Contracting office · National Institutes of Health

ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H)

ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H) obligated $128.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 48 contract actions (−34% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC ($49M).

Obligations · FY2026
$128.1M
Actions
48
New awards: 3
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2022
  2. 41MFY2023
  3. 35.5MFY2024
  4. 193.6MFY2025
  5. 128.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$124.9M98%
  2. Research & development$2.8M2.2%
  3. Construction & real property$372K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Hampshire$9.6M7.5%
  2. New York$6.1M4.8%
  3. Maryland$852.1K0.7%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition3.3%
    US 39% · $4.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$16.3K
  • Single-offer competitions3.3%
    US 8.7% · $4.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush22%
    US 6.0% · $27.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing90%
    US 4.2% · $115.7M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 10, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 75N99225F00001
  2. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 7, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 75N99225F00001
  3. ECS FEDERAL, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Nov 15, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026· 75N99225F00001
  4. DIGITALIS COMMONS, INC.· New York County, NY· Professional services· May 5, 2023 – Sep 29, 2026· 75N99223C00002
  5. TEMPUS AI, INC· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Apr 13, 2026· 75N99225C00002
  6. ADVANCED REGENERATIVE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE INC· Hillsborough County, NH· Professional services· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 75N99226C00001
  7. HINES GS PROPERTIES LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Nov 21, 2023 – Jul 8, 2026· 75N99224C00001
  8. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Jun 14, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· 75N99223C00004

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.