Health care inside the defence contract data: $3.59 billion over exactly ten years
A Defense Health Agency contract signed in October 2013 and closed on 30 September 2023, obligating about $3.59 billion. Its description reads comprehensive healthcare services — this is not equipment procurement.
Contract key facts
- RecipientMARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INC
- Contract value$3,588,918,410 (≈$3.59B)
- BranchDefense-wide
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDefense Health Agency
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2013-10-01 〜 2023-09-30
- Contract ID (PIID)HT940213C0012
Contract scope (original)
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Key points
- Signed by the Defense Health Agency on 1 October 2013 and closed on 30 September 2023 for about $3.59 billion.
- The description reads comprehensive healthcare services; this is not equipment procurement.
- Of the 208 Defense Department contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-05, 60 (28.8%) are department-wide.
- Both the start and end dates fall on U.S. fiscal-year boundaries.
1A defence contract that buys no equipment
Up to the previous article the subjects were ships, space vehicles and development programmes. What this contract buys is health care. The description field says comprehensive healthcare services and nothing more.
2What department-wide means
Defence contracts are not sorted by service branch alone. Splitting the 208 Defense Department contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-05 by category gives this:
Department-wide is the second largest group, behind the Navy. It holds contracts placed by organisations that serve across the branches, the Defense Health Agency among them.
3Why the period runs exactly ten years
The contract begins on 1 October 2013 and ends on 30 September 2023. Both dates fall on the boundary of a U.S. fiscal year, which runs from 1 October to 30 September. Service contracts are often designed to sit inside those boundaries.
The next article takes up a contract described in two words whose outlay field does hold a number.
Why it matters
Treating defence spending as equipment procurement understates its shape. Services such as health care and base operations are contracted through department-wide organisations and form the second largest category in the records kept here.
FAQ
Why does a health-care contract appear in defence data?
Which organisations count as department-wide?
Is the exactly ten-year period a coincidence?
Sources (primary)
This article is an independent organization based on the U.S. official spending data below. Verify the exact, latest details with the official source.
- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：HT940213C0012