Office of the Chief Operating Officer

The National Institutes of Health Office of the Chief Operating Officer, a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, manages federal contract awards supporting NIH research infrastructure, facilities, administrative operations, and mission-enabling services across the NIH enterprise.

The Office of the Chief Operating Officer has issued 9,712 federal contract awards cumulatively since 1997, with a combined award potential value of $870.8 million and $643.1 million in combined dollars obligated. Activity peaked in 2015 with 1,896 awards; the portfolio recorded 1,101 awards in 2012, 1,379 in 2013, 1,604 in 2014, 1,896 in 2015, and 437 in 2016. The most recent award date on record is March 31, 2016, indicating no recorded contract activity within the last ten years. The Office has awarded contracts to 1,218 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio history.

The competitive landscape is highly fragmented. No specific vendor concentration data is available from the source; the portfolio reflects broad contractor dispersion across NIH's contract portfolio. Approximately 95 percent of awards carry no formal set-aside designation, reflecting open competition among all eligible contractors. Small business set-asides account for approximately 4 percent of awards (361 awards across all small-business categories), with 8(a) sole-source awards representing 1 percent (64 awards). Woman-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Competitive 8(a), Partial Small Business, and Buy Indian awards each represent less than 1 percent of the total portfolio.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Office of the Chief Operating Officer or its descendant offices within the most recent solicitation activity window.