Contracting office · Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AHRQ/HEALTHCARE RESEARCH QUALITY

AHRQ/HEALTHCARE RESEARCH QUALITY obligated $17.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 16 contract actions (+13% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was WESTAT, INC. ($8.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$17.8M
Actions
16
New awards: 0
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 119.7MFY2017
  2. 131.7MFY2018
  3. 135.1MFY2019
  4. 371.9MFY2020
  5. 109.9MFY2021
  6. -12.8MFY2022
  7. 62.4MFY2023
  8. 43.5MFY2024
  9. 15.8MFY2025
  10. 17.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. WESTAT, INC.$8.9M50%
  2. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING ANALYSIS CORPORATION$4M23%
  3. CORMAC CORPORATION$2.1M12%
  4. NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$2M11%
  5. ABT GLOBAL LLC$789.5K4.4%
  6. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS-$7,3640.0%
  7. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-$71.1K0.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$13.8M77%
  2. IT & telecom$4M23%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$9.7M55%
  2. Virginia$6.2M35%
  3. Illinois$2M11%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition4.0%
    US 39% · $711.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions4.0%
    US 8.7% · $711.1K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush77%
    US 6.1% · $13.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing50%
    US 4.2% · $8.9M

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

Largest awards

  1. PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION PRIVACY PROTECTION CENTER (PSOPPC) AND NETWORK OF PATIENT SAFETY DATABASES (NPSD) SYSTEMS$20.9M
    CORMAC CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 2, 2021 – Sep 3, 2026· 75Q80121C00004
  2. MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY HOUSEHOLD COMPONENT (MEPS-HC) SURVEY$12.9M
    WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· 75Q80125F32003
  3. AHRQ CLOUD ENCLAVE HOSTING & SECURITY COMPLIANCE SUPPORT$10.2M
    COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING ANALYSIS CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jun 14, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 75Q80123F80007
  4. HCUP ENHANCEMENTS & ANALYTICS: NATIONAL DEATH INDEX, QUARTERLY DATA & ANALYSES$4.5M
    NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 75Q80125F32006
  5. DISSEMINATION AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR AHRQ'S NATIONAL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH (NCEPCR)$3.8M
    ABT GLOBAL LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 13, 2022 – Aug 24, 2026· 75Q80122F80007
  6. 2021 SYSTEMATIC EVIDENCE REVIEWS TO SUPPORT THE USPSTF - GROUP A$2.4M
    KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Aug 2, 2021 – Jul 10, 2026· 75Q80121F32004
  7. IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS$541K
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Jul 15, 2024 – Jan 15, 2026· 75Q80124F32009
  8. METHODS AND DISSEMINATION: COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE VALIDITY, CONSISTENCY, AND UTILITY OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS$350K
    KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Aug 31, 2020 – Dec 26, 2025· 75Q80120F32002

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.