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$156,664,818

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to AEP ENERGY INC

energyactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-02·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N99022F00006_7529_SPE60418D8007_9700
Award description

AEP ENERGY (COMMODITY BILLS) NIH CONTRACT# NEW CONTRACT

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

Procurement of energy commodities (electricity, natural gas) to power NIH facilities and operations.

Sub-sectors
utility-operationscommodity-procurement
Why this matters

Large-scale federal energy procurement reflects NIH's substantial operational footprint and energy cost exposure.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates reliance on commercial utility providers; signals demand for reliable grid access to support research infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.001937.

Period of performance
Start
2021-11-02
End
2026-11-01
Status
activein 170 days
Sources

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