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$40,494,189

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to BLACK CANYON CONSULTING LLC

healthexpiring · 23d· period of performance ends in 23 days
ACTION DATE2026-03-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75N97022F00091_7529_47QTCA18D00JA_4732
Award description

SOFTWARE, DATABASE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

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

Software, database administration, and IT support services for NIH research operations and data management systems.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-supportit-infrastructuredatabase-administration
Why this matters

NIH research infrastructure modernization is critical for maintaining U.S. biomedical research competitiveness and accelerating discovery timelines.

Supply-chain signal

Large IT services contract signals NIH's reliance on external vendors for mission-critical database and software infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

Robust NIH IT infrastructure is foundational to U.S. biomedical research leadership against international competitors including China.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002139.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-23
End
2026-06-07
Status
expiring · 23din 23 days
Sources

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