Federal contractor · BOSTON, MA

BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC

BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC received $11.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (+67% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $71.2M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($8.6M). It also received $383.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$11.6M
New awards
28
Sole-source
87%
Single offer
0.1%
UEI
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Parent company
PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $11.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INCBOSTON, MA · Family page
    $11.6M
  2. COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL, INCNORTHAMPTON, MA
    $0
  3. NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITALNANTUCKET, MA
    $0
  4. SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., THEBOSTON, MA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.4MFY2017
  2. 2.1MFY2018
  3. 5MFY2019
  4. 10.5MFY2020
  5. 5.4MFY2021
  6. 12.2MFY2022
  7. 6.3MFY2023
  8. 5.6MFY2024
  9. 6.9MFY2025
  10. 11.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.6M74%
    19 awards
  2. Food and Drug Administration$1.5M13%
    2 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$1.4M13%
    4 awards
  4. Offices, Boards and Divisions$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Railroad Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$6.9M60%
  2. Research & development$3.2M28%
  3. Professional services$1.4M12%

Where the work was performed

  1. Suffolk County, MA$11.7M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition87%
    US 39% · $10.1M
  • Sole-source awards87%
    US 30% · $10.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.7% · $7,306
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.6M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 8 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$1.5M
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. LUNG TRANSPLANT SERVICES$3.3M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Health & medical· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 36C24126N0716
  2. NATIONAL SLEEP RESEARCH RESOURCE$3M
    National Institutes of Health· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Mar 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 75N92025C00005
  3. DESIGN A TWO-STAGE PROCESS FOR USING RWE TO SUPPORT LABELING EXPANSIONS FOR EFFECTIVENESS CLAIMS THAT IS ALIGNED WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS/DEMONSTRATE AND EMPIRICALLY TEST THE PROCESS WITH HISTORICAL AND ONGOING RCTS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDICATIONS/$2.7M
    Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Sep 27, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· 75F40122C00154
  4. LUNG TRANSPLANT SERVICES$2.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Health & medical· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· 36C24126N0144
  5. CARDIOLOGY STAFFING SERVICE FOR VA BOSTON HCS$2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Health & medical· Aug 26, 2025 – Jul 13, 2026· 36C24125C0055
  6. MODELING ANTHRACYCLINE-TRIGGERED VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION$2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· 80ARC022CA007
  7. EO-14398-A LONG-TERM VASCULAR MPS TO ASSESS CYCLIC CARDIOVASCULAR TOXICITY OF ONCOLOGY DRUGS$1.5M
    Food and Drug Administration· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· 75F40126C00096
  8. BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH SUPPORT$838.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Research & development· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 36C24E26N0226

Federal grants & assistance received

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.

BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC received $383.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,208 actions (129 new awards), −11% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($68.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$383.4M
New awards
129
Actions
1,208
Since FY2021
$2.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 385.5MFY2021
  2. 393.3MFY2022
  3. 421.7MFY2023
  4. 404.7MFY2024
  5. 432.2MFY2025
  6. 383.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$381.4M99%
  2. Direct payments$2M0.5%

Top programs

  1. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$68.2M18%
  2. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$56M15%
  3. 93.866 · Aging Research$42.2M11%
  4. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$24.7M6.4%
  5. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$21.9M5.7%
  6. 93.846 · Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research$20.1M5.2%
  7. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$17.2M4.5%
  8. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$14.7M3.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$375.8M98%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Defense Health Agency$5.2M1.4%
    Department of Defense
  3. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality$1.8M0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Food and Drug Administration$499.7K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL VACCINE CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT$57.1M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 18, 2020 – Jun 11, 2026· UM1AI069412
  2. PSYCHOSIS RISK EVALUATION, DATA INTEGRATION AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES (PREDICT): DATA PROCESSING, ANALYSIS, AND COORDINATION CENTER$32.6M
    93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 22, 2021 – Aug 17, 2026· U24MH124629
  3. MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF THE HAMARTOMA SYNDROMES$32.3M
    93.396 · Cancer Biology Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 30, 2021 – Aug 21, 2026· P01CA120964
  4. SPORE: TARGETED THERAPIES FOR GLIOMA$31M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 16, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· P50CA165962
  5. ANTI-AMYLOID TREATMENT IN ASYMPTOMATIC ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (A4) OPEN-LABEL EXTENSION STUDY$30.8M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 23, 2021 – May 18, 2026· R01AG063689
  6. PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC AND THERAPEUTIC MECHANISMS OF ASPIRIN EXACERBATED RESPIRATORY D*$27.6M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 4, 2021 – May 26, 2026· U19AI095219

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $119K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $32.6M (166 subawards)

94 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5.4M17%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 2 subawards
  2. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$4.2M13%
    BOSTON, MA · 17 subawards
  3. JACKSON LABORATORY$1.6M4.8%
    BAR HARBOR, ME · 2 subawards
  4. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$1.6M4.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 7 subawards
  5. DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$1.2M3.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 10 subawards
  6. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$1.1M3.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards
  7. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$827.2K2.5%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 6 subawards
  8. THE SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL CORPORATION$767.8K2.3%
    CHARLESTOWN, MA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN$725.3K2.2%
    CAPE TOWN, ZAF · 3 subawards
  10. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$715.8K2.2%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 6 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $740.6K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $60.7M (230 subawards)

82 primes

  1. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$6.8M11%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 7 subawards
  2. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$5.1M8.3%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$4.9M8.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
  4. THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC$3.6M5.8%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 5 subawards
  5. BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON$3.2M5.3%
    SEATTLE, WA · 14 subawards
  6. MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY$2.5M4.0%
    BOSTON, MA · 4 subawards
  7. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$2.3M3.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 9 subawards
  8. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$2.1M3.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 14 subawards
  9. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$2.1M3.3%
    BOSTON, MA · 19 subawards
  10. HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC.$1.9M3.0%
    CANTON, MA · 5 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 1.0% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $73.4M paid out · $59.4M received
  • FY2022: $80M paid out · $56.4M received
  • FY2023: $68.4M paid out · $53.5M received
  • FY2024: $59.8M paid out · $68.5M received
  • FY2025: $41.3M paid out · $55M received
  • FY2026: $32.8M paid out · $61.5M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $379.4K received

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

262 companies · $359.4M reported

  1. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$51M
    BOSTON, MA · 104 subawards
  2. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$28M
    BOSTON, MA · 95 subawards
  3. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$19.4M
    BOSTON, MA · 46 subawards

Primes that pay it

153 companies · $362.1M reported

  1. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$55.6M
    BOSTON, MA · 330 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$33.1M
    BOSTON, MA · 94 subawards
  3. BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON$13.8M
    SEATTLE, WA · 49 subawards

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS$10.4M−12% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 entities · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC$12.2M+64% in FY2026
    BUFFALO, NY · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PHYSICIANS$12.5M−21% in FY2026
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 entities · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsVeterans Affairs · Medical and diagnostic laboratories

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.