September 22, 2025doge contract terminationfederal spendingprocurementcontractsexecutive powerGovernmentTax & BudgetPublic Policy
DOGE lists $5.8M in claimed savings from Department of Health and Human Services contract cut
DOGE's public savings API listed a Department of Health and Human Services contract record for NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NIAID) - DIVISION OF MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (DMID)-ANTIVIRAL PROGRAM FOR PANDEMICS EARLY PHASE CLINICAL TRIAL(S) as deleted on 2025-09-22, with $$5,817,515 in claimed savings on a $$11,959,649 total value. The record names the vendor as LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC. and lists the PIID as 75N91022F00017. Principle stores this as an official DOGE claim until FPDS, USAspending, agency records, or watchdog findings independently verify the savings.