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NIH NIAMS

NIH NIAMS obligated $2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 51 contract actions (−68% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MIDTOWN PERSONNEL INC. ($500.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2M
Actions
51
New awards: 27
Sole-source
18%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.7MFY2017
  2. 4.7MFY2018
  3. 5.7MFY2019
  4. 4.8MFY2020
  5. 5.5MFY2021
  6. 6.3MFY2022
  7. 5.6MFY2023
  8. 6.1MFY2024
  9. 6.1MFY2025
  10. 2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MIDTOWN PERSONNEL INC.$500.8K25%
  2. CONTEMPORARIES, INC.$493.8K25%
  3. GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$343.7K17%
  4. ILLUMINA, INC.$249.5K13%
  5. PARKER TIDE LLC$163.1K8.3%
  6. BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$96.2K4.9%
  7. GAP SOLUTIONS, INC.$79.7K4.1%
  8. MEDICAL DOCTOR ASSOCIATES LLC$56.2K2.9%
  9. CYTEK BIOSCIENCES, INC.$46.4K2.4%
  10. MA FEDERAL, INC.$34.9K1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.2M58%
  2. Health & medical$333K17%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$271.8K14%
  4. Equipment maintenance$166.9K8.4%
  5. IT & telecom$57.1K2.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$960.1K49%
  2. Virginia$374.8K19%
  3. California$368.6K19%
  4. District of Columbia$202.1K10%
  5. Georgia$37.4K1.9%
  6. Missouri$23.5K1.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition41%
    US 39% · $798.6K
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $344.2K
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.8% · $454.4K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. ILLUMINA INC:1107104 [26-000645]$249.5K
    ILLUMINA, INC.· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· 75N92B26F20001
  2. 1-DUAL INDEX KIT TT SET A 96 RXN 2-CHROMIUM SINGLE CELL HUMAN TCR AMPLIFICATION KIT 1 3-CHROMIUM SINGLE CELL HUMAN BCR AMPLIFICATION KIT 1 4-CHROMIUM SINGLE CELL MOUSE TCR AMPLIFICATION KIT 1 5-CHROMIUM SINGLE CELL MOUSE BCR AMPLIFICATION KIT 1$248.9K
    GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC· Fairfax County, VA· Health & medical· Jan 26, 2026 – Jan 26, 2026· 75N92B26F90002
  3. TEMPORARY HELP - SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM MANAGER$202.2K
    PARKER TIDE LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· 75N92B26F00006
  4. TEMPORARY HELP$188.2K
    CONTEMPORARIES, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· 75N92B26F00013
  5. SCIENTIST II, BASE PERIOD APRIL 25, 2026 -APRIL 24, 2027$176.4K
    CONTEMPORARIES, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· 75N92B26F00015
  6. GAP SOLUTIONS INC:1108994 [21-002863] TO SUPPORT THE INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM WITH THE DISSEMINATION OF OUR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PORTFOLIO THROUGH VARIOUS WEBSITES AND TECHNOLOGIES.$157.8K
    GAP SOLUTIONS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· May 11, 2021 – Jul 27, 2026· 75N92B21F00008
  7. TEMPORARY HELP - PROJECT ASSISTANT SUPPORT$143.2K
    CONTEMPORARIES, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Dec 2, 2025 – Dec 2, 2025· 75N92B26F00004
  8. PARKER TIDE CORP:1108509 [21-004442] - PERFORM COORDINATION DUTIES AND SERVE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE NIAMS WEB TEAM WHICH WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WEEKLY UPDATES TO THE NIAMS WEBPAGE, UPDATING AND POSTING SCIENTIFIC IMAGES PUBLICATIONS$139.5K
    PARKER TIDE LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 25, 2021 – Jul 20, 2026· 75N92B21F00001

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.