Washtenaw Community College

Washtenaw Community College, a public institution of higher learning based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient and occasional service provider to federal agencies, delivering workforce development, career technical education, and occupational training programs. The institution competes in both prime and sub-award roles across education and training procurement, with no participation in federal contract vehicles or IDIQs.

The college's federal footprint centers on workforce and education programs through grant channels rather than transactional service contracts. As a prime grant recipient, Washtenaw Community College holds a $2.522 million Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (award date June 1, 2023, running through May 31, 2026) for the "SE Michigan Mobility Power Project," designed to strengthen postsecondary learning and institutional reform in southeast Michigan. The college also serves as a sub-recipient on multiple federal grant programs flowing through state agencies and universities: it participates in Michigan Department of Education sub-awards supporting Career and Technical Education (Perkins V reauthorization) and adult education programs; receives federal funding through the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity for Adult Education and Family Literacy instruction; and collaborates with the Regents of the University of Michigan on transportation-technology workforce development and K-12 STEM education under the Center for Connected and Autonomous Transportation (CCAT) initiative (sub-award dated May 29, 2024). The college also serves as a sub-recipient under the Michigan Small Business Development Center network (Grand Valley State University as prime) for small business consulting and training services, and recruits and supports advanced manufacturing workshop participants under a Michigan State University prime sub-award (dated May 6, 2026).

On the contract side, federal customer concentration is narrow and heavily weighted to the Bureau of Prisons. The Department of Justice's Federal Correctional Institution Milan accounts for 13 awards and $1.5 million in combined potential value—the single largest customer—through task orders under two Indefinite Delivery Contracts (DJB41702042 with 11 task orders at $570 thousand combined potential value, and DJBP041700000091 with 5 task orders at $415 thousand). Recent work includes a $51,812 purchase order from FCI Milan for advance occupational training in supply chain management (award date May 19, 2026, performance through December 30, 2026). The Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education represents the second-largest customer by award count (10 awards), though dollar values are modest.

Activity is episodic rather than growth-oriented. The college received one award in 2021, two in 2023, and five awards each in 2024 and 2025, with two awards dated in 2026. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $52 thousand). The college's sub-award relationships span Michigan's education and workforce ecosystem—state education and labor agencies, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University—positioning it as a regional capacity provider rather than a national federal contractor. The combined potential value across all 64 awards totals $2.1 million, though obligations to date ($58.3 million) reflect multi-year program grants and their sub-grant flow-through structures.