PFIZER INC. (CAGE 86491, UEI MHBQULRMEEJ5) recorded $32,967,928,455.92 in obligated federal awards across 4,613 actions in the last 10 years, for an average action value of $7,146,743.64. Most of this obligation came through the Department of the Army, with additional activity from CDC, ASPR, DLA, and VA.
Federal Contractor
PFIZER INC. Federal Contract Obligations (Last 10 Years)
PFIZER INC. has 4,613 federal award actions and $32.97 billion obligated over the last 10 years, led by the Department of the Army.
Annual obligation values include negative entries in 2023 and 2024, which may reflect deobligations or other contract adjustments.
CAGE Code
86491
UEI
MHBQULRMEEJ5
Total Obligated
32.97 billion
32,967,928,455.92
Award Actions
4,613
Average Action Value
7,146,743.64
About PFIZER INC. federal contract activity
PFIZER INC. (CAGE 86491, UEI MHBQULRMEEJ5) recorded 4,613 FPDS awards totaling $32.97 billion over the last 10 years, with an average award value of $7.15 million. The profile is highly concentrated in a small number of high-dollar transactions, reflecting a procurement relationship dominated by large-scale pharmaceutical and biological product acquisitions.
Agency mix and customer concentration
The Department of the Army is the clear principal buying activity, accounting for $31.85 billion across 68 awards and representing the overwhelming share of obligated dollars. CDC is a distant second at $1.04 billion, while the Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Defense Logistics Agency, and VA contribute materially smaller portions; the award count at DLA is high, but the dollar value remains limited, indicating frequent low-value actions rather than large contract obligations.
Industry profile based on NAICS activity
Obligations are concentrated in pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing and biological product manufacturing, which together account for essentially all of the measured spend, at $17.68 billion and $15.26 billion respectively. Smaller activity appears in biotechnology R&D, medicinal and botanical manufacturing, and refrigerated warehousing, but these categories are marginal relative to the core manufacturing profile.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
Annual obligations show pronounced volatility, with very large positive obligations in 2021 and 2022, followed by negative net obligations in 2023 and 2024, and a return to a small positive total in 2025. Award counts remain elevated throughout the period, suggesting continued transaction activity even when annual net obligated dollars are reduced by adjustments or deobligations.
How to interpret this page
This summary is based on FPDS award records associated with PFIZER INC. using CAGE 86491 and UEI MHBQULRMEEJ5 over the last 10 years. Totals reflect obligated dollars, award counts, and categorical rollups by agency and NAICS as provided in the analysis inputs; negative annual amounts are presented as reported and may indicate deobligations or corrections within the period.
Top Agencies
SELECT
agency_id,
agency_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID AS agency_id,
anyHeavy(content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name) AS agency_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode = '86491'
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY agency_id
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Agency ID | Agency Name | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2100 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | 31,849,487,045.15 | 31.85 billion | 68 |
| 7523 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | 1,040,757,537.21 | 1.04 billion | 50 |
| 7505 | OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE | 65,199,027.50 | 65.20 million | 54 |
| 97AS | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | 8,518,589.45 | 8.52 million | 4,300 |
| 3600 | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | 2,884,428.15 | 2.88 million | 103 |
| 7570 | OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION (ASA) | 870,783.26 | 870.78 thousand | 29 |
| 7200 | AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 199,500.00 | 199.50 thousand | 7 |
| 7529 | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | 11,545.20 | 11.55 thousand | 1 |
| 7526 | HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 |
Insight
PFIZER INC. shows a highly concentrated obligation profile over the last 10 years: the Department of the Army accounts for $31.85 billion of the $32.97 billion total obligated, or roughly 97% of spend. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a distant second at $1.04 billion, while all other agencies are individually below $66 million and collectively represent a small share of obligations. Award count is also concentrated, with the Defense Logistics Agency accounting for 4,300 of 4,613 awards despite only $8.52 million obligated, indicating a large number of low-dollar transactions alongside a few very large obligations.
Top NAICS
SELECT
naics_code,
naics_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode AS naics_code,
anyHeavy(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode__description) AS naics_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode = '86491'
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY naics_code
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| NAICS Code | Description | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 325412 | PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING | 17,681,205,909.25 | 17.68 billion | 4,113 |
| 325414 | BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT (EXCEPT DIAGNOSTIC) MANUFACTURING | 15,260,969,165.68 | 15.26 billion | 60 |
| 541711 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY | 19,739,002.21 | 19.74 million | 12 |
| 325411 | MEDICINAL AND BOTANICAL MANUFACTURING | 4,273,709.47 | 4.27 million | 415 |
| 493120 | REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE | 1,740,964.52 | 1.74 million | 11 |
| 339113 | SURGICAL APPLIANCE AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURING | -138.03 | -138.03 | 1 |
| 424210 | DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS | -157.18 | -157.18 | 1 |
Insight
PFIZER INC.’s top NAICS profile is highly concentrated in pharmaceutical-related manufacturing over the last 10 years, with NAICS 325412 accounting for $17.68 billion across 4,113 awards and NAICS 325414 accounting for $15.26 billion across 60 awards. Together, these two codes represent nearly all of the vendor’s $32.97 billion in obligated value, indicating that procurement activity is heavily centered on drug and biological product manufacturing. Secondary activity in biotechnology R&D, medicinal and botanical manufacturing, and refrigerated warehousing is comparatively limited, and the remaining NAICS codes are de minimis, including two negative-obligation entries.
Annual Trend
SELECT
year,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
toYear(parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate)) AS year,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode = '86491'
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY year
)
ORDER BY year DESC| Year | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,447,929.79 | 1.45 million | 718 |
| 2024 | -25,054,758.36 | -25.05 million | 650 |
| 2023 | -11,999,388.67 | -12.00 million | 708 |
| 2022 | 10,575,242,052.22 | 10.58 billion | 905 |
| 2021 | 19,314,430,985.02 | 19.31 billion | 872 |
| 2020 | 2,057,876,391.62 | 2.06 billion | 291 |
| 2019 | 7,778,412.77 | 7.78 million | 109 |
| 2018 | 161,490,857.36 | 161.49 million | 117 |
| 2017 | 885,745,414.41 | 885.75 million | 201 |
| 2016 | 970,559.76 | 970.56 thousand | 42 |
Insight
PFIZER INC. received $32.97 billion across 4,613 awards over the last 10 years, with obligations heavily concentrated in 2021 and 2022. Those two years account for the clear peak in activity, at $19.31 billion and $10.58 billion respectively, while 2020 also reflects elevated obligations at $2.06 billion. Recent years show a sharp decline in net obligated value, including negative obligations in 2023 and 2024, despite relatively high award counts, indicating downward value concentration rather than a broad reduction in award activity.
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