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$95,846,494

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.

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ACTION DATE2026-03-13·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N93024C00003_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIAID ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES

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

Provides management and operational services for NIH animal care facilities supporting NIAID research programs.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-supportanimal-care-facilitiesniaid-operations
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure for biomedical research; animal models are essential for vaccine development, infectious disease research, and drug safety testing.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized animal husbandry, veterinary services, laboratory supplies, and facility maintenance contractors supporting federal research.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. biomedical research competitiveness depends on maintaining world-class animal research facilities; China is expanding similar capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002194.

Period of performance
Start
2024-03-14
End
2027-03-13
Status
activein 302 days
Sources

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