What the Department of Health and Human Services buys, who it buys from, and what's open for bid — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 523 | $666.4M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 1,061 | $874.7M | +31% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 1,453 | $2.9B | +226% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 4,339 | $3.6B | +28% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANHATTAN TORCON A JOINT VENTURE | $491.8M | 6.1% |
| 2 | MERCK & CO., INC. | $363.0M | 4.5% |
| 3 | ALBERT B. SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE, INC. (THE) | $263.6M | 3.3% |
| 4 | GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC | $263.4M | 3.3% |
| 5 | PFIZER INC | $192.6M | 2.4% |
| 6 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORPORATION | $179.3M | 2.2% |
| 7 | SANOFI S A | $169.7M | 2.1% |
| 8 | OUR RESCUE | $158.1M | 2.0% |
| 9 | SHIONOGI & COMPANY LIMITED | $156.1M | 1.9% |
| 10 | DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP | $140.4M | 1.7% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $443.1M | 9.6% |
| 8(a) | $362.6M | 7.9% |
| SDVOSB | $33.5M | 0.7% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $63.5M | 1.4% |
| HUBZone | $7.1M | 0.2% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $85.2M | 1.8% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $3.6B | 78.5% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 57% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 194. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.