Federal contract obligations to Oracle, fiscal years 2024–2026

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$3.96 billion of it went to Oracle Health Government Services (formerly Cerner Government Services), almost all on Veterans Affairs task orders for its electronic health record modernization.^[2]

Of Oracle's contract obligations, 96 percent ($4.03 billion) was coded by the awarding agencies as not competed. VA coded its EHRM task orders not competed, citing the 'public interest' exception (FAR 6.302-7), on $3.95 billion.^[1]

Oracle America received $210 million over the same period, and Cerner entities about $20 million.^[3]

Agencies also obligated a net -$16,464.50 on Oracle indefinite-delivery contracts and a net $0.9 million in assistance awards to Cerner Corporation over the same period.^[1]

-- Totals by award type and fiscal year (the view this page reads)
select award_category, fiscal_year,
       sum(net_obligations)         as net_obligations,
       sum(noncompeted_obligations) as coded_not_competed
from subject_money_summary
where subject_group = 'oracle'
group by award_category, fiscal_year
order by award_category, fiscal_year;

-- Every transaction behind the tables (one row per USAspending transaction)
select * from subject_award_transactions
where subject_group = 'oracle'
order by action_date, award_id;

• Obligations are amounts agencies committed in the period, net of reductions; they are not contract values or payments.
• Classified awards are not in USAspending, so these totals leave out any classified work.
• Sales through resellers are recorded under the reseller's name, so Oracle software bought through a reseller is not counted here.
• Defense Department actions are published with a delay of about 90 days, so fiscal 2026 totals may still grow.
• 'Not competed' is the awarding agency's own coding on each contract action.
• Prime awards only; subcontracts are not counted.
• Contract ceilings are potential maximums, often shared by several companies, and are not money awarded.

Context: these are federal prime-award obligation records matched to each company by its unique entity ID. They do not show contract values, payments, profits, subcontracts, classified work or sales through resellers, and they say nothing about why any award was made. The same 'coded not competed' measure is used for every company on this page.

Dates are not used to suggest cause: these are records, not a claim about why any money went anywhere.

• We asked Oracle for comment on Oct 21, 2026 and will add any response here.