National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Agency facts
- Acronym
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- NIH
- Sub-tier code
- 7529
- Organization
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Parent
HHS
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NIH
- CIT
- CSR
- NCI
- NCATS
- NCCIH
- NEI
- NHLBI
- NHGRI
- NIAMS
- NIMHD
- NIAID
- NIBIB
- NICHD
- NIDCR
- NIDDK
- NIEHS
- NIGMS
- NIMH
- NNDS
- NINR
- NIA
- NIAAA
- NIDCD
- NIDA
- NLM
- OLAO
- COO
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NIH
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Parent
HHS
- Contract obligations
- $6,238,008,875 In FY2025
- Website
- nih.gov
Agency codes and contract spending come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $151,635,930 |
| FY2026 | $6,398,559,881 |
| FY2025 | $6,238,008,875 |
| FY2024 | $7,913,938,299 |
| FY2023 | $7,985,776,528 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. | $829,363,559 | |
| 2 | M.a. Mortenson Company | $237,769,776 | |
| 3 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. | $167,319,969 | |
| 4 | Axle Informatics, LLC | $151,613,757 | |
| 5 | Deloitte Consulting LLP | $137,634,443 | |
| 6 | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | $118,401,704 | |
| 7 | Kelly Services, Inc. | $106,979,506 | |
| 8 | Westat, Inc. | $101,498,638 | |
| 9 | DLA Troop Support | $82,548,274 | |
| 10 | Gap Solutions, Inc. | $78,559,935 |
Top contract vehicles by obligations
| Rank | Vehicle | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) | $1,247,496,541 | |
| 2 | NIH General Construction MACC 2019 | $347,487,144 | |
| 3 | Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) | $327,430,347 | |
| 4 | Chief Information Officer Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS) | $221,629,986 | |
| 5 | Scientific, Operations, and Administrative Resources to the National Institutes of Health (SOAR) | $216,152,714 | |
| 6 | Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3, Small Business (CIO-SP3 SB) | $205,806,712 | |
| 7 | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Enabling and Advancing Technologies (NEAT) | $91,033,362 | |
| 8 | NCI Critical and Complex IT Services | $84,261,105 | |
| 9 | Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support (STATS) | $72,458,874 | |
| 10 | Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) | $60,977,574 |
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Contracting staff
| Rank | Person | SAM.gov records, last 2 years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonia Alexander | 222 |
| 2 | Linda E. Smith | 120 |
About this agency
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health is a cabinet-department sub-agency and the civilian federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research funding organization, supporting both extramural grants to academic and nonprofit institutions and intramural contract awards for research supplies, equipment services, and specialized support across 27 Institutes, Centers, and Offices.
The NIH contract portfolio totals 332,419 awards with a combined potential value of $1.73 trillion, obligating $133.24 billion cumulatively since first award in November 1981. Annual contract awards have declined sharply in recent years: 10,889 in 2023, 10,384 in 2024, 5,771 in 2025, 4,450 in 2026, and 2 so far in 2027. Competition is fragmented by award count—the top five primes (Illumina Inc., Government Scientific Source Inc., Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., Gap Solutions Inc., and 10X Genomics Inc.) held only 9 percent of recent awards—but the contract base spans 21,363 distinct primes, many transacting through Schedule task orders and BPA calls at unreported dollar values. Axle Informatics LLC, Kelly Services Inc., and Guidehouse Digital LLC rank among current leaders by reported potential value, though the top-five concentration by value remains under 1 percent, reflecting heavy reliance on below-threshold and indirect procurement vehicles. The set-aside mix is heavily skewed toward open competition: 93 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides (both 8(a) and total SB) account for roughly 6 percent combined, with all other socioeconomic designations (WOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone) individually under 1 percent.
The NIH grant portfolio is substantially larger, with 567,795 awards obligating $796.81 billion in federal dollars since June 1965. Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented: the top five recipients by federal dollars—The Regents of the University of California San Francisco ($3.64 billion), The Johns Hopkins University ($3.38 billion), Regents of the University of Michigan ($3.08 billion), University of Pittsburgh ($2.80 billion), and The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania ($2.69 billion)—hold only 2 percent of cumulative federal dollars across 10,570 distinct recipients. Grant awards are predominantly Project Grants (93 percent); Block Grants and Cooperative Agreements comprise 4 percent each. Recent grant activity shows a sharp discontinuity in the source data (award dates extend to 2924), rendering the most-recent awards line unreliable for current-year planning; however, grant opportunities remain active across NIH's mission space.
Recent contract opportunities reflect NIH's operational and research-support footprint: sole-source and streamlined acquisition notices dominate, addressing equipment maintenance and service agreements for specialized lab instruments (flow cytometers, mass spectrometers, sequencers, ektacytometers) at individual Institutes (NINDS, NIDCD, NIAID, NIAAA), clinical-support services at the NIH Clinical Center, and a multi-award construction contract (MACC) for general construction and facility maintenance with an anticipated $3 billion ceiling over eight years. Representative open opportunities include a Pre-Solicitation for Pre-Clinical Models of Infectious Diseases (IDIQ, NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, due December 7, 2026) and a NIH Multiple-Award Construction Contract for general construction services (anticipated issuance, $3 billion ceiling). Sole-source notices for OEM-branded equipment dominate the recent flow, reflecting NIH's reliance on original-manufacturer service and proprietary systems.
Grant opportunities span translational research, implementation science, and clinical-trial infrastructure. Recent forecasts include Discovery Gateway to Reproductive Health Innovation (NICHD, forecast for grant); Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource-Constrained Settings—Implementation Science Network (NICHD, forecast); Centers for Research on Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIAID, forecast); LeverAging StraTegies to Maximize ImpLementation and Effectiveness for HIV (NIAID cooperative agreement, forecast); Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Intermediate Patient Population Expanded Access (NINDS cooperative agreement, forecast); and Advancing Real-World Effectiveness Evidence for Rapid-Acting Psychotropic Interventional Drugs (NIMH cooperative agreement, forecast). Most opportunities support multidisciplinary centers and networks; many explicitly welcome foreign institutions and international collaborations, particularly in low- and middle-income country settings.
Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
Quick answers
What is National Institutes of Health?
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is part of Department of Health and Human Services.
What offices are part of National Institutes of Health?
National Institutes of Health has 38 sub-agencies and offices with their own GovTribe pages, including Aggregate Financial Assistance Data, Center for Information Technology and Center for Scientfic Review.
How much does National Institutes of Health spend on contracts?
Contracts funded by National Institutes of Health and its offices obligated $6,238,008,875 in fiscal year 2025 and $28,687,919,513 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are National Institutes of Health's largest contractors?
The contractors National Institutes of Health and its offices obligated the most to in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. ($829,363,559), M.a. Mortenson Company ($237,769,776) and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. ($167,319,969).
Which contract vehicles does National Institutes of Health use most?
The contract vehicles National Institutes of Health and its offices obligated the most through in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) ($1,247,496,541), NIH General Construction MACC 2019 ($347,487,144) and Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) ($327,430,347). Orders through any contract vehicle obligated $3,166,554,646 in those years, 48% of its contract obligations.
What is National Institutes of Health's latest contract opportunity?
The latest contract opportunity from National Institutes of Health is Sirturo (Bedaquiline) tablets for the NIH (Notice of Intent to sole source), pre-solicitation, posted by NIH Clinical Center on November 6, 2026.
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