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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NHLBI

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NHLBI obligated $217.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 968 contract actions (−43% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP ($18M).

Obligations · FY2026
$217.2M
Actions
968
New awards: 155
Sole-source
6.3%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 326.3MFY2017
  2. 299.1MFY2018
  3. 290MFY2019
  4. 697.6MFY2020
  5. 804.3MFY2021
  6. 637.4MFY2022
  7. 778MFY2023
  8. 483.8MFY2024
  9. 379.5MFY2025
  10. 217.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP$18M8.3%
  2. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$15.9M7.3%
  3. DLH, LLC$12.8M5.9%
  4. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$10.2M4.7%
  5. A-TEK, INC.$9M4.1%
  6. GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC$7.6M3.5%
  7. FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.$7.6M3.5%
  8. LEIDOS, INC.$7.1M3.3%
  9. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$7.1M3.3%
  10. STEAMPUNK, INC.$6.5M3.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$91.6M42%
  2. Research & development$73.8M34%
  3. Professional services$45M21%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$2.6M1.2%
  5. Equipment maintenance$2.4M1.1%
  6. Education & social services$1.7M0.8%
  7. Health & medical$107.1K0.0%
  8. Construction & real property$75K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$105.5M49%
  2. Virginia$49.7M23%
  3. North Carolina$13.6M6.3%
  4. Washington$13.2M6.1%
  5. California$6.5M3.0%
  6. Alabama$6M2.8%
  7. Mississippi$4.5M2.1%
  8. Illinois$3.8M1.7%
  9. New York$3.5M1.6%
  10. Minnesota$3M1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition35%
    US 39% · $76.7M
  • Sole-source awards6.3%
    US 30% · $13.6M
  • Single-offer competitions29%
    US 8.7% · $63.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$2.5M
  • Year-end rush13%
    US 6.1% · $28.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.7%
    US 5.0% · $1.6M
  • Time-and-materials pricing21%
    US 4.2% · $46.5M

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

Largest awards

  1. NHLBI SERVICE DESK, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE$107.3M
    DLH, LLC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 15, 2021 – Apr 14, 2026· 75N92021F00001
  2. UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION (UCC) PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES$87.5M
    DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP· Washington County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 15, 2022 – Jul 29, 2026· 75N92022F00065
  3. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEATH (ARPA-H) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES$74.5M
    LEIDOS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Apr 22, 2026· 75N92023F00253
  4. WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE - CLINICAL COORDINATING CENTER$49.7M
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER· King County, WA· Research & development· Mar 22, 2017 – Jan 21, 2026· HHSN268201600018C
  5. WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE (WHI) - CLINICAL COORDINATING CENTER (CCC) - TASK AREA A$47.2M
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER· King County, WA· Research & development· Feb 1, 2021 – Jul 21, 2026· 75N92021F00001
  6. GSA OASIS TASK ORDER TITLED "NIH/NHLBI RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC POLICY SUPPORT AND CLINICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (CRO) MANAGEMENT".$42.4M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 15, 2021 – Sep 11, 2026· 75N92021F00205
  7. INNOVATION FUNNEL FOR COVID-19 - VALIDATION CENTER$41.2M
    EMORY UNIVERSITY· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Mar 27, 2023 – Jan 28, 2026· 75N92023F00001
  8. NHGRI IT SUPPORT SERVICES$40.2M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jul 3, 2019 – Jun 5, 2026· 75N92019F00193

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.