Contracting office · Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

BARDA - ASPR / DAAPPO / BARDA DCMA

BARDA - ASPR / DAAPPO / BARDA DCMA obligated $2.3B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 491 contract actions (+264% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ($370.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.3B
Actions
491
New awards: 24
Sole-source
6.7%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5BFY2017
  2. 1.2BFY2018
  3. 1.8BFY2019
  4. 11.1BFY2020
  5. 3.2BFY2021
  6. 3.1BFY2022
  7. 5.8BFY2023
  8. 4.2BFY2024
  9. 627.7MFY2025
  10. 2.3BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$370.1M16%
  2. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC$280.2M12%
  3. ALBERT B. SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)$267.9M12%
  4. SHIONOGI INC$156.1M6.8%
  5. AMGEN USA INC$126M5.5%
  6. SEQIRUS INC$121.6M5.3%
  7. KALEO, INC.$99.8M4.4%
  8. BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S$97M4.2%
  9. START2 GROUP, INC.$89.1M3.9%
  10. BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL LTD, ALLSCHWIL$52.7M2.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.6B70%
  2. Health & medical$629.9M28%
  3. Professional services$60M2.6%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$4.3M0.2%
  5. IT & telecom$909.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. South Carolina$370.1M16%
  2. District of Columbia$331.1M14%
  3. Massachusetts$327.7M14%
  4. California$290.7M13%
  5. New York$288.8M13%
  6. New Jersey$183.5M8.0%
  7. Abroad$128.9M5.6%
  8. Virginia$100.4M4.4%
  9. Pennsylvania$62.4M2.7%
  10. North Carolina$49.5M2.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $1.1B
  • Sole-source awards6.7%
    US 30% · $153.1M
  • Single-offer competitions42%
    US 8.8% · $958.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$1.6M
  • Year-end rush29%
    US 5.6% · $660.1M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing2.7%
    US 4.2% · $61.2M

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

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCTION OF VACCINE MANUFACTURING FACILITY$1.4B
    SEQIRUS INC· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Dec 9, 2016 – Jul 14, 2026· HHSO100200900101C
  2. IGF::OT::IGF$1.4B
    EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GAITHERSBURG INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Mar 16, 2017 – Aug 18, 2026· HHSO100201600030C
  3. IGF::OT::IGF$1.3B
    BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S· Health & medical· Aug 24, 2017 – May 11, 2026· HHSO100201700019C
  4. OT TASK ORDER 4$1B
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL· Berkeley County, SC· Research & development· Sep 28, 2023 – Sep 8, 2026· 75A50123F61004
  5. IGF::OT::IGF$973.6M
    REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC· Westchester County, NY· Research & development· Sep 28, 2017 – Sep 25, 2026· HHSO100201700016C
  6. TREATMENT FOR USE IN A MASS CASUALTY EVENT WHERE THROMBOCYTOPENIA OR PLATELET LOSS IS A MAJOR CONCERN.$839.9M
    AMGEN USA INC· Ventura County, CA· Research & development· Sep 28, 2022 – Aug 4, 2026· 75A50122C00065
  7. OTA TASK ORDER 1$795M
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL· Berkeley County, SC· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 12, 2026· 75A50123F61001
  8. OT TASK ORDER 3$723.5M
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL· Berkeley County, SC· Research & development· Sep 28, 2023 – Mar 11, 2026· 75A50123F61003

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.