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$233,588,020

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-09-02·LATEST ACTION2026-03-26·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N91020F00039_7529_75N91019D00024_7529
Award description

NIAID COVID-19 ACTIV3

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Continuation of NIAID's COVID-19 ACTIV3 research program, an ongoing contract with Leidos Biomedical Research that began in 2020.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-developmentcovid-19-researchniaid-contract
Why this matters

ACTIV3 accelerates development of therapeutics and vaccines for COVID-19 variants; this 2026 obligation sustains critical pandemic preparedness infrastructure through 2029.

Supply-chain signal

Sustained funding for Leidos' biomedical research operations supports domestic vaccine and therapeutic manufacturing partnerships and clinical trial networks.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in domestic COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine development reduces reliance on foreign supply chains for pandemic countermeasures.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-20. Cost: $0.003078.

Period of performance
Start
2020-09-02
End
2029-09-29
Status
activein 1187 days
Sources

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