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DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY obligated $13.3B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 351 contract actions (−6.6% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC ($5.6B).

Obligations · FY2026
$13.3B
Actions
351
New awards: 5
Sole-source
12%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11.9BFY2017
  2. 11.9BFY2018
  3. 12.3BFY2019
  4. 12.8BFY2020
  5. 13.2BFY2021
  6. 14.2BFY2022
  7. 14.2BFY2023
  8. 14.4BFY2024
  9. 14.2BFY2025
  10. 13.3BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PACMED CLINICS$179.9M1.4%
  2. CHRISTUS HEALTH$160.1M1.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$13.2B99.8%
  2. Professional services$23.5M0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kentucky$5.6B42%
  2. Arizona$4.9B37%
  3. Missouri$686.5M5.2%
  4. Pennsylvania$515.9M3.9%
  5. Maryland$495.1M3.7%
  6. Maine$433.5M3.3%
  7. Washington$179.9M1.4%
  8. Texas$160.1M1.2%
  9. Massachusetts$152.9M1.2%
  10. New York$121.9M0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $1.6B
  • Sole-source awards12%
    US 30% · $1.5B
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.7% · $11.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$114.4K

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

Largest awards

  1. HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Jan 4, 2017 – Feb 10, 2026· HT940216C0001
  2. HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC· Sacramento County, CA· Health & medical· Jan 10, 2017 – Apr 15, 2026· HT940216C0002
  3. UNITEDHEALTH MILITARY & VETERANS SERVICES, LLC· Hennepin County, MN· Health & medical· Oct 5, 2016 – Dec 18, 2025· HT940212C0001
  4. HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC· Jefferson County, KY· Health & medical· Dec 22, 2022 – Jun 10, 2026· HT940223C0001
  5. TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP· Maricopa County, AZ· Health & medical· Dec 22, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· HT940223C0002
  6. EVERNORTH FEDERAL SERVICES INC· St. Louis County, MO· Health & medical· Aug 5, 2021 – Jun 9, 2026· HT940221C0007
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION· Baltimore city, MD· Health & medical· Sep 26, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· HT940223C0006
  8. MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC· Cumberland County, ME· Health & medical· Sep 27, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026· HT940223C0007

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.