# HHS Reviews Palantir Health-Data Contracts

During the COVID-19 emergency, HHS awarded Palantir two contracts totaling approximately $24.9 million to support HHS Protect using an urgent, noncompetitive procurement exception. The article also notes that HHS identified NIH Palantir contracts it will not renew or extend, or for which it will not exercise remaining options. For procurement teams, the activity highlights the need to document the basis for limited competition, define privacy and data-access safeguards, record conflict considerations, and distinguish contract ceilings from amounts actually obligated.

- The two HHS Protect awards and the NIH contract decisions are separate procurement actions; the reported $24.9 million applies to the HHS Protect awards.
- Contracting officials and offerors working on federal health-data systems should clearly document competition rationale, data-access terms, privacy controls, and any conflicts relevant to the procurement.
- Contractors assessing HHS or NIH opportunities should account for the stated nonrenewals and unexercised options when evaluating contract continuity and pipeline assumptions.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Healthcare, Information Technology
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 02, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG)

### Vendors
- Palantir (Contractor and awardee)

### Sources
- [Palantir, HHS and the Public’s Data: A Concentration of Power Worth Watching](https://www.trialsitenews.com/a/palantir-hhs-and-the-publics-data-a-concentration-of-power-worth-watching-6d4f0310) - trialsitenews.com