University Of Maryland Baltimore

University Of Maryland Baltimore, Student Accounting Division (doing business as UMB) is a state-controlled institution of higher learning within the University System of Maryland that operates as a prime federal contractor (92% of recent awards) and grant sub-recipient, providing medical research, clinical consulting, and educational tuition services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of the Navy, and civilian health agencies on a cost-reimbursable and firm fixed-price basis without set-aside designation.

UMB's recent federal award footprint centers on medical research and veteran healthcare support. The top customer by both volume and dollar value is the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5, which accounts for 54 awards (55% of recent awards) with $5.3 million combined potential value. The Department of the Navy follows as the second-largest customer with 12 combined awards (7 prime deliveries plus 5 Naval Education and Training Command awards) worth $1.3 million and $1.1 million respectively. These three customer lines account for 73% of recent awards and 79% of combined potential value. UMB holds a single-award Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery extending through May 31, 2035, with no ceiling value, under which task orders for research, consulting, medical services, blood analysis, and medical device work have been issued. Recent prime contract examples include a $525,204.65 delivery order from the Department of the Navy (February 2026) for research and medical services under the BOA, a $510,270.25 Navy delivery order (May 2025) for similar scope, and a $288,274 definitive contract from the Food and Drug Administration (August 2025) for the CARB (Combating Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria) Research Program focused on regulatory science supporting new antibacterial drug development. UMB also receives task orders for tuition and fees — three Navy delivery orders in the January–April 2026 period (combined value $127,529.75) represent enrollment-support work under the BOA.

Parent contract vehicles carrying UMB task orders include BOA N0018925GZ061 with the Navy (8 task orders, $1.4 million combined potential value), VA BOA VA245BO0238 (8 task orders, $190 thousand), VA BOA VA24512A0047 (7 task orders, $214 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0024409G0043 (4 task orders, $113 thousand). Recent activity shows growth — two awards in 2022 and 2023 each, two in 2024, then seven in 2025 and five through May 2026 — with only one award (the FDA CARB contract valued at $288 thousand) completing within the next twenty-four months and facing recompete. UMB's work spans colleges and professional schools (47 awards), veterinary services (5), biotech research and development (4), and physician office services (4), with contract coding split between education and tuition fees (14 awards), medical services (13), medical mental health research (8), and professional support services (8).

In its subcontractor role, UMB operates as a grant sub-recipient on clinically and research-focused work. Recent sub-awards include roles under the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (two awards for traumatic brain injury research and gynecological cancer center of excellence work, including staff contribution from Dr. Prajwal Ciryam on immune-mediated mechanisms in TBI and Dr. Timothy O'Connor on gynecologic cancer outcomes), Indiana University (December 2024, clinical trial IRB and data management responsibilities), Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (December 2025, clinical trial coordinating center advisory), and University of Pittsburgh (May 2026, ABCD Social Development sub-award). Service Contract Inventory reporting captures only 3 records (0 prime, 3 sub) totaling 0.6 FTEs in FY2022, reflecting SCI's limitation to contracts above the $150,000 threshold and its exclusion of grant work, tuition purchases, and sub-recipient activity — a fragment of UMB's actual federal services footprint.