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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NICHD

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NICHD obligated $174.4M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 581 contract actions (−27% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LEIDOS, INC. ($30.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$174.4M
Actions
581
New awards: 99
Sole-source
3.7%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 206.6MFY2017
  2. 262.8MFY2018
  3. 281.9MFY2019
  4. 320.1MFY2020
  5. 287.8MFY2021
  6. 345.2MFY2022
  7. 375.3MFY2023
  8. 325.1MFY2024
  9. 239.2MFY2025
  10. 174.4MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$30.5M18%
  2. HIGHRISE CONSULTING INC$27.5M16%
  3. DUKE UNIVERSITY$18.7M11%
  4. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$10M5.7%
  5. WESTAT, INC.$6.2M3.5%
  6. SCIOME LLC$5.5M3.1%
  7. SRI INTERNATIONAL$5.4M3.1%
  8. THE EMMES COMPANY, LLC$5M2.9%
  9. FLYWHEEL DATA LLC$5M2.9%
  10. PRECISION FOR MEDICINE, INC.$4.7M2.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$74.9M43%
  2. Research & development$64.6M37%
  3. Professional services$29.3M17%
  4. Equipment maintenance$3.4M2.0%
  5. Health & medical$1.3M0.8%
  6. Transportation & logistics$593.4K0.3%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$203.5K0.1%
  8. Construction & real property$109.2K0.1%
  9. Education & social services$22.5K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$116M66%
  2. North Carolina$27.7M16%
  3. California$9.8M5.6%
  4. Minnesota$5.7M3.3%
  5. Virginia$4.4M2.5%
  6. Oregon$2.2M1.2%
  7. New York$2M1.1%
  8. Tennessee$1.1M0.6%
  9. South Dakota$841.5K0.5%
  10. Maine$750K0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition46%
    US 39% · $80M
  • Sole-source awards3.7%
    US 30% · $6.5M
  • Single-offer competitions42%
    US 8.7% · $73.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush20%
    US 6.1% · $34M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · -$3.1M
  • Time-and-materials pricing17%
    US 4.2% · $30M

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

Largest awards

  1. THE GOALS OF THIS PROCUREMENT ARE TWO-FOLD: (1) TO PROVIDE ERA SYSTEM ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE ERA CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM AND ON-PREMISE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL PROGRAM AREAS (SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE, NEW FUNCTIONALITY, AND INTEGRATION OF HHS$138.6M
    HIGHRISE CONSULTING INC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026· 75N94022F00002
  2. CONTRACT TO PROCURE A WIDE RANGE OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH (OER) INCLUDING THE ERA ENTERPRISE GRANTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.$113.5M
    LEIDOS, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 27, 2024 – Jun 26, 2026· 75N94024F00001
  3. DATA COORDINATING CENTER FOR THE BEST PHARMACEUTICALS FOR CHILDREN ACT$66M
    THE EMMES COMPANY, LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Jul 28, 2017 – Sep 2, 2026· HHSN275201700002C
  4. ERA GRANTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES.$27.5M
    HIGHRISE CONSULTING INC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 13, 2022 – Jan 14, 2026· 75N94022F00001
  5. OD: SERVICE: PROVIDE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES, DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE, MEETING LOGISTICS, CONTENT, DATABASE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, EVALUATION, ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND AI$20M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· 75N94025F00103
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE NIDDK BIOREPOSITORY ROUTINE OPERATIONS TO FACILITATE BIOSPECIMEN UTILIZATION FOR NEW SCIENCE AND BROAD SHARING ACROSS THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY.$16.4M
    PRECISION FOR MEDICINE, INC.· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· May 25, 2023 – Sep 24, 2026· 75N94023F00001
  7. BASE AWARD: NIMHD US BURDEN OF HEALTH DISPARITIES PROVIDING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT ON HOW DISEASES, INJURIES AND RISK FACTORS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE US BIOSTATISTICAL CONSULTATION COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES AND PUBLIC PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS F$13.2M
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Mar 23, 2023 – Aug 5, 2026· 75N94023C00004
  8. "CORE NICHD NETWORK CLINICAL SITE SUPPORT FOR IMPAACT RELATED STUDIES"$13.1M
    WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Nov 30, 2022 – Jan 30, 2026· 75N94023F00002

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.