Federal sub-agency · Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration obligated $1.2B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3,526 contract actions (+11% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP ($114.3M). It also awarded $214.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2B
Actions
3,526
New awards: 939
Sole-source
20%
Small business
44%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.2BFY2017
  2. 1.3BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 1.7BFY2021
  6. 1.8BFY2022
  7. 1.9BFY2023
  8. 1.6BFY2024
  9. 1.1BFY2025
  10. 1.2BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$114.3M9.5%
  2. TRUE NORTH COMMUNICATIONS INC$82.5M6.8%
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$69.9M5.8%
  4. VETS SYNERGETIC GROUP LLC$47.9M4.0%
  5. FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.$45.6M3.8%
  6. INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING ASSOCIATES, INC.$42.5M3.5%
  7. KAIVA STRATEGIES, LLC$40M3.3%
  8. PRECISE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.$36.4M3.0%
  9. TUNNELL CONSULTING INC$27.1M2.2%
  10. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$24.6M2.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$567.1M47%
  2. IT & telecom$413M34%
  3. Research & development$116M9.6%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$36.3M3.0%
  5. Equipment maintenance$31.1M2.6%
  6. Facilities & utilities$20.9M1.7%
  7. Construction & real property$9.4M0.8%
  8. Health & medical$6.1M0.5%
  9. Transportation & logistics$3.4M0.3%
  10. Education & social services$1.2M0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$596.8M50%
  2. Virginia$356.4M30%
  3. California$41.7M3.5%
  4. Massachusetts$38.6M3.2%
  5. Arkansas$14.7M1.2%
  6. Pennsylvania$11.5M1.0%
  7. Oklahoma$10.3M0.9%
  8. New Jersey$10.2M0.8%
  9. North Carolina$9.6M0.8%
  10. Wisconsin$9.3M0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition34%
    US 39% · $410.9M
  • Sole-source awards20%
    US 30% · $239.4M
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $171.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush38%
    US 6.0% · $459.7M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.9%
    US 5.0% · $11.3M
  • Time-and-materials pricing46%
    US 4.2% · $549.3M

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. FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS$239.4M20%

Largest awards

  1. SENTINEL INITIATIVE-OPERATIONS CENTER$110.7M
    HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC.· Norfolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 28, 2019 – Aug 20, 2026· 75F40119F19001
  2. NATIONAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGN PROGRAM TASK ORDER$95.8M
    TRUE NORTH COMMUNICATIONS INC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 25, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· 75F40123F19002
  3. TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS, THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (OIMT) SEEKS TO EXERCISE ANOTHER BRIDGE CONTRACT FOR CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF ITS DATA CENTERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. AS A RESULT OF DELAYS WITH COMPETITIVE FO$92.3M
    PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2023 – May 7, 2026· 75F40123F80404
  4. CBER SYSTEMS AND MODERNIZATION BPA TASK ORDER 6$86.1M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 14, 2021 – Feb 4, 2026· 75F40121F19005
  5. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM TOBACCO-RELATED HEALTH RISKS AND CHRONIC DISEASE$82.5M
    TRUE NORTH COMMUNICATIONS INC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 75F40126F19004
  6. NATIONAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGN PROGRAM TASK ORDER$77.1M
    TRUE NORTH COMMUNICATIONS INC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Sep 11, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026· 75F40124F19003
  7. HELP DESK BRIDGE CONTRACT$73.4M
    HUMANTOUCH LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 31, 2022 – Jun 30, 2026· 75F40122F80332
  8. CBER SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND MODERNIZATION (CSOM)$64.3M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jul 12, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 75F40124F80205

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.

Food and Drug Administration obligated $214.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,287 actions (72 new awards), +1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research ($215.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$214.5M
New awards
72
Actions
1,287
Since FY2021
$1.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 216.8MFY2021
  2. 260MFY2022
  3. 274.3MFY2023
  4. 254MFY2024
  5. 212.3MFY2025
  6. 214.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$214.5M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research$215.3M100%
  2. 93.367 · Flexible Funding Model - Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs-$35.8K0.0%
  3. 93.876 · Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens-$781.9K0.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION$23.5M11%
    DENVER, CO
  2. THE CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE$15.2M7.1%
    TUCSON, AZ
  3. ASSOCIATION OF FOOD & DRUG OFFICIALS$8.4M3.9%
    YORK, PA
  4. FOOD & AGRICULTURE, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF$5.2M2.4%
    SACRAMENTO, CA
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$5.2M2.4%
    DAVIS, CA
  6. YALE UNIV$5M2.3%
    NEW HAVEN, CT
  7. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$4.9M2.3%
    BOSTON, MA
  8. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$4.8M2.2%
    CHICAGO, IL

Where it went

  1. Colorado$24.5M11%
  2. Arizona$16.3M7.6%
  3. Pennsylvania$16M7.5%
  4. New York$15.4M7.2%
  5. California$15.3M7.1%
  6. Massachusetts$10.3M4.8%
  7. Texas$9.8M4.6%
  8. Virginia$8.5M4.0%
  9. Maryland$8.5M4.0%
  10. Connecticut$7.2M3.3%

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 · FY2021–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: $47.9M (75 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $15.1M (93 subawards)

127 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. WASHINGTON D.C.$7.3M12%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. ISTREAM SOLUTIONS, INC.$5.6M8.9%
    ASHBURN, VA · 2 subawards
  3. AZAAR SOLUTIONS LLC$3.7M5.9%
    LAUREL, MD · 2 subawards
  4. ARISGLOBAL, LLC$2.9M4.5%
    WALTHAM, MA · 1 subaward
  5. KENNEDY & RAND CONSULTING, INC.$2.5M4.0%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 2 subawards
  6. DAS FEDERAL LLC$1.9M2.9%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 2 subawards
  7. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$1.5M2.4%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  8. CHAKRABARTI MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY, INC.$1.5M2.4%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards
  9. RATIONALSOFT INC$1.3M2.0%
    VIENNA, VA · 2 subawards
  10. TRICON SOLUTIONS, LLC$1.2M2.0%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 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.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$213.1M
Clients
433
Reports
778

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$17M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  2. Amazon.com Services LLCAI match · 100%$8.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  3. ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100%$7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  4. WALMART INC.$5.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  5. NOVARTIS CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$5.3M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  6. American Medical AssociationAI match · 99%$5.1M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Health issues, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.AI match · 100%$4.8M
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  8. PMI US Corporate Services Inc. (fka PMI Global Services Inc.)$4.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  9. PFIZER INC.AI match · 100%$4.4M
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Medicare and Medicaid
  10. Oracle CorporationAI match · 100%$4.1M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  11. Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)$3.9M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Health issues, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  12. RAI Services Company$3.8M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations, Agriculture
  13. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.$3.5M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Health issues, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  14. THE COCA-COLA COMPANYAI match · 100%$3.5M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Agriculture, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Beverage industry
  15. HUMANA INC.AI match · 100%$3M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Medicare and Medicaid, Pharmacy

31 more clients ($2.9M) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.