Federal sub-agency · Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response obligated $2.8B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 788 contract actions (+106% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ($370.1M). It also awarded $287M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8B
Actions
788
New awards: 92
Sole-source
15%
Small business
22%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5BFY2017
  2. 1.2BFY2018
  3. 2BFY2019
  4. 11.9BFY2020
  5. 3.9BFY2021
  6. 4.1BFY2022
  7. 8.7BFY2023
  8. 6.3BFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 2.8BFY2026
  11. -24.3KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$370.1M13%
  2. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC$280.2M9.9%
  3. ALBERT B. SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)$267.9M9.4%
  4. SHIONOGI INC$156.1M5.5%
  5. AMGEN USA INC$126M4.4%
  6. SEQIRUS INC$121.6M4.3%
  7. EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS CANADA INC$118.3M4.2%
  8. PHLOW CORP.$105.3M3.7%
  9. KALEO, INC.$99.8M3.5%
  10. BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S$97M3.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.7B60%
  2. Health & medical$930.5M33%
  3. Professional services$102.4M3.6%
  4. Equipment maintenance$58M2.0%
  5. Facilities & utilities$20.8M0.7%
  6. Transportation & logistics$14.8M0.5%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$12.1M0.4%
  8. IT & telecom$4.1M0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Massachusetts$377.7M13%
  2. South Carolina$371.6M13%
  3. District of Columbia$340.4M12%
  4. California$301.4M11%
  5. Abroad$262.7M9.3%
  6. New York$249.3M8.8%
  7. Virginia$207.4M7.3%
  8. New Jersey$189.1M6.7%
  9. Georgia$86.7M3.1%
  10. North Carolina$85.9M3.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition55%
    US 39% · $1.6B
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $434.3M
  • Single-offer competitions40%
    US 8.7% · $1.1B
  • Urgency justifications1.0%
    US 5.1% · $28.7M
  • Year-end rush25%
    US 6.0% · $698.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts3.7%
    US 5.0% · $105.3M
  • Time-and-materials pricing4.2%
    US 4.2% · $118M

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. ASPR/ORM-SNS$171.4M41%
  2. BARDA - ASPR / DAAPPO / BARDA DCMA$153.1M6.7%
  3. ASPR/DAAPPO/ORM HQ$106.7M84%
  4. INDUSTRIAL BASED MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN (IBMSC)$3M81%

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCTION OF VACCINE MANUFACTURING FACILITY$1.4B
    SEQIRUS INC· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Dec 9, 2016 – Jul 14, 2026· HHSO100200900101C
  2. IGF::OT::IGF$1.4B
    EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GAITHERSBURG INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Mar 16, 2017 – Aug 18, 2026· HHSO100201600030C
  3. IGF::OT::IGF$1.3B
    BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S· Health & medical· Aug 24, 2017 – May 11, 2026· HHSO100201700019C
  4. OT TASK ORDER 4$1B
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL· Berkeley County, SC· Research & development· Sep 28, 2023 – Sep 8, 2026· 75A50123F61004
  5. IGF::OT::IGF$973.6M
    REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC· Westchester County, NY· Research & development· Sep 28, 2017 – Sep 25, 2026· HHSO100201700016C
  6. ACAM2000, SMALLPOX (VACCINIA) VACCINE, LIVE (ACAM)$857.6M
    EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GAITHERSBURG INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Health & medical· Aug 30, 2019 – Jun 26, 2026· 75A50119C00071
  7. TREATMENT FOR USE IN A MASS CASUALTY EVENT WHERE THROMBOCYTOPENIA OR PLATELET LOSS IS A MAJOR CONCERN.$839.9M
    AMGEN USA INC· Ventura County, CA· Research & development· Sep 28, 2022 – Aug 4, 2026· 75A50122C00065
  8. OTA TASK ORDER 1$795M
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL· Berkeley County, SC· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 12, 2026· 75A50123F61001

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response obligated $287M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 280 actions (8 new awards), −36% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.825 · National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) ($276.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$287M
New awards
8
Actions
280
Since FY2021
$3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 276.6MFY2021
  2. 287.8MFY2022
  3. 1.5BFY2023
  4. 187.1MFY2024
  5. 449.4MFY2025
  6. 287MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$287M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.825 · National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC)$276.2M96%
  2. 93.078 · Strengthening Emergency Care Delivery in the United States Healthcare System Through Health Information and Promotion$10.4M3.6%
  3. 93.123 · Health Professions Pre-Graduate Scholarship Program for Indians$675K0.2%
  4. 93.889 · National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program-$66.2K0.0%
  5. 93.008 · Medical Reserve Corps Small Grant Program-$202K0.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. PUBLIC HEALTH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF$22.5M7.8%
    SACRAMENTO, CA
  2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES$15.6M5.5%
    AUSTIN, TX
  3. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$11.6M4.0%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL
  4. HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.$10.2M3.5%
    ALBANY, NY
  5. STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH$9.9M3.5%
    ATLANTA, GA
  6. LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF$8.9M3.1%
    LOS ANGELES, CA
  7. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ILLINOIS$8.6M3.0%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL
  8. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$8.1M2.8%
    HARRISBURG, PA

Where it went

  1. California$36.9M13%
  2. New York$19.1M6.6%
  3. Texas$18.5M6.4%
  4. Nebraska$12.7M4.4%
  5. Illinois$11.9M4.2%
  6. Florida$11.8M4.1%
  7. Georgia$9.9M3.5%
  8. Virginia$9.8M3.4%
  9. Massachusetts$8.6M3.0%
  10. Ohio$8.5M3.0%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $63.1M (57 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $166.1M (611 subawards)

499 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER$21M9.2%
    OMAHA, NE · 2 subawards
  2. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION$10.8M4.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards
  3. BLU OMEGA LLC$8.6M3.7%
    ASHBURN, VA · 1 subaward
  4. BRYCE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC$8.6M3.7%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward
  5. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$7.7M3.4%
    TEMPE, AZ · 3 subawards
  6. CADUCEUS INC.$7.7M3.3%
    MARIETTA, GA · 1 subaward
  7. ZYGOS CONSULTING LLC$7.3M3.2%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  8. SHABAS SOLUTIONS, LLC$5.6M2.4%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  9. SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL$5.5M2.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  10. NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TRAUMA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, INC.$5.2M2.3%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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.

…

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.