West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.

West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., doing business as West Virginia University Hospitals, is a tax-exempt hospital corporation based in Morgantown, West Virginia, that provides emergency medical services, inmate medical care, and facility fees to federal correctional institutions as a prime contractor under full-and-open procurement with no set-asides. The hospital competes across NAICS 621110 (General Medical and Surgical Hospitals) and PSC Medical-Other, delivering acute-care services to the federal Bureau of Prisons across multiple facilities in West Virginia.

The bulk of West Virginia University Hospitals' federal footprint centers on emergency medical services delivery to federal correctional institutions. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons accounts for 99 percent of prime contract awards by count and 100 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio. The United States Penitentiary Hazleton dominates this relationship, holding 45 awards with $17.9 million combined potential value—largely monthly purchase orders for outside emergency medical services running from October 2023 through July 2026, with ceiling values ranging from approximately $119 thousand to $1.1 million per order. Representative contracts include a $1.1 million firm fixed-price purchase order for emergency services running October 2024 through April 2025, a $640 thousand order for November 2024 through February 2025, and a $804 thousand order for December 2025 services. The Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer (7 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value) and Federal Correctional Institution McDowell (3 awards, $229 thousand combined potential value) round out the Bureau of Prisons engagement with similar emergency and inmate medical services. Federal Correctional Institution Beckley contributes 2 awards ($27 thousand combined potential value) for medical services outside the comprehensive medical contract, and Federal Correctional Institution Morgantown holds 1 award ($59 thousand) for catastrophic medical services.

West Virginia University Hospitals also receives federal project grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services Healthcare Systems Bureau for infrastructure expansion. Ten grant awards support construction and build-out projects at the WVU Medicine Children's Hospital and medical laboratory facilities, including a $21 million project grant awarded September 2024 for inpatient room and triage space build-out on levels six and seven, companion project grants awarded September 2023 for 24,000 square feet of clinic space on level ten, and September 2023 project grants for 20,000 square feet of medical laboratory space (histology, cytology, and cytogenetics labs) at a former Viatris facility on Chestnut Ridge Road. An earlier September 2022 project grant supported the purchase of patient monitoring equipment and surgical display equipment for the new Children's Hospital.

Activity has remained steady across the portfolio: 2 awards in 2022, 25 in 2023, 17 in 2024, 17 in 2025, and 7 through July 2026. The combined potential value across all 68 prime awards is $19.4 million, though obligated dollars total $168 million (866 percent of potential value), reflecting significant invoicing across the large number of monthly correctional healthcare purchase orders. Work is performed in Morgantown, West Virginia. All federal contract awards carry no set-aside designation, indicating the hospital's competitive selection based on established capability and regional medical infrastructure. West Virginia University Hospitals operates as the academic medical center for West Virginia University Medicine and serves as the flagship facility for WVU Medicine health system, delivering urgent care, routine treatment, and catastrophic medical services across its network.