University Of New England

University Of New England, a private, non-profit educational institution headquartered in Biddeford, Maine, operates as a federal grant recipient and federal contractor providing medical education and training services to the Department of the Navy, biomedical and pain research to the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, and workforce development services through the Health Resources and Services Administration. UNE's federal footprint consists primarily of prime awards (88% of recent activity) across contract and grant mechanisms, with no presence on government-wide contract vehicles or GSA schedules.

UNE's concrete federal work divides into three capability streams. First, medical education and tuition services anchor the Navy relationship: the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery has awarded UNE 33 delivery orders totaling $5.4 million in combined potential value since 2019 for Navy healthcare professional training, with recent awards including a $299,110 delivery order (January 2026) and a $348,784 delivery order (July 2025) for medical education in Biddeford. Second, biomedical research grants from NIH and NSF fund pain and sensory function research, cellular signaling, osteoarthritis mechanisms, and neurological disease pathways; representative awards include a $163,856 NIEHS K99/R00 grant (April 2026, CFDA 93.113) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure and pregnancy outcomes, a $285,630 NSF Engineering CAREER award (October 2024, CFDA 47.041) for integrin-mediated mechanotransduction in cartilage cells, and multiple NINDS project grants on chronic pain mechanisms and nociceptor function. Third, UNE serves as a grant recipient for workforce development initiatives including a $399,998 HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response program award (September 2025, CFDA 93.912) for rural behavioral health workforce training and a Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program award (July 2024) supporting healthcare professional development in underserved regions.

Federal customer concentration is heavy in medical and health workforce funding. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 47% of recent awards: the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery leads with 33 awards ($5.4 million combined potential value), followed by HRSA with 31 awards, NSF with 22 awards, NOAA with 18 awards, and NIH with 15 awards. The Navy's dollar concentration is striking — its $5.4 million in tuition and fees contracts represents 71% of UNE's combined potential value across all awards, despite accounting for only 13% of award count. UNE's research grants tend toward smaller, thematic awards in pain biology, marine science, and public health rather than large infrastructure contracts.

UNE places two parent vehicles: a Navy Basic Ordering Agreement (N0018916GZ013) carrying 40 task orders worth $6.6 million combined potential value, and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (V402R40) with two task orders. The Navy BOA is the dominant vehicle, reflecting the steady stream of tuition and medical education delivery orders. Nearly all Navy work flows through this single vehicle.

Activity has been moderate and variable, ranging from 13 awards in 2022 to 23 in 2024 and declining to 5 in 2026 year-to-date. Twenty-two awards carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating a moderate recompete exposure window, particularly in the Navy tuition contracts and several NIH and NSF research grants approaching their terminal completion dates. The source notes UNE received over $5 million in Navy contracts since 2019, establishing a durable relationship with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery that continues to generate small, recurring delivery orders.

UNE's subcontractor footprint is modest (12% of recent awards). Grant sub-awards predominate over contract sub-awards, with UNE serving as a research sub-recipient under prime grants from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the University of Maine System, the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Arizona State University, and Boston University on health services research, invasive species monitoring, and pain mechanism studies. One contract sub-award places UNE as a tuition services sub under MaineHealth on a Department of Defense contract.

UNE's capability concentration is heavily weighted toward education (41 awards under Administration of Education Programs NAICS, 42 awards under Education/Training Tuition/Registration PSC). The institution serves federal agencies primarily through its academic mission — medical schools, dental schools, health professions colleges, and research centers — rather than through managed services or commercial operations. Recent grant diversity reflects UNE's Carnegie R2 research classification, with active programs in chronic pain biology, coastal and marine science, environmental health, and rural health workforce development. The Navy relationship remains transactional and recurring, while research grants tend toward multi-year project awards with modest annual values and competitive renewal cycles.