Washington State Community College Dist #3

Washington State Community College District #3, doing business as Olympic College, is a public state-controlled institution of higher learning based in Bremerton, Washington that provides apprenticeship, helper, after-hours tuition, and workforce development training services to the federal government as a prime contractor (97% of awards) under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. Olympic College operates as a recipient of federal grants and as a sub-recipient on education and nutrition programs.

Olympic College's federal footprint is heavily concentrated with a single customer. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 169 awards (86% of all awards in the source window) with $100.6 million combined potential value—a dominant position that reflects Olympic College's role as the primary educational service provider supporting the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton. The next three Navy customers (Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Supply Systems Command, and Installations Command) together account for fewer than 100 awards and under $2 million in potential value. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, Department of the Army, and smaller Navy commands round out the customer set.

Olympic College holds a five-year single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Naval Sea Systems Command, awarded in February 2025 with an $18.8 million ceiling through February 2030, to provide apprenticeship, helper, and after-hours educational services supporting the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility with an estimated 1,527 student participants over the contract's lifetime. The contract generates steady delivery orders; recent task orders include a $359,309.76 spring quarter 2026 order (March 11, 2026), a $312,704.60 winter 2026 tuition apprentice and helper order (December 19, 2025), and a $345,117.60 fall tuition order for the PSNS Apprentice/Helper Program (September 5, 2025). Olympic College also places task orders under four additional Navy IDCs: IDC N0040614D4054 (55 task orders, $12.6 million), IDC N4523A20D1300 (42 task orders, $10.5 million), IDC N0040609D9012 (32 task orders, $9.1 million), and IDC N0040605D5016 (19 task orders, $3.1 million). All Navy IDC work centers on educational services, apprenticeship training, and tuition for trades supporting naval shipbuilding and maintenance.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years, with 9 to 14 awards annually from 2022 to 2025 and 2 awards recorded through mid-March 2026. Combined potential value across all 321 awards (prime and sub, all federal sources) stands at $109.9 million, with $72.6 million obligated (66% of potential). Olympic College competes entirely under full-and-open authority with no set-aside categories across its prime federal work, positioning the institution as a mainstream federal contractor rather than a targeted small-business supplier.

Beyond contract work, Olympic College serves as a direct grant recipient. In October 2025, the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Olympic College a $474,357 Project Grant (CFDA 47.076) through September 2028 to enhance Computer Information Systems education initiatives, increase CIS graduation rates, and meet regional IT workforce demand through dual-credit high school partnerships, updated curriculum, and experiential learning integrated into associate degree programs. Olympic College also acts as a sub-recipient on federal education and nutrition programs administered through the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (Adult Basic Education) and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Child Nutrition Programs), with sub-awards flowing through October 2025.