Who buys NAICS 524292 (Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third-Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds) work, who wins it, and what's open right now — 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 | 17 | $269.0M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 39 | $214.1M | -20% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 24 | $287.1M | +34% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 26 | $99.9M | -65% |
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 | 42.7% |
| 2 | TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP | $352.8M | 40.5% |
| 3 | ARDENT GROUP, LLC | $48.4M | 5.6% |
| 4 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP | $27.9M | 3.2% |
| 5 | HEALTHEQUITY, INC. | $25.6M | 2.9% |
| 6 | TAURUS, LLC | $22.6M | 2.6% |
| 7 | RECEIVIA INC. | $9.2M | 1.1% |
| 8 | CHINA MINSHENG INVESTMENT CORP. | $5.2M | 0.6% |
| 9 | PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC | $2.4M | 0.3% |
| 10 | PALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC | $1.9M | 0.2% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $742.8M | 85.4% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $71.2M | 8.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $28.0M | 3.2% |
| Office of Personnel Management | $22.0M | 2.5% |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | $5.2M | 0.6% |
| Department of Defense | $375K | 0.0% |
| Department of Justice | $204K | 0.0% |
| Department of State | $60K | 0.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | $58K | 0.0% |
| Department of Commerce | $47K | 0.0% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $88K | 0.1% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $1.3M | 1.4% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $9.2M | 9.7% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $1 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $84.0M | 88.9% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 11% 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.
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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.