Federal sub-agency · Department of Defense

Defense Health Agency

Defense Health Agency obligated $16.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 8,206 contract actions (−13% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC ($5.6B). It also awarded $704.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$16.1B
Actions
8,206
New awards: 1,351
Sole-source
14%
Small business
10.0%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13.6BFY2017
  2. 14.3BFY2018
  3. 15.5BFY2019
  4. 16BFY2020
  5. 17BFY2021
  6. 18.6BFY2022
  7. 18.7BFY2023
  8. 18.7BFY2024
  9. 18.5BFY2025
  10. 16.1BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC$5.6B35%
  2. TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$4.9B30%
  3. EVERNORTH FEDERAL SERVICES INC$686.5M4.3%
  4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION$495.1M3.1%
  5. MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC$433.5M2.7%
  6. UNITED CONCORDIA COMPANIES, INC.$372M2.3%
  7. PACMED CLINICS$179.9M1.1%
  8. CHRISTUS HEALTH$160.1M1.0%
  9. BRIGHTON MARINE, INC.$152.9M0.9%
  10. INTERNATIONAL SOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$143.9M0.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$14.3B89%
  2. IT & telecom$768.2M4.8%
  3. Professional services$726.6M4.5%
  4. Research & development$138M0.9%
  5. Equipment maintenance$65.6M0.4%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$65M0.4%
  7. Facilities & utilities$27.3M0.2%
  8. Education & social services$7.5M0.0%
  9. Transportation & logistics$5.9M0.0%
  10. Construction & real property$239.8K0.0%
  11. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$28.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kentucky$5.6B35%
  2. Arizona$4.9B30%
  3. Virginia$1.1B6.5%
  4. Maryland$891.9M5.5%
  5. Missouri$690.7M4.3%
  6. Texas$600.6M3.7%
  7. Pennsylvania$525.4M3.3%
  8. Maine$433.6M2.7%
  9. Washington$247.6M1.5%
  10. Massachusetts$160.1M1.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition16%
    US 39% · $2.6B
  • Sole-source awards14%
    US 30% · $2.3B
  • Single-offer competitions2.0%
    US 8.7% · $323.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $11.7M
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $604K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.3%
    US 4.2% · $47.7M

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY$1.5B12%
  2. DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY$278.7M53%
  3. DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY$103M32%
  4. DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HCD WEST$85.3M24%
  5. DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY$71.8M28%

Contracts terminated for default: 8

Largest awards

  1. IGF::OT::IGF$51.3B
    HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Jan 4, 2017 – Feb 10, 2026· HT940216C0001
  2. MANAGED CARE SUPPORT SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE TRICARE PROGRAM$23.5B
    HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC· Sacramento County, CA· Health & medical· Jan 10, 2017 – Apr 15, 2026· HT940216C0002
  3. T3 MANAGED CARE SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR WEST REGION$13.1B
    UNITEDHEALTH MILITARY & VETERANS SERVICES, LLC· Hennepin County, MN· Health & medical· Oct 5, 2016 – Dec 18, 2025· HT940212C0001
  4. TRICARE MANAGED CARE SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT, 5TH GENERATION EAST REGION$10B
    HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Dec 22, 2022 – Jun 10, 2026· HT940223C0001
  5. TRICARE MANAGED CARE SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT, 5TH GENERATION WEST REGION$9.8B
    TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP· Maricopa County, AZ· Health & medical· Dec 22, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· HT940223C0002
  6. TRICARE PHARMACY SERVICES$2.4B
    EVERNORTH FEDERAL SERVICES INC· St. Louis County, MO· Health & medical· Aug 5, 2021 – Jun 9, 2026· HT940221C0007
  7. MANAGED HEALTH CARE PLAN SERVICES FROM A DESIGNATED PROVIDER$1.5B
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION· Baltimore city, MD· Health & medical· Sep 26, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· HT940223C0006
  8. MANAGED HEALTH CARE PLAN SERVICES FROM A DESIGNATED PROVIDER$1.3B
    MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC· Cumberland County, ME· Health & medical· Sep 27, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026· HT940223C0007

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Defense Health Agency obligated $704.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2,451 actions (412 new awards), −51% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development ($576.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$704.8M
New awards
412
Actions
2,451
Since FY2022
$5.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.5MFY2022
  2. 1.6BFY2023
  3. 1.6BFY2024
  4. 1.4BFY2025
  5. 704.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$692.9M98%
  2. Other assistance$11.8M1.7%

Top programs

  1. 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development$576.6M82%
  2. 19.029 · The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs$98.2M14%
  3. 12.350 · Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program$16.3M2.3%
  4. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$11.8M1.7%
  5. 12.007 · Military Health Services Research (MHSR)$1.8M0.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.$105.8M15%
    BETHESDA, MD
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$24.7M3.5%
    LOS ANGELES, CA
  3. THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$21.5M3.1%
    HOUSTON, TX
  4. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$21M3.0%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  5. DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$20.9M3.0%
    BOSTON, MA
  6. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$18.4M2.6%
    AURORA, CO
  7. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$17M2.4%
    NEW YORK, NY
  8. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$15.8M2.2%
    PITTSBURGH, PA

Where it went

  1. Maryland$125.7M18%
  2. California$96.6M14%
  3. Massachusetts$66.9M9.5%
  4. New York$66.7M9.5%
  5. Texas$45.7M6.5%
  6. Pennsylvania$37.4M5.3%
  7. Illinois$21.5M3.1%
  8. Florida$19.8M2.8%
  9. North Carolina$19.2M2.7%
  10. Colorado$17.7M2.5%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2022–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.1B (59 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $106.9M (620 subawards)

308 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. WISCONSIN PHYSICIANS SERVICE INSURANCE CORP.$834.3M69%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  2. CAPGEMINI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$85M7.0%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  3. SKYBRIDGE RESOURCES, LLC$33M2.7%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  4. INTERAPT LLC$25.4M2.1%
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 1 subaward
  5. PREMIER TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION$23.4M1.9%
    LURAY, VA · 1 subaward
  6. TECHWERKS LLC$15.6M1.3%
    ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL · 1 subaward
  7. STS SYSTEMS DEFENSE LLC$14.2M1.2%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  8. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$10.1M0.8%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  9. ALKANNA CONSULTING LLC$9.7M0.8%
    NOKESVILLE, VA · 1 subaward
  10. BUSINESS ENABLED ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY, INC.$6.5M0.5%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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.