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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Federal contracts · top awardee MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC

Department of Health and Human Services obligated $29.2B across 43,547 contracts — NIH, CMS, BARDA, and CDC acquisition offices drive the mix.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows $30.3B in SCOUT transaction volume across 46,624 award actions (trailing 12 months, Sep 2025 – Sep 2026, ≥$100K floor), with an average action value of $649.3K. The agency focuses on public health, biomedical r&d, healthcare programs, and human services.. SCOUT aggregates all USASpending transaction records including modifications — differs from published FY2025 annual totals. See methodology note below. Data: PrimeRFP SCOUT · FPDS.

$30.3B

SCOUT Transaction Vol.

46,624

Total Awards

$649.3K

Avg. Award Value

2026-09-10

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Top HHS Contractors by Obligation — Trailing 12 Months

Rank	Contractor	Awards	Total Obligation
#1	MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC	31	$2.5B
#2	PFIZER INC	41	$1.3B
#3	GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC	69	$1.1B
#4	GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.	192	$994.1M
#5	MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.	38	$882.7M
#6	SANOFI VACCINES US INC.	73	$818.2M
#7	LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.	206	$776.8M
#8	MANHATTAN TORCON A JOINT VENTURE	1	$491.8M
#9	DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP	366	$434.7M
#10	BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.	199	$376.6M

Top 10 awardees by obligation · PrimeRFP SCOUT · Federal procurement records ≥$100K cumulative · 2025-09-15 – 2026-09-10

SCOUT Analysis — HHS Market Intelligence

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Department of Health and Human Services obligated $29.2B across 43,547 contracts — NIH, CMS, BARDA, and CDC acquisition offices drive the mix.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ($2.8B), General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. ($901.4M), and Maximus Federal Services, Inc. ($830.4M) show the breadth from pharma supply to IT services and program support.

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Primary NAICS include 541715, 541512, and 621111 — R&D, systems design, and clinical services are the recurring firm labels.

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HHS is also the lead five-buyer for NAICS 541611 and 541618 consulting lanes — CMS/peer-review style awards concentrate there.

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Frequently Asked Questions — Department of Health and Human Services Contracting

How much does HHS spend on federal contracts per year?

HHS obligated $29.2B across 43,547 contracts in the trailing 12 months ending August 2026 (≥$100K floor). Key spending components include NIH (biomedical research), CMS (healthcare IT), and BARDA (medical countermeasures). Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT.

What are the largest HHS contracts?

Top HHS awardees (2025-08-16 → 2026-08-04) include Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ($2.8B), Pfizer Inc ($1.1B), GlaxoSmithKline LLC ($1.1B), General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. ($901M), and Maximus Federal Services, Inc. ($830M). Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT.

What contract vehicles are used at HHS?

HHS and its components (NIH, CMS, CDC, FDA) primarily use CIO-SP4, NITAAC EWS III, SEWP VI, and OASIS+ for IT and professional services acquisitions.

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About Department of Health and Human Services

HHS funds biomedical research, public health response, healthcare IT, and human services administration across NIH, CDC, CMS, and operating divisions.

Mission focus: Public health, biomedical R&D, healthcare programs, and human services.

Key vehicles: OASIS+, CIO-SP3

Primary NAICS: 541712, 621111, 541611

Data Coverage

PrimeRFP SCOUT · Federal procurement records
Awards ≥$100K cumulative total (PIID-keyed)
Coverage: 2025-09-15 – 2026-09-10
Last refreshed: 2026-09-10

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SCOUT Signal

September 2026

Why this is here

Department of Health and Human Services in the September 2026 issue

HHS obligated $3.81B across 5,109 actions in 2026-08
September 2026 · 2026-08
Civilian-agency only
HHS obligated $1.74B across 4,318 actions in 2026-07
August 2026 · 2026-07
Civilian-agency only

Meanwhile VA's service-disabled veteran-owned contract actions fell 15.3%. The same agency, the same month, the large-vendor lane expanding while the small-business lane contracted. Figures are civilian-agency obligations through 2026-08-31; DoD FPDS for this window is labeled incomplete.

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Data & Methodology

Federal contract and award data sourced from government procurement systems — including FPDS-NG, SAM.gov, and related federal data repositories. PrimeRFP SCOUT ingests, normalizes, and continuously updates records as agencies publish them. Reporting timelines vary by agency; some components (particularly DoD) carry a 60–90 day lag relative to award execution.

Dataset coverage — ≥ $100K floor

All intelligence on this page and within SCOUT is filtered to federal contract awards whose current total award value is $100K or more. PrimeRFP applies this floor at the award level (on current_total_value_award), not per-transaction, so large awards split across many mid-size obligation lines are retained in full. PrimeRFP's own empirical sampling against the raw USASpending dataset shows this threshold captures 98%+ of total federal contract dollars while excluding a long tail of micro-purchases, small modifications, and administrative actions — the trade-off that makes market intelligence tractable without distorting the dollar picture. Coverage: 560,000+ active contract awards and 2.5M+ unique awardees, including small-business set-asides, task orders, and mid-market opportunities.

Award identification: Each record is keyed by federal Award ID (PIID). Task orders recorded as independent awards appear as separate rows. IDIQs and their task orders are tracked distinctly.

Why SCOUT dollar figures differ from published annual totals: Per-agency dollar figures on SCOUT intelligence pages aggregate all USASpending transaction records — including base contract awards, task orders, delivery orders, and modifications to existing contracts. Annual federal contract obligation figures cited in industry reports (e.g., FY2025: $833.8B per Bloomberg Government) count only new prime award actions in the fiscal year, excluding mods. An IDIQ vehicle (like OASIS+) carries no obligation at award — only task orders issued against it are counted. SCOUT's transaction-level aggregates are larger because they capture the full activity picture across a contract's lifecycle, making them useful for competitive analysis and pipeline sizing rather than year-over-year spending comparison.

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