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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH NIEHS

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH NIEHS obligated $86.4M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 385 contract actions (−36% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SOCIAL & SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS, INC. ($21.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$86.4M
Actions
385
New awards: 29
Sole-source
10%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 163.7MFY2017
  2. 156.5MFY2018
  3. 159.7MFY2019
  4. 168MFY2020
  5. 166MFY2021
  6. 166.4MFY2022
  7. 172.7MFY2023
  8. 166.7MFY2024
  9. 134.5MFY2025
  10. 86.4MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SOCIAL & SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS, INC.$21.4M25%
  2. EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC.$10.1M12%
  3. COMPUTER WORLD SERVICES, CORP.$7.7M8.9%
  4. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$7M8.1%
  5. MIDNIGHT SUN TECHNOLOGIES LLC$6.4M7.4%
  6. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$5.4M6.2%
  7. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$5.2M6.0%
  8. HANA TECHNOLOGIES & SYSTEMS, INC.$4.3M5.0%
  9. INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS, LLC$3.9M4.6%
  10. MRIGLOBAL$3.3M3.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$53.1M61%
  2. Professional services$12.5M15%
  3. IT & telecom$11.4M13%
  4. Facilities & utilities$6.5M7.5%
  5. Equipment maintenance$1.4M1.6%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$1.3M1.5%
  7. Education & social services$211.7K0.2%
  8. Health & medical$34.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. North Carolina$62.2M72%
  2. Maryland$9.4M11%
  3. Ohio$5.3M6.2%
  4. Virginia$5.1M5.9%
  5. Missouri$3.3M3.8%
  6. Pennsylvania$978.7K1.1%
  7. Maine$538.2K0.6%
  8. Massachusetts$164K0.2%
  9. Oregon$149.3K0.2%
  10. Illinois$23.6K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition11%
    US 39% · $9.9M
  • Sole-source awards10%
    US 30% · $8.8M
  • Single-offer competitions1.2%
    US 8.7% · $1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$322.2K
  • Year-end rush9.0%
    US 6.1% · $7.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $146.3K
  • Time-and-materials pricing4.8%
    US 4.2% · $4.2M

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

Largest awards

  1. THE SISTER STUDY: TASK ORDER 001 - CORE ACTIVITIES$62M
    SOCIAL & SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS, INC.· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Aug 22, 2018 – Aug 20, 2026· 75N96018F00001
  2. CHEMISTRY SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM$57.3M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Feb 27, 2017 – Jul 23, 2026· HHSN273201400022C
  3. TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES BY CONDUCTING ONGOING AND RECURRING EVALUATIONS OF THE TOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC POTENTIAL OF CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL AGENTS THAT MAY POSE A HEALTH HAZARD TO HUMANS.$56.7M
    BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE· Franklin County, OH· Research & development· Sep 13, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 75N96024C00005
  4. CHEMISTRY SERVICES FOR THE NTP$52.4M
    MRIGLOBAL· Jackson County, MO· Research & development· Mar 14, 2017 – Jul 9, 2026· HHSN273201400020C
  5. IGF::OT::IGFCHEMISTRY SERVICES FOR THE NTP$44.7M
    BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE· Franklin County, OH· Research & development· Apr 12, 2017 – Aug 27, 2026· HHSN273201400027C
  6. PROVIDE IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIEHS$41.5M
    SIKICH FEDERAL INC.· Wake County, NC· IT & telecom· Jan 16, 2020 – Aug 5, 2026· 75N96020F00001
  7. IGF::CL,CT::IGF$41M
    INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS, LLC· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Jan 11, 2017 – Jun 8, 2026· HHSN273201500010C
  8. "PATHOLOGY PEER REVIEW AND PATHOLOGY SUPPORT FOR THE DNTP AND DIR AT NIEHS" EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES (EPL)$33.3M
    EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC.· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Nov 30, 2016 – Sep 9, 2026· HHSN273201500014C

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.