Contracting office · National Institutes of Health

NIH NCI

NIH NCI obligated $771.9M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 989 contract actions (−19% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC ($415.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$771.9M
Actions
989
New awards: 78
Sole-source
3.1%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.3BFY2017
  2. 1.2BFY2018
  3. 1.1BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 1.4BFY2021
  6. 1.5BFY2022
  7. 1.7BFY2023
  8. 1.4BFY2024
  9. 957.8MFY2025
  10. 771.9MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC$415.6M54%
  2. WESTAT, INC.$32.6M4.2%
  3. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$30.3M3.9%
  4. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP$25M3.2%
  5. TECHNICAL RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.$18.5M2.4%
  6. THE EMMES COMPANY, LLC$17.9M2.3%
  7. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$15.7M2.0%
  8. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$14.4M1.9%
  9. DLH, LLC$10.8M1.4%
  10. MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC.$10M1.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$541.7M70%
  2. IT & telecom$117.1M15%
  3. Professional services$82.4M11%
  4. Health & medical$14.7M1.9%
  5. Education & social services$9.6M1.2%
  6. Construction & real property$3.9M0.5%
  7. Equipment maintenance$3.7M0.5%
  8. Other equipment & supplies$1.4M0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$574.4M74%
  2. Virginia$72.2M9.4%
  3. New Jersey$20.2M2.6%
  4. California$18.9M2.5%
  5. Washington$14.8M1.9%
  6. New York$11.7M1.5%
  7. Illinois$10.3M1.3%
  8. Missouri$7.6M1.0%
  9. Michigan$5.8M0.8%
  10. Georgia$5.6M0.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition11%
    US 39% · $83.9M
  • Sole-source awards3.1%
    US 30% · $24.2M
  • Single-offer competitions7.7%
    US 8.8% · $59.7M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush12%
    US 5.6% · $92.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $1.4M
  • Time-and-materials pricing7.6%
    US 4.2% · $59M

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

Largest awards

  1. OPER OF GOVT R&D GOCO FACILITIES$4.8B
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Nov 29, 2016 – Aug 7, 2026· HHSN261200800001E
  2. NCI OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER$1.8B
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Aug 31, 2020 – Jun 18, 2026· 75N91020F00003
  3. NCI OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER, FY26-FY27$483.8M
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Aug 29, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 75N91025F00016
  4. NCI OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER$432.4M
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Aug 30, 2019 – May 21, 2026· 75N91019F00129
  5. MD NET$181.4M
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Sep 26, 2019 – Sep 3, 2026· 75N91019F00139
  6. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK ORDER SUPPORTS NIAIDS GOAL TO CONDUCT A SERIES OF STANDARDIZED PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 TRIALS ON NEXT-GENERATION VACCINES TO GENERATE DATA TO INFORM DECISIONS ON WHICH CANDIDATES TO SUPPORT FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.$173.3M
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Jun 1, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 75N91023F00008
  7. NIAID COVID-19 ACTIV3$159.1M
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Sep 1, 2020 – Sep 9, 2026· 75N91020F00039
  8. ADVANCE UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINE - FLU MOSAIC VERSION 2 (FLUMOSV2)$141.7M
    LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Feb 16, 2021 – Mar 6, 2026· 75N91021F00004

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.