Health Care Team

The Government Accountability Office Health Care is a civilian sub-agency that conducts policy analysis, research, and oversight work in the federal health care sector, procuring contracts to support its investigative and reporting mission.

The GAO Health Care office has awarded 14 federal contracts since 2012, totaling $2 million in combined potential value, with all $2 million obligated. Recent activity shows sporadic awards: 1 in 2020, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2024, and 1 in 2025. The most recent award closed on January 10, 2025. The 10 distinct prime contractors awarded over the five-year window reflect highly fragmented competitive concentration by both award count and potential value; the National Academy of Sciences leads with 2 awards worth $250 thousand combined, while Crest Craft Co and Neal R. Gross and Company, Inc. account for the remaining recent activity. The vast majority of awards (86%) carry no set-aside designation, with the remaining 14% flowing to small-business set-asides.

The contract portfolio is heavily concentrated in non-competed or open acquisitions to established research and administrative-support vendors. Award sizes cluster in the low thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, consistent with task-order purchasing or consulting support for specific analyses and reports rather than large-scale systems or infrastructure work. No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the office.

With fourteen awards across a thirteen-year window and minimal annual volume in recent years, this is a low-activity contract portfolio. The fragmented vendor base and small award sizes suggest limited ongoing pipeline work and indicate that future opportunities will likely remain episodic, tied to specific GAO health care audit initiatives or research projects rather than sustained demand.