University Of Rochester

University of Rochester, a private tax-exempt research university headquartered in Rochester, New York, receives federal funding across research grants, educational service contracts, and clinical service delivery as a prime recipient and subrecipient on a breadth of contracts and grants spanning civilian research agencies, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The institution does not operate under SBA set-asides and competes in full-and-open federal procurement; recent awards reflect a research-intensive institutional footprint rather than commercial contracting.

The university's federal work divides into two principal capability streams. First, biomedical and health sciences research, anchored by NIH funding: the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases leads customer concentration by potential value (148 awards, $237.8 million combined), with significant secondary work from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, and specialized institutes focusing on aging, neurological disorders, cancer, and pediatric health. Representative recent awards include a $7.27 million DARPA contract (awarded June 2025) for research and development of predictive coding neural network image recognition systems with UCLA and Rice University as subcontractors, and NIH project grants across immunology, structural biology, neuroscience, and infectious disease ranging from $150 thousand to $2.2 million. Second, clinical and educational services: the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 procures dermatology physician services from the university under both indefinite-delivery contracts and task orders; the Bureau of Naval Personnel purchases NROTC midshipmen tuition and allowable fees on an annual basis (recent delivery orders $1.07 million to $1.14 million per term). The National Science Foundation and Department of Energy Office of Science together account for $81.8 million in combined potential value across 142 awards, reflecting the university's research portfolio in chemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering.

Recent activity shows declining procurement volume: 188 prime and sub awards in calendar year 2026, down from 261 in 2023 and 347 in 2024. Within the next twenty-four months, 371 awards carry completion dates and face recompete exposure aggregating $17.3 million in potential value. The university operates as prime on 89 percent of awards; the sub-award posture centers on collaborative multisite research consortia, with 18 sub-recipient grant relationships noted in the source (including Brigham & Women's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, University of Georgia, Johns Hopkins University, and Cornell University). Named subsidiaries include the Laboratory For Laser Energetics, a Department of Energy-affiliated facility conducting inertial confinement fusion research, and Highland Hospital of Rochester, a clinical affiliate.

Service Contract Inventory data capture only $1 million in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue (FY2022), representing 5.9 FTEs on two prime records; FY2023–2025 show minimal SCI reportable activity. This sparse SCI footprint reflects that the university's federal work is dominated by research grants—which carry indirect cost structures—and educational tuition contracts, both outside typical SCI reporting scope. Across the small SCI sample, government-paid hourly rates run $80.81/hr (10th through 90th percentiles), consistent with clinical and professional labor pricing in a research university setting. The vendor delivered approximately 9 percent of contractor hours through subcontractors on SCI-reportable primes, indicating internal delivery of core services.

The university's strategic federal customer set emphasizes research funding from health, science, and defense agencies; clinical service delivery to the VA; and educational partnerships with the Department of Navy. Competitive position remains tied to research standing, institutional reputation in life and physical sciences, and clinical capacity—not to commercial contracting vehicles or set-aside programs. The institution holds no named IDIQs, GWACs, or government-wide vehicles in the source; task order work flows from agency-specific or program-specific vehicles (DARPA, NIH mechanisms, Navy education contracts, VA clinical services agreements).