West Virginia University

West Virginia University, a public 1862 land-grant research institution based in Morgantown, West Virginia, acts as a prime recipient and prime contractor to federal agencies, delivering healthcare services, applied agricultural and environmental research, extension education, educational programming, and capital infrastructure funding. The institution operates without SBA set-aside designations and competes full-and-open across civilian and defense agencies.

WVU's recent federal portfolio spans 957 awards with combined potential value of $146.6 million and obligated dollars of $802.4 million, reflecting a mix of multi-year formula grants, project grants, research contracts, and service delivery contracts. Prime awards account for 86% of the portfolio; sub-awards represent 14%. The institution has served 123 distinct federal agencies over the past several years, with award volume tracking at 44 in 2022, 55 in 2023, 77 in 2024, 77 in 2025, and 53 through October 2026, reflecting stable activity with modest growth through 2025.

Customer concentration skews toward the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The top five customers by award count account for 42% of recent awards: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture leads with 175 awards; Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 (VA VISN 5) follows with 63 awards valued at $81.3 million combined potential; USDA Food and Nutrition Service carries 60 awards; a second USDA NIFA tranche holds 54 awards; and the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer accounts for 51 awards. By potential value, VISN 5 dominates the customer base at $81.3 million, followed by Bureau of Prisons ($1.4 million), CDC Morgantown ($527 thousand), Army ($387 thousand), and CDC Pittsburgh ($369 thousand). The dollar and volume rankings diverge notably — USDA NIFA's high award count translates to relatively modest per-award sizing, while VISN 5's smaller award count anchors outsized dollar value through large healthcare delivery contracts.

WVU's capability portfolio centers on specialized healthcare services delivery, applied research in agriculture and natural resources, cooperative extension education and outreach, and capital infrastructure support. Representative prime contract work includes diagnostic radiology interpretation services (IDC HE125405D0001, 14 task orders, $282 thousand potential value, through VISN 5); dermatology and ENT physician services for VA medical centers in Clarksburg and other West Virginia locations (multiple definitive contracts, $2 million to $3.3 million ceilings, through VISN 5); poison control hotline services (Blanket Purchase Agreement with VISN 5, $80 thousand ceiling through June 2027); and tuition credits for vocational horticulture programming at federal correctional facilities (multiple purchase orders from Bureau of Prisons, $7,700 to $20,400 per award). Representative federal grant work includes USDA Hatch Act funding ($5.338 million and $1.652 million awards, October 2025, for applied agricultural research addressing West Virginia's workforce, health, natural resources, and community revitalization priorities); USDA Smith-Lever Extension funding ($9.009 million, October 2025, for evidence-based cooperative extension programming in workforce readiness, health, agriculture, and civic engagement); USDA Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) ($1.031 million, October 2025, for nutrition education to low-income youth and families through September 2030); Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration grants for Personal Rapid Transit capital rehabilitation ($8 million for station and guideway rehabilitation awarded March 2025, extending through February 2031); HHS Primary Care Training and Enhancement ($498.605 thousand, July 2026, for residency training in street medicine for rural homeless populations); and National Institute of Mental Health mental health research ($344.250 thousand, September 2026, for adolescent social media and well-being intervention study; $931.766 thousand, August 2025, for electronic cigarette dependence and cessation research with East Carolina University as sub-recipient).

WVU's top parent vehicles reflect its role as a healthcare services and research delivery partner to the VA. An Indefinite Delivery Contract (HE125405D0001) has generated 14 task orders valued at $282 thousand; a second IDC (F0160079D0350) carries 23 task orders worth $480 thousand; and a BPA (36C24521A0050) has generated 10 calls valued at $31 thousand. A VA IDC for diagnostic radiology interpretation services (VA24415D0352) has produced 6 task orders worth $7.9 million, supporting the university's ongoing role as a radiology specialist for VISN 5 across multiple medical centers. The institution does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) or civilian agency-wide IDIQs reflected in the source; its vehicle footprint is agency-specific, anchored by recurring VA healthcare delivery partnerships and USDA cooperative research and extension agreements.

WVU's teaming posture is predominantly self-delivery. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the institution performed 100% of contractor hours internally, with zero sub-hours share. Recent sub-award activity involves participation as a research partner or clinical site coordinator under larger university or healthcare system-led grants: the institution subcontracted under University of Maryland, Baltimore (opioid use disorder and infectious complications research, two awards in 2024–2026); University of Pittsburgh on addiction and substance use disorder research; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on pediatric language development and clinical trials coordination; and the University of Florida and Regents of University of Michigan on clinical research protocols. The institution also receives sub-awards for nutrition program reimbursement (CACFP and SFSP meals and administrative costs) from the West Virginia Department of Education and sub-awards for wildlife and natural resource research from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Sub-engagement signals WVU's role as a research and education delivery platform rather than a prime systems integrator; when WVU subs, it functions as a clinical, research, or operational site within larger consortia.

SCI-reportable federal services activity (contracts above $150,000) totaled $6.2 million in invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2025, with zero activity in FY2022, $522 thousand in FY2023, $2.1 million in FY2024, and $3.6 million in FY2025. Workforce scale on these contracts ran 0 FTEs in FY2022, 1.2 FTEs in FY2023, 3.7 FTEs in FY2024, and 4.6 FTEs in FY2025, reflecting growing utilization of federal service contracts for physician and clinical services. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts ran $221.55/hr, with 10th percentile at $181.54/hr and 90th percentile at $314.36/hr, positioning WVU in the mid-range for specialized medical services delivery. SCI data represents only contracts above $150,000; the university's full federal healthcare and research services revenue substantially exceeds this SCI subset and includes smaller task orders, purchase orders, and grant sub-awards.

The top NAICS categories across the award portfolio are Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (115 awards), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (29 awards), Correctional Institutions (22 awards for education programs at Federal Correctional Complex Hazleton), Administration of Public Health Programs (17 awards), and Computer Training (16 awards). The top PSC categories are Education/Training Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees (65 awards, reflecting correctional education and poison control memberships), Medical Other (41 awards), Support Professional Other (20 awards), Medical Radiology (17 awards), and Technical Medical Support (16 awards). These category patterns reinforce WVU's identity as a provider of specialized healthcare services, applied research, and educational programming rather than as a technology, IT, or systems integration vendor.

Corporate structure includes two named subsidiaries: West Virginia University At Parkersburg (state-controlled institution of higher learning, separate campus in Parkersburg); and West Virginia University Innovation Corporation (non-profit organization, research and technology transfer entity). The subsidiaries extend WVU's geographic and programmatic reach across West Virginia and do not appear as separate award recipients in the source data; awards to WVU subsidiaries flow through the parent entity's UEI. Recompete exposure over the next twenty-four months is modest — 55 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next two years carry combined potential value of approximately $1 million, primarily renewal of extension grants, EFNEP programming, and routine federal service orders rather than large IDC or BPA recompetes.