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Department of Health and Human Services·Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources

to RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE

healthexpiring · 44d· period of performance ends in 44 days
ACTION DATE2026-04-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75Q80121C00005_7528_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

AWARD OF 5 YEAR SERVICE CONTRACT TO SUPPORT MEPS

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

Five-year service contract to support the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which collects health insurance and healthcare spending data.

Sub-sectors
survey-researchhealth-data-collectionmeps-medical-expenditure
Why this matters

MEPS is the primary federal source for U.S. healthcare utilization and cost data, informing policy decisions on coverage, affordability, and health system performance.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained federal investment in health data infrastructure and survey operations; supports demand for research analytics and data management services.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002113.

Period of performance
Start
2021-08-11
End
2026-06-30
Status
expiring · 44din 44 days
Sources

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