The Department of Veterans Affairs's NAICS 524292 (Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third-Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 12 | $194.8M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 10 | $191.3M | -2% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 14 | $262.2M | +37% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 20 | $94.5M | -64% |
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 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | $371.8M | 50.1% |
| 2 | TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP | $352.8M | 47.5% |
| 3 | RECEIVIA INC. | $9.2M | 1.2% |
| 4 | HEALTHEQUITY, INC. | $2.7M | 0.4% |
| 5 | PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC | $2.4M | 0.3% |
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 | $0 | 0.0% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $1.3M | 10.1% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $9.2M | 71.6% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $2.4M | 18.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 2% 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.
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.