Mercer Health & Benefits LLC

Mercer Health & Benefits LLC, doing business as Centrelink Insurance And Financial Services For Use In VA, operates as a sub-recipient on federal grant programs, performing behavioral health quality assurance, program compliance assessment, and Medicaid managed-care technical assistance work for HHS agencies. The vendor is a subsidiary of Mercer (US) LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered at 1166 6th Avenue, New York, with a minority presence in federal contracting — 58% of recent awards are sub-awards, primarily under state health department and managed-care organization prime grantees.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Health and Human Services. Nine of the twelve recent awards (covering 83% of activity by count) flow through SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) and CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) as federal grantors, with the bulk of work subcontracted through Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Connecticut Department of Social Services. SAMHSA accounts for at least four awards; CMS carries two awards with $2 thousand in combined potential value. A single outlier award to the US Agency for Global Media Voice of America represents $475 thousand combined potential value and dominates the vendor's dollar footprint despite representing only one award.

Representative sub-grant work includes a January 2026 award to Connecticut DSS for CCBHC (Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic) rate-setting technical assistance and QBP (Qualified Behavioral Provider) methodology support, annual independent case review and quality service review work under Arizona AHCCCS contracts (awards in October 2023, October 2022, December 2024, and December 2025), and substance-use disorder treatment program compliance assessment work with Arizona AHCCCS (October 2021 and October 2022 awards). Five awards are prime grants or contracts, though the source does not detail their scope or customer agencies.

Activity has remained sparse across the snapshot period — one award per year in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 — with the vendor's combined potential value standing at $478 thousand against combined obligated dollars of $1.4 million, indicating that invoiced performance exceeds contractual ceilings by a factor of 2.93. The vendor does not hold a federal contract vehicle. Top NAICS classification is Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (four awards), with secondary designation in Insurance Agencies and Brokerages.