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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA obligated $427M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,037 contract actions (−27% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was AXLE INFORMATICS, LLC ($80.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$427M
Actions
2,037
New awards: 294
Sole-source
0.4%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 494.3MFY2017
  2. 552.3MFY2018
  3. 676.1MFY2019
  4. 705MFY2020
  5. 739.8MFY2021
  6. 802.7MFY2022
  7. 866.1MFY2023
  8. 885.6MFY2024
  9. 586.6MFY2025
  10. 427MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. AXLE INFORMATICS, LLC$80.6M19%
  2. KELLY SERVICES, INC.$80M19%
  3. WESTAT, INC.$47.6M11%
  4. GAP SOLUTIONS, INC.$29.7M7.0%
  5. PSYCHOGENICS INC.$14.8M3.5%
  6. DIGITAL INFUZION, LLC$14.6M3.4%
  7. GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC$12.9M3.0%
  8. CORIELL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.$11.1M2.6%
  9. ONPOINT CONSULTING, INC.$9.9M2.3%
  10. DLH, LLC$9.8M2.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$238.2M56%
  2. Research & development$130M30%
  3. IT & telecom$49.5M12%
  4. Equipment maintenance$3.9M0.9%
  5. Health & medical$3M0.7%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$939.9K0.2%
  7. Facilities & utilities$914.5K0.2%
  8. Construction & real property$444.4K0.1%
  9. Education & social services$52.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$249M58%
  2. Michigan$76.3M18%
  3. New Jersey$28.8M6.7%
  4. Virginia$26.8M6.3%
  5. Massachusetts$13.7M3.2%
  6. California$7.2M1.7%
  7. Utah$5.5M1.3%
  8. North Carolina$3.5M0.8%
  9. Delaware$3.3M0.8%
  10. Missouri$2.9M0.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition45%
    US 39% · $192.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.4%
    US 30% · $1.9M
  • Single-offer competitions45%
    US 8.7% · $190.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush8.0%
    US 6.0% · $34.3M
  • Undefinitized contracts4.4%
    US 5.0% · $18.8M
  • Time-and-materials pricing20%
    US 4.2% · $84.9M

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

Largest awards

  1. THE POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO AND HEALTH (PATH) STUDY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 04/01/2016-11/30/2016 BASE AWARD$505.3M
    WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Nov 18, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· HHSN271201600001C
  2. POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO AND HEALTH (PATH) STUDY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 02/01/2024-01/31/2029$85.5M
    WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Jan 31, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· 75N95024C00003
  3. NCATS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM SUPPORT (STPS)$40.8M
    AXLE INFORMATICS, LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Feb 18, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 75N95025F00061
  4. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT CONTRACT$38M
    LCG SYSTEMS LLC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 23, 2021 – Sep 10, 2026· 75N95021F00001
  5. SCREENING OF INVESTIGATIONAL AGENTS THROUGH THE NINDS PRECLINICAL SCREENING PLATFORM FOR PAIN (PSPP)$36M
    PSYCHOGENICS INC.· Bergen County, NJ· Research & development· Sep 6, 2024 – May 27, 2026· 75N95024F00001
  6. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA) IT SERVICES AND SUPPORT$29.8M
    TISTA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 19, 2019 – May 19, 2026· 75N95019F00088
  7. TASK AREAS TWO (2), THREE (3), FOUR (4), AND SIX (6) FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH) BRAIN RESEARCH THROUGH ADVANCING INNOVATIVE NEUROTECHNOLOGIES (BRAIN) INITIATIVE CELL ATLAS NETWORK (BICAN)$29.6M
    THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 26, 2023 – Jul 31, 2026· 75N95023F00002
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) DATA ARCHIVE (NDA) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INCORPORATED ATTACHMENT 1: STATEMENT OF WORK.$29M
    ONPOINT CONSULTING, INC.· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· May 28, 2024 – Jun 5, 2026· 75N95024F00001

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.