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Cepheid
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USAspending records $417M in award obligations to Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $71M, of which $71M (100%) came through contracts.
That is down 15% on FY2025 ($84M).
Cepheid ranks 156 of 2,836 listed organisations located in CA by five-year obligations, and 1,730 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense and 1 other agency: 41 awards worth $86M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 325413 (In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing), where it ranks 9 of 33 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $164,498,221 | $164,498,221 | $0 | — |
| FY2024 | $97,315,558 | $97,315,558 | $0 | -41% |
| FY2025 | $83,529,574 | $83,519,574 | $10,000 | -14% |
| FY2026 | $71,391,157 | $71,391,157 | $0 | -15% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in CA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $417M | $416B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $71M | $118B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $417M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $10K | $416B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,730 of 30,000 | 1 of 2,836 in CA | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Care Services, California Department of. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs | 31 | $71M | 82% |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | 8 | $13M | 15% |
| 3 | Department of Defense | 1 | $1.1M | 1% |
| 4 | General Services Administration | 1 | $1.0M | 1% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 325413: 9 of 33 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing.
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Santa Clara County, CA $64M · Oklahoma County, OK $2.5M · Orange County, FL $2.5M · 09170 $2.4M · Apache County, AZ $2.2M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractPurchase Order | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $9.3M | 20 Mar 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractPurchase Order | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $4.0M | 24 Feb 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractPurchase Order | 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | $3.8M | 1 Oct 2022 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractDefinitive Contract | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $3.3M | 24 Jan 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractPurchase Order | 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | $3.2M | 11 Apr 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractBpa Call | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $3.0M | 10 Jul 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractDelivery Order | 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | $2.9M | 28 Jul 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractPurchase Order | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $2.6M | 11 Mar 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractBpa Call | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $2.6M | 28 Jul 2026 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesIndian Health Service | ContractDefinitive Contract | 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | $2.5M | 31 May 2023 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractDelivery Order | 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing | $2.5M | 14 Jul 2023 | FL | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractBpa Call | 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | $2.4M | 8 Sep 2023 | CA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $9.3M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 20 Mar 2024: MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR SARS-COV-2
- $4.0M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 24 Feb 2023: COVID REAGENTS
- $3.8M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1 Oct 2022: COST PER TEST
- $3.3M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 24 Jan 2023: REGENTS
- $3.2M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 11 Apr 2025: POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR VISN 2 DOWNSTATE
- $3.0M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 Jul 2025: IN-VITRO REAGENTS - VISN 15, ORDERING PERIOD ONE
- $2.9M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 28 Jul 2023: REAGENTS
- $2.6M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 11 Mar 2025: MRSA REAGENTS
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Cepheid receive?
$417M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $164M; FY2024: $97M; FY2025: $84M; FY2026: $71M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Cepheid?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Veterans Affairs ($71M), Department of Health and Human Services ($13M), Department of Defense ($1.1M) and General Services Administration ($1.0M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing, NAICS 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and NAICS 621511 Medical Laboratories.
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CA ($64M), AZ ($4.0M), SC ($3.9M) and FL ($3.5M).
Is Cepheid a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,730 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 156 of 2,836 located in CA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.