University Of Maryland, College Park

University Of Maryland College Park, a child entity of the University System of Maryland and a state-controlled 1862 land-grant institution, operates as a prime federal contractor and grant recipient providing educational services, space science research, and infrastructure support to civilian and defense agencies under open competition with no set-aside designations. The institution operates as a government entity under the University System of Maryland parent and competes across 71 distinct federal customer agencies with a footprint of 568 awards spanning contracts, IDCs, and grants; 99 percent of recent awards reflect prime contractor or prime recipient status, with federal contract work predominantly centered on tuition and fee support for military personnel, complemented by research and specialized infrastructure services.

The institution's customer concentration is divided between defense and civilian science agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 32 percent of the award base, led by the Department of the Navy Naval Education and Training Command (101 awards, $4.9 million combined potential value), followed by NASA Goddard Space Center (38 awards, $12.6 million), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (18 awards, $128 thousand), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel (13 awards, $4.2 million), and the Department of the Army (11 awards). By potential value, the ranking shifts significantly: NASA Glenn Research Center anchors the portfolio with 4 awards carrying $39.9 million combined potential value, followed by NASA Goddard ($12.6 million across 38 awards), Naval Education and Training Command ($4.9 million), Bureau of Naval Personnel ($4.2 million), and Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel ($685 thousand across 5 awards). This divergence signals a small number of large NASA research contracts alongside a high volume of smaller Navy tuition and education delivery orders.

The university places work across five named parent vehicles, with the largest engagement on Indefinite Delivery Contract N6227197G0059 (62 task orders, $533 thousand combined potential value), followed by IDC N0024409G0042 (34 task orders, $2 million), Basic Ordering Agreement N0018915GZ005 (26 task orders, $7.1 million), IDC N0018907GZ009 (17 task orders, $114 thousand), and IDC F0160079D0277 (8 task orders). Recent contract examples span tuition and fee delivery orders for Navy personnel: a $308,500 delivery order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel (March 2026) for Spring 2026 NROTC midshipmen tuition and fees; a $298,123 delivery order from the Chief of Naval Personnel (October 2024) for educational services; and a $526,099 delivery order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel (March 2022) for Spring 2022 semester tuition and fees. Non-educational contract work includes a $244,000 five-year purchase order from the National Library of Medicine (February 2022 through February 2027) for continued DDoS mitigation software support services, a $188,098 purchase order from USDA APHIS (September 2021 through December 2025) for shuttle services to approximately 650 employees at the Riverdale complex, a $21,000 purchase order from the Smithsonian Institution (July 2025) for cultural heritage documentation services in Ukraine, and an $89,364 definitive contract from the Food and Drug Administration (August 2024) for the STEM-designated Executive Master's in Business Administration program for executive staff.

The university's primary federal capability footprint concentrates in tuition and education delivery (185 awards under PSC Education/Training—Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees) and space science research (173 awards under PSC R&D—Space: Science/Applications, Basic Research), with additional work in administration of education programs (49 awards), professional and management development training (16 awards), charter bus services (5 awards), and environmental consulting (5 awards). Activity shows volatility over the past five years—11 awards in 2022, 4 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 2 awards through April 2026—with only one award (combined potential value $244 thousand) completing within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The university receives federal grant sub-awards from prime recipients including Carnegie-Mellon University (April 2026) for PhonBank integration research, the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (November 2024) for silicon nitride waveguide development, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (September 2025) for research collaboration totaling $66,692.