University Of Wisconsin System

University Of Wisconsin System, operating as University Of Wisconsin-Madison, is a public research institution and state-controlled entity that serves as a prime contractor on federal research, education, and operational-support contracts worth a combined potential value of $93.4 million across 254 prime awards (87% of recent activity), with no SBA set-aside designations across its portfolio. The university competes full-and-open and holds no small-business certifications.

The institution's federal footprint concentrates heavily in atmospheric science, biomedical research support, and educational assessment services. NASA dominates by potential value — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center leads with seven awards worth $62.4 million combined potential value, anchored by a $24 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Atmosphere Science Investigator-Led Processing System (VIIRS ASIPS) running through August 2030, under which University Of Wisconsin-Madison develops and operates satellite data processing systems on a cost-no-fee basis. Recent task orders under VIIRS ASIPS include a $4.2 million delivery order issued September 2026 for Year 2 services and a $4.2 million order from September 2025 for Year 1 services. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory ranks second by award count with 56 awards ($15.4 million combined potential value), reflecting sustained demand for laboratory access, network services, and technical support — representative work includes a $66.1 thousand trash and recycling service contract running through June 2028 and multiple purchases of confocal microscope access and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy services. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 contributes 23 awards ($3.7 million combined potential value), primarily for research-animal model support and biomedical research services, including a $102.8 thousand contract for mouse breeding and housing and a $179.3 thousand order for molecular biomarker analysis.

University Of Wisconsin-Madison holds a $1.7 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of Defense Education Activity (ultimate completion June 2028) for Grades 1-12 online summative assessments and English language proficiency assessment consortium membership. Four delivery orders have been placed under this vehicle — a $350.4 thousand order in 2025, a $320.2 thousand order in 2024, a $320.3 thousand order in 2023, and a $265.8 thousand order in 2022 — with cumulative utilization at approximately 94% of the contract ceiling.

Activity has grown from eight awards in 2022 to 24 in 2025, though 2026 currently shows ten awards (a partial-year snapshot). Six awards carrying $5.1 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The top five customer agencies by combined potential value account for 95% of the portfolio's total value, with NASA and the Forest Service together representing approximately 83% of dollars.

University Of Wisconsin-Madison operates primarily as a prime contractor (87% of awards) and does not subcontract significantly — the portfolio shows 39 sub awards (13% of activity) primarily routed through research primes such as Georgia TECH Research Corp, New York University, and Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. on grant-related work including quantum mechanics modeling and advanced materials testing. On the contract-delivery side, the university appears on sub task orders to KBR Wyle Services LLC (Mission Systems Operations Contract appliance support) and Sierra Space Corp (Small Business Innovative Research phase maturation work for advanced upper-stage engine facility use, awarded October 2024 and January 2024). Service Contract Inventory data show minimal SCI-reportable invoicing — five prime records across FY2022 through FY2025 with no material dollar volume and 0.6 FTEs in FY2025 — indicating that the university's federal revenue flows primarily through research contracts, indefinite delivery vehicles, and educational-support agreements rather than labor-intensive service contracts above the reporting threshold.

University Of Wisconsin-Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center holds proprietary rights to the McIDAS (Man Computer Interactive Data Access System) software platform and the Automatic Data Distribution Environment protocol, generating recurring sole-source licensing and maintenance revenue from the National Transportation Safety Board ($30.3 thousand in 2026, $29.9 thousand in 2025, $28.6 thousand in 2024), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($323.4 thousand for Class installation support through March 2030), and NASA's Shared Services Center ($198 thousand in 2026, $175.2 thousand in 2024). This exclusive capability anchors the university's position across federal weather, environmental monitoring, and transportation-safety agencies. Work is performed at the Madison, Wisconsin headquarters location unless otherwise specified (such as NASA Langley Research Center contracting oversight for McIDAS licenses).