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$115,090,053

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO

healthexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-10-09·LATEST ACTION2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N99022F00001_7529_75N99019D00016_7529
Award description

C104385 - BUILDING B VIVARIUM PROJECT, RML

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Construction of a vivarium (animal research facility) at NIH's Rocky Mountain Laboratories, supporting infectious disease research infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-infrastructureconstruction-m&oanimal-research-facility
Why this matters

The latest obligation on a 2021 vivarium project reflects NIH's sustained investment in biosafety and animal research capacity critical for pandemic preparedness and infectious disease studies.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing construction spending signals continued demand for specialized laboratory construction, HVAC systems, and biosafety containment equipment from specialized contractors.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-26. Cost: $0.002846.

Period of performance
Start
2021-10-09
End
2024-07-31
Status
expired712 days ago
Sources

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