Contracting office · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH SVC

SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH SVC obligated $209.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 112 contract actions (+44% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE ($76.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$209.8M
Actions
112
New awards: 12
Sole-source
0.2%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 250.3MFY2017
  2. 200.2MFY2018
  3. 166.7MFY2019
  4. 175.3MFY2020
  5. 169.6MFY2021
  6. 220.3MFY2022
  7. 250.1MFY2023
  8. 269.6MFY2024
  9. 145.3MFY2025
  10. 209.8MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$76.2M36%
  2. HENDALL INC$31.1M15%
  3. POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$15.3M7.3%
  4. BANYAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$14.3M6.8%
  5. THE BIZZELL GROUP LLC$10.3M4.9%
  6. JBS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$8.2M3.9%
  7. WESTAT, INC.$6.8M3.2%
  8. SEKON ENTERPRISE, LLC$6.2M3.0%
  9. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.2M2.0%
  10. APTIVE RESOURCES LLC$3.6M1.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$196.9M94%
  2. IT & telecom$12.9M6.1%
  3. Education & social services$28.5K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$76.7M37%
  2. North Carolina$76.2M36%
  3. Virginia$16.4M7.8%
  4. Georgia$14.3M6.8%
  5. District of Columbia$8.2M3.9%
  6. New York$8.2M3.9%
  7. Massachusetts$5.9M2.8%
  8. Michigan$3.6M1.7%
  9. California$328.8K0.2%
  10. Illinois$28.5K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition4.8%
    US 39% · $10M
  • Sole-source awards0.2%
    US 30% · $460.3K
  • Single-offer competitions4.6%
    US 8.7% · $9.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush42%
    US 6.1% · $88.2M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.6%
    US 5.0% · $1.3M
  • Time-and-materials pricing16%
    US 4.2% · $32.9M

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

Largest awards

  1. REF. NO. 283-22-00568, "2023-2027 NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH (NSDUH)"$221M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Durham County, NC· Professional services· May 1, 2022 – Oct 7, 2026· 75S20322C00001
  2. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INFORMATION SYSTEM (BHSIS)$137.5M
    HENDALL INC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 15, 2020 – Dec 17, 2025· 75S20320C00001
  3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) COALITION AND TRANSFORMATION TRANSFER INITIATIVE (TTI)$86.2M
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTORS INC.· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Aug 1, 2021 – Dec 4, 2025· 75S20321F42001
  4. SAMHSA'S PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING SYSTEM (SPARS)$41.8M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Durham County, NC· IT & telecom· Jul 11, 2017 – Sep 29, 2026· HHSS28342010T
  5. STATE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE$35.2M
    JBS INTERNATIONAL, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 29, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026· 75S20322F42003
  6. SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (SMVF TA) CENTER$33.3M
    POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 17, 2022 – Sep 29, 2026· 75S20322F42003
  7. SAMHSA WEB MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT$30.8M
    SEKON ENTERPRISE, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 11, 2022 – Sep 3, 2026· 75S20322F80002
  8. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INFORMATION SYSTEM (BHSIS) BRIDGE CONTRACT$29.7M
    HENDALL INC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Mar 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 75S20326F42004

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.