I have a similar facility that I am allowed to run around in.
http://www.makerplace.com/
They have laser cutters up to 150watt with 5x5 feet bed sizes as well as all the other CNC mill/router goodies. Personally I use very little laser cutting on the robot, and stick mostly to the CNC router to do my plastics (a good chuck of which is polycarb which is NOT laser-able in these shops). And the mills/lathes to do the metal stuff.
My experiences with laser-ing Delrin has been pretty good, running the 80 watt laser at about 70 % power and a medium cut speed I can get a clean out on 1/4 plate no problem.
In the end it's all about making what tools you/your team has work for you. I know 2102 this year had a robot that was mostly laser cut on top of an alum box frame, including wood plate gearboxes and plastic pulleys that worked out pretty good for them. You can make a FRC robot that is competitive with laser-ed cut parts.
Also 254 used to do Delrin gearbox plates, however they later switched to pocketed out Alum because it was lighter and stiffer.