About $3.51M from Health and Human Services for AI planning and support — obligations and outlays match without a dollar between them, on a closed one-year contract (Chickasaw Federal Health)
A definitive contract awarded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of Health and Human Services, described as artificial intelligence planning and support. Obligations and outlays both stand at about $3,509,922, matching exactly, and the one-year period from 2024-09-30 to 2025-09-29 has closed.
Contract key facts
- RecipientCHICKASAW FEDERAL HEALTH, LLC
- Contract value$3,509,922 (≈$3.5M)
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Health and Human Services
- Awarding sub-agencyOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2024-09-30 〜 2025-09-29
- Contract ID (PIID)75P00124C00042
Contract scope (original)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) PLANNING AND SUPPORT
Key points
- A definitive contract from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration at Health and Human Services, described as AI planning and support.
- Obligations and outlays both stand at about $3,509,922, matching exactly.
- The one-year period from 2024-09-30 to 2025-09-29 has closed.
- Across the federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, the outlay ratio is 2.1 percent for the Department of Defense and 52.3 percent outside it.
- The same records give Health and Human Services 18 awards, the most after the Department of Defense.
- Of the 222 records held as of 2026-09-01, 18 come from Health and Human Services, divided across six offices.
1Obligations and outlays match exactly
A federal contract record carries the cumulative amount committed and the cumulative amount actually paid as separate figures. The first accumulates ahead and the second follows, so records where the two coincide are not common.
On this contract both stand at about $3,509,922, matching exactly. The period ran one year, from 2024-09-30 to 2025-09-29, and has closed. What the record shows is a contract that paid out precisely what it committed and ended.
2The buyer changes what the numbers mean
Across the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, outlays come to 2.1 percent of obligations on the 155 Department of Defense awards and to 52.3 percent on the 67 outside defense. Outlays are zero on 130 of the defense records and on 26 of the others.
Defense contracts run long and take in work as extended as ships and aircraft. Obligations pile up ahead and outlays follow over years. Contracts covering administration or planning tend to close within about a year, letting outlays catch up. The same measure has to be read differently by buyer and by subject.
3Planning and support as the thing procured
What the description names is planning and support for AI. Rather than building a system, the money goes to deciding how to proceed and to sustaining that work.
Across the federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, the Department of Health and Human Services accounts for 18 awards, the most after the Department of Defense. Health and public health carry sensitive data and heavy regulation, so a good deal has to be settled before deployment. That budget attaches to the planning stage at all says something about how the field proceeds.
4Where the department's awards divide
The Department of Health and Human Services awards more than any body but Defense. It is not one counter, though: the awards divide across offices.
| Office | Records |
|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health | 6 |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 5 |
| Health Resources and Services Administration | 3 |
| Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration | 2 (this contract) |
| Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources / AHRQ | 1 each |
Of the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-09-01, 18 come from the department, divided across six offices. NIH carries research, CMS runs public health insurance, HRSA holds the safety net, and the administrative offices run the department itself. Treated as one department, that difference disappears.
Why it matters
Here budget attaches not to deployment but to deciding how to proceed. Where regulation and data sensitivity weigh heavily, the quality of planning shapes what follows, and procurement for that stage appears in its own right. Reading spending data means allowing for the amount meaning something different depending on whether the subject is a build or a plan.
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：75P00124C00042