Federal award data
National Endowment for the Humanities: contract awards and competition
What does the National Endowment for the Humanities buy, and how many bids do its contracts get?
The National Endowment for the Humanities signed 171 new contract awards of $25,000 or more in FY2016-FY2026, worth $23.5M. 70% were competed, and competed awards drew a median of 1 offer; 76% got a single offer. Its most common NAICS code was 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), with 56 awards.
USAspending.gov data, FY2016-FY2026. Updated .
- New awards
- 171
- Obligated
- $23.5M
- Median award
- $74,722
- Median offers
- 1
- Agencies signed about 16 new awards a year from FY2016 to FY2025, 12 of them in FY2025 (down 48% from FY2016).
- The median award was $74,722; 71 different companies won at least one award.
- 17% of awards that report a set-aside were set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program, most often small business set-asides.
- 10 of these awards reach their potential end date (all options exercised) in the next 12 months, so most of that work comes up for re-bid.
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Awards per fiscal year
New National Endowment for the Humanities awards of $25,000 or more by the fiscal year they were signed (October to September), with the amount obligated on them to date.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 23 | $3M |
| FY2017 | 28 | $2.8M |
| FY2018 | 17 | $2M |
| FY2019 | 14 | $2.1M |
| FY2020 | 19 | $2.7M |
| FY2021 | 13 | $2.4M |
| FY2022 | 13 | $3M |
| FY2023 | 7 | $517,776 |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.4M |
| FY2025 | 12 | $2.3M |
| FY2026* | 14 | $1.3M |
* FY2026 is still filling in: the Department of Defense reports its awards 90 days late. Full years run to FY2025.
How competitive are these contracts?
70% of awards were competed. Competed awards drew a median of 1 offer, against 3 offers across all federal contracts; 76% got a single offer.
| Offers received | Competed awards |
|---|---|
| 1 (single offer) | 88 (76%) |
| 2 | 5 (4%) |
| 3-4 | 18 (16%) |
| 5-9 | 5 (4%) |
| 10+ | 0 (0%) |
116 competed awards with an offer count. Not competed: 51 awards (sole source, follow-on or not available for competition).
Set-asides
17% of the 93 awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program.
| Set-aside | Awards |
|---|---|
| No set-aside | 77 (83%) |
| Small business | 11 (12%) |
| HUBZone | 4 (4%) |
| Women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB) | 1 (1%) |
Orders placed under an existing contract vehicle often leave the set-aside blank (it is recorded on the vehicle), so they are left out here.
How big are the awards?
The median award was $74,722. 59% were under $100,000, the range where agencies often use simplified acquisition.
| Amount obligated | Awards |
|---|---|
| Under $100K | 101 (59%) |
| $100K-$1M | 68 (40%) |
| $1M-$10M | 2 (1%) |
| $10M+ | 0 (0%) |
What does it buy?
The NAICS codes with the most new awards.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| 541519 Other Computer Related Services | 56 | $9.4M |
| 561320 Temporary Help Services | 14 | $2.3M |
| 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services | 10 | $2.4M |
| 334113 Computer Terminal Manufacturing | 8 | $1.2M |
| 517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers | 7 | $703,461 |
| 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing | 5 | $895,343 |
| 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services | 5 | $657,370 |
| 511130 Book Publishers | 5 | $258,554 |
Where is the work done?
Awards by place of performance.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 166 | $23M |
| North Carolina | 2 | $216,077 |
| Oregon | 1 | $172,256 |
| Utah | 1 | $95,500 |
| Michigan | 1 | $44,413 |
Largest awards
The five awards with the most obligated, as described by the contracting office. Each links to its record on USAspending.gov.
- Microsoft office and ms teams is utilized by neh staff as the continue to work remotely. neh uses ms...National Endowment for the Humanities, FY2022$1.4M
- Microsoft office suite software licenses for nehNational Endowment for the Humanities, FY2025$1.1M
- Federal on demand support services for oracle federal financials.National Endowment for the Humanities, FY2016$754,737
- Microsoft enterprise licenses for the integration of azure iaas servers, saas services and paas services,...National Endowment for the Humanities, FY2021$689,140
- To assist neh in implementing an enterprise risk management solution.National Endowment for the Humanities, FY2021$659,545
Coming up for re-bid
10 of these awards reach their potential end date (every option exercised) in the 12 months after November 5, 2026. Agencies usually post the follow-on solicitation, or a sources-sought notice, months before that.
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How many bids do National Endowment for the Humanities contracts get?
Competed awards drew a median of 1 offer (FY2016-FY2026, 116 awards with an offer count). 76% got a single offer and 4% got five or more. Across all federal contracts the median is 3 offers.
What does the National Endowment for the Humanities buy most?
By number of new awards in FY2016-FY2026: NAICS 541519 Other Computer Related Services (56), NAICS 561320 Temporary Help Services (14), NAICS 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services (10), NAICS 334113 Computer Terminal Manufacturing (8).
How many National Endowment for the Humanities contracts are set aside for small business?
17% of the awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program: small business set-asides 12%, HUBZone 4%, Women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB) 1%. Orders under existing contract vehicles often leave the field blank, so those are not counted.
Where the numbers come from
Every new federal contract award of $25,000 or more signed from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2026 (FY2016 to FY2026), as reported to USAspending.gov from the Federal Procurement Data System: definitive contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders and BPA calls. Amounts are what has been obligated on each award to date, options and modifications included. Place is the place of performance.
Offer counts are FPDS's “number of offers received” on competed awards. Award recipients are counted but not named here. Pages with fewer than 150 awards (500 for one code in one state) are left out of search engines, because a handful of awards can swing the numbers.
Compiled by Falkview US from public data, updated November 5, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to the page.
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