University Of Washington

University Of Washington, a public research institution and state-controlled institution of higher learning headquartered in Seattle, Washington, operates as a prime recipient and prime contractor across federal research grants, education grants, and service contracts with 109 distinct customer agencies. The university competes predominantly in full-and-open (non-set-aside) federal programs and does not hold SBA designations. UW serves as a prime on 97% of recent awards (1,478 of 1,526 total), with 3% of activity routed through subcontracting relationships to other primes.

The university's federal footprint spans education, health sciences, and basic research delivery. Top customer agencies by award count include the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (175 awards, $3.2 million combined potential value), the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (150 awards), and the National Institutes of Health (82 awards). By dollar concentration, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 leads at $23.7 million combined potential value across 66 awards, followed by NASA Goddard Space Center ($4.6 million across 24 awards) and the Indian Health Service ($4.2 million across 34 awards). The top five customers account for 35% of recent awards but only 9% of combined potential-value dollars, indicating high volume across many small research and educational awards rather than anchor contracts.

Recent prime contract work includes a $441,118 delivery order from Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (awarded September 1, 2026, completion August 31, 2027) for statistics services supporting the New Jersey Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, a $208,888 delivery order from the same network (September 1, 2023) for physician services and medical consultations, and hospitalist and fellowship physician services worth $47,542 to $142,626 per task to the Indian Health Service Pine Ridge Hospital between 2022 and 2024. UW also holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract from VA Veterans Health Administration valued at $1.6 million for statistics services through August 31, 2027.

Grant activity dominates the award portfolio. UW is a prime recipient on major federal education and workforce development grants including a $3.12 million GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Project Grant from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) supporting rural STEM education and college-readiness initiatives across twelve Washington school districts; a $776,032 formula grant from the Administration for Community Living under the ACL Assistive Technology program (CFDA 93.464, October 1, 2025) for statewide assistive technology services; and a $405,159 Research in Special Education Project Grant (CFDA 84.324) from the Institute of Education Sciences (August 1, 2026) supporting early intervention research. UW also administers recurring TRIO Student Support Services grants ($272,364 for University of Washington Seattle; $272,364 for University of Washington Bothell, both September 2025) and GEAR UP Achievers Partnership and Rural Initiative in STEM Education programs, as well as formulaic assistive technology grants from the Center for Integrated Programs across multiple fiscal years.

UW acts as a sub-recipient on health and life sciences research, performing work under prime grants from New York University (HIV services optimization, psoriatic arthritis treatment monitoring, synthetic regulatory genomics), Carnegie-Mellon University (auditory learning in marine mammals, regenerative nanotechnology tissue engineering), the University of California Davis (medical imaging and diagnostic technology), Seattle Children's Hospital (genomic sequencing and analysis), and other research institutions. Sub-award work emphasizes biomedical research, computational modeling, tissue engineering, and genomic analysis supporting NIH-funded investigations.

The top parent vehicles are indefinite-delivery contracts, not governmentwide acquisition vehicles: HHSI241201800021I (Health and Human Services, 33 task orders, $1.5 million combined potential value), VA260P0601 (Veterans Affairs, 9 task orders, $5.8 million combined potential value), and several Department of Defense and Army indefinite-delivery vehicles (N0002485C6264, DACW6785C0033, F3361580C0612, each carrying six to eight task orders with smaller combined values). These are single-award or limited-competition vehicles reflecting established relationships with specific agencies rather than open governmentwide IDIQs.

Activity has declined year over year from 30 awards in 2022 to 4 in 2026 (partial-year capture as of September 1, 2026), though this represents a snapshot of recent transactional volume rather than a comprehensive measure of UW's long-term federal footprint; the source captures first awards dating to 1979, with 1,526 total awards and $4.66 billion in combined dollars obligated. Twelve awards (combined potential value $853 thousand) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunities in education, assistive technology, and veteran-focused services.

The top NAICS categories are Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (104 awards), Offices of Physicians (57 awards), and All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (41 awards). Top PSC categories span R&D in space and basic science (88 awards under PSC R&D— Space), education and training (67 awards), animal and fisheries research (57 awards), and professional support services (54 awards). Service Contract Inventory reporting shows minimal recent activity; SCI data captures five prime records and four sub records across FY2022–FY2023 with zero invoiced revenue, reflecting UW's federal work flowing predominantly through grants and research delivery orders rather than billable service contracts above the $150,000 SCI threshold.