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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NLM

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NLM obligated $257.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 224 contract actions (−37% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP ($40.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$257.2M
Actions
224
New awards: 0
Sole-source
6.7%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 507.4MFY2017
  2. 526.5MFY2018
  3. 501.2MFY2019
  4. 562MFY2020
  5. 602MFY2021
  6. 534.1MFY2022
  7. 609.9MFY2023
  8. 512.5MFY2024
  9. 408.6MFY2025
  10. 257.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$40.7M16%
  2. GLOBALTEKFORCECOM INC.$27.3M11%
  3. BLACK CANYON CONSULTING LLC$20.5M8.0%
  4. A-TEK, INC.$19.9M7.7%
  5. SAPIENT GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$16.7M6.5%
  6. AAC INC.$15.6M6.1%
  7. NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.$13.3M5.2%
  8. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$12.8M5.0%
  9. NTT DATA SERVICES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LLC$10.8M4.2%
  10. IDEATION SOLUTIONS JV LLC$9.5M3.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$138.2M54%
  2. IT & telecom$115.6M45%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$3.2M1.3%
  4. Equipment maintenance$136.7K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$167M65%
  2. Virginia$58M23%
  3. California$11M4.3%
  4. Louisiana$6.8M2.7%
  5. Abroad$4.8M1.8%
  6. Colorado$4M1.6%
  7. New York$3.2M1.3%
  8. Indiana$1M0.4%
  9. Texas$832K0.3%
  10. North Carolina$632.9K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $63.5M
  • Sole-source awards6.7%
    US 30% · $17.3M
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.7% · $46.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.4%
    US 5.1% · $916.2K
  • Year-end rush22%
    US 6.1% · $56.2M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing45%
    US 4.2% · $115.1M

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

Largest awards

  1. SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENOMICS INFORMATION RESOURCES$130.2M
    GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 20, 2019 – Sep 1, 2026· 75N97019F00067
  2. IT SERVICES$125.7M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Dec 16, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· 75N97022F00002
  3. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RESOURCES$79.8M
    A-TEK, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 20, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 75N97023F00096
  4. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RESOURCES$78M
    BLACK CANYON CONSULTING LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 22, 2023 – Sep 25, 2026· 75N97023F00098
  5. PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT OPERATIONS SUPPORT TASKS$65.5M
    EDGEWATER FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 30, 2021 – Dec 30, 2025· 75N97021F00079
  6. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR CONSUMER/PUBLIC HEALTH AND TERMINOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR THE NLM'S OCCS$63.4M
    GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 18, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· 75N97020F00001
  7. PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES$62.9M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 21, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· 75N97023F00002
  8. SCIENTIFIC DATA ANALYSIS, ANNOTATION, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPPORT$58.3M
    COMPUTERCRAFT CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 28, 2023 – Aug 17, 2026· 75N97023F00079

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.