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$100,539,333

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to LEIDOS, INC.

healthexpiring · 42d· period of performance ends in 42 days
ACTION DATE2026-04-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N94024F00001_7529_HHSN316201200044W_7529
Award description

CONTRACT TO PROCURE A WIDE RANGE OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH (OER) INCLUDING THE ERA ENTERPRISE GRANTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Software development and design services to build and maintain NIH's ERA enterprise grants management system for extramural research.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-infrastructuregrants-management-systemsoftware-development
Why this matters

ERA is critical infrastructure enabling NIH to distribute billions in annual research funding; system modernization affects thousands of academic institutions and researchers.

Supply-chain signal

Large contract to established defense contractor (Leidos) signals NIH reliance on commercial agile development expertise for mission-critical federal systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. research infrastructure by modernizing grants administration, supporting domestic biomedical research competitiveness.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002236.

Period of performance
Start
2024-06-29
End
2026-06-28
Status
expiring · 42din 42 days
Sources

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