and BOA N0024414G0002 (4 task orders, $115 thousand). These BOAs establish standing authority to place education-related delivery orders on an as-needed basis, enabling the Navy to fund active-duty personnel and NROTC midshipmen tuition across multiple semester cycles.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years—18 awards in 2022, 18 in 2023, 26 in 2024 (the highest year), 16 in 2025, and 8 through May 2026. The portfolio carries minimal recompete exposure; only 2 awards with combined potential value of $135 thousand complete within the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across all 339 awards is $24.7 million, but obligated dollars total $402.6 million—indicating that many awards, particularly the Navy tuition delivery orders, carry obligated amounts far exceeding stated ceiling values, suggesting frequent modifications and adjustments to reflect actual enrollment and payment requirements across multiple fiscal years and cohorts.

The Office of Financial Services acts as a sub-recipient or sub-awardee on ten awards (3% of the portfolio). Grant sub-award work includes Child Care Food Program awards from the Ohio Department of Education (FFY25 and FFY26) and research sub-awards from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (techno-economic analysis of systems, March 2024) and the University of Idaho (hydrological prediction modeling, August 2024). A prior sub-award from the Executive Office of the State of Ohio (February 2022) supported mental health services through an Ohio Wellness Campus Collaborative Program.

The Office of Financial Services functions as an administrative and billing entity for The Ohio State University's broader federal engagement, channeling Navy and Department of Defense tuition funding through the university's financial infrastructure. As a child entity of a major land-grant research institution with separate federal grant and contract authority, the Office of Financial Services operates a highly specialized, Navy-dependent pipeline focused on sustaining officer-training and military-readiness education programs rather than competing for general IT, research, or professional-services work.