The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA Doing business as Office Of The Bursar
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- DMFYFJYTGEC1
- CAGE
- 1S4H2
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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The Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA
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The Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA
NPM2J7MSCF61
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 120 S Burrowes St, State College, PA 16801, USA
- Website
- psu.edu
- Founded
- 1855
- Employees
- 10K-50K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $4,684,676 |
| FY2025 | $3,798,275 |
| FY2024 | $2,042,857 |
| FY2023 | $1,532,483 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $4,684,676 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC | 140D0423C0100 | $58,465 | |
| Physical Sciences Inc. | FA945319C0006 | $60,000 |
Grant awards
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie-Mellon University | HT94252410272 | $27,128 | |
| University Of South Carolina | R01MD016012 | $225,132 | |
| University Of South Carolina | R01MD016012 | $175,194 |
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About the company
The Pennsylvania State University Office of the Bursar, a division of the 1862 land-grant Pennsylvania State University, serves as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) to the Department of the Navy for NROTC midshipmen and Navy personnel tuition and fees, delivering educational services without set-aside designation on full-and-open federal contract vehicles since the early 2000s. Penn State is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit educational institution competing exclusively in unrestricted federal procurements — no SBA certifications, no set-asides, no small-business posture across the visible award footprint.
Customer concentration in Penn State's Office of the Bursar award portfolio is extreme and Navy-centric. The top five Navy funding components account for 55% of all recent awards but 97% of combined potential value, led overwhelmingly by the Department of the Navy Naval Education and Training Command (35 awards, $155.8 million combined potential value), the Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel (9 awards, $11.9 million), and the Bureau of Naval Personnel (9 awards, $11.7 million). The Navy drives the dollar story almost entirely — smaller civilian customers including GSA Public Buildings Service Region 4 and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center round out a distant second tier. Recent representative Navy work includes a $2.28 million Spring 2026 delivery order to the Bureau of Naval Personnel for NROTC midshipmen tuition and allowable fees, a $1.7 million Spring 2025 delivery order for the same purpose, and a $2.34 million December 2025 ratification of retroactive Fall 2025 NROTC tuition. The university also holds one outlier civilian award: a $230,023 definitive contract from CDC Pittsburgh (awarded September 2024, completed April 2025) for development and demonstration of mine safety and health technology.
Penn State's vehicle position anchors to two dominant Navy indefinite-delivery contracts: the N0014006G0045 IDC carries 20 task orders ($154.4 million combined potential value), and the Basic Ordering Agreement N0018919GZ027 carries 17 task orders ($23.5 million). A smaller GSA Schedule vehicle (GS04P06EWD0163) and USDA blanket purchase agreement round out the portfolio. Activity has remained modest and flat — three awards in 2022, one in 2023, seven in 2024, six in 2025, three in 2026 year-to-date — suggesting the Navy pipeline is mature and episodic rather than growth-oriented. Penn State delivers tuition and fee administration as its primary capability across the visible award footprint, reflected in the top PSC codes: Education/Training Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees (66 awards), Reference Laboratory Testing (13 awards), and Medical/Surgical Instruments and Supplies (8 awards). In its subcontractor role, Penn State provided engineering support services to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging on a March 2025 space power conversion electronics sub task. The university also acts as a sub-recipient on research grants housed at University of South Carolina and Carnegie Mellon University, contributing specialized research personnel and database design to healthcare equity and cancer diagnostics projects. Penn State competes full-and-open against other educational institutions for Navy-funded student tuition contracts; its value proposition rests on institutional academic standing, NROTC program infrastructure, and tuition processing capability rather than specialized federal-compliance expertise or advanced IT systems.
Quick answers
Is The Pennsylvania State University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. The Pennsylvania State University's SAM.gov registration is active through June 29, 2027.
How much has The Pennsylvania State University received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $3,798,275 to The Pennsylvania State University in fiscal year 2025 and $12,058,290 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does The Pennsylvania State University rank among federal contractors?
The Pennsylvania State University ranked #14 in PSC U005 and #44 in NAICS 6113 in FY2025.
What is The Pennsylvania State University's most recent federal award?
The Pennsylvania State University's most recent federal contract award is Summer semester FY26 nrotc midshipmen tuition and allowable fees (N3560A26FB207), from Bureau of Naval Personnel (Navy), on May 18, 2026.
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