Data / Federal awards / NAICS 541380 / GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC.
GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC.: 13 federal contract awards, $120.8 million obligated (FY2024 to FY2027)
Updated October 6, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov.
GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC. (UEI ZRHJUJQSBRA4), Boston, MA, received 13 federal prime contract awards with $120.8 million obligated in fiscal years 2024 to 2027, from 2 agencies under 5 NAICS codes. Its largest buyer is Department of Health and Human Services ($114.2 million) and its largest code is NAICS 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services.
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- UEI
- ZRHJUJQSBRA4
- Parent organization
- GINKGO BIOWORKS HOLDINGS, INC.
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Business size
- Other Than Small Business
- Contract awards
- 13
- Obligated
- $120.8 million
- First action in window
- 2023-11-09
- Latest action
- 2026-09-28
Where the work is
NAICS codes, with the other winners in each.
| NAICS | Industry | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 541380 | Testing Laboratories and Services | 3 | $105.9 million |
| 621511 | Medical Laboratories | 5 | $8.3 million |
| 541714 | Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) | 1 | $5.2 million |
| 541715 | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | 3 | $1.4 million |
| 541712 | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) | 1 | $0 |
Buying agencies
| Agency | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 8 | $114.2 million |
| Department of Defense | 5 | $6.6 million |
Obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2024 | $88 million |
| FY2025 | $4 million |
| FY2026 | $28.8 million |
Contract awards
All 13 awards in fiscal years 2024 to 2027.
| Award ID | Agency | Type | NAICS | What it buys | Obligated in window | Award value | Starts | Ends | Place of performance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75D30125C20439 | Department of Health and Human Services | Definitive Contract | 541380 | TRAVELER-BASED GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM | $77,991,554 | $77,991,554 | February 28, 2025 | March 21, 2028 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30122C14933 | Department of Health and Human Services | Definitive Contract | 541380 | AIRPORT GENOMIC TESTING | $26,746,521 | $73,377,638 | August 16, 2022 | March 21, 2025 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| HR001124C0378 | Department of Defense | Definitive Contract | 541714 | DARPA ICE CONTROL FOR COLD ENVIRONMENTS (ICE) | $5,206,738 | $8,643,574 | January 26, 2024 | August 19, 2026 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30124F00001 | Department of Health and Human Services | Delivery Order | 621511 | TEST SURGE AND DATA SHARING MULTIPLE AWARD IDIQ | $3,830,427 | $3,830,427 | September 6, 2024 | September 5, 2027 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30126F00004 | Department of Health and Human Services | Delivery Order | 621511 | METAGENOMIC NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING (MNGS) | $3,199,875 | $3,199,875 | May 3, 2026 | April 14, 2028 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30124C19895 | Department of Health and Human Services | Definitive Contract | 541380 | TRAVELER-BASED GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE | $1,205,149 | $1,205,149 | August 26, 2024 | September 19, 2024 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| N6600123C4509 | Department of Defense | Definitive Contract | 541715 | DNA RECORDING INTRINSIC CELLULAR BIOINTELLIGENCE (DRINC BIO) | $1,040,154 | $1,826,095 | May 2, 2023 | May 21, 2025 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30124F00002 | Department of Health and Human Services | Delivery Order | 621511 | TEST SURGE AND DATA SHARING MULTIPLE AWARD IDIQ | $775,180 | $775,180 | September 27, 2024 | September 26, 2025 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30125F00003 | Department of Health and Human Services | Delivery Order | 621511 | TEST SURGE AND DATA SHARING MULTIPLE AWARD IDIQ | $449,762 | $449,762 | January 16, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| W911NF23C0002 | Department of Defense | Definitive Contract | 541715 | DARPA CONTRACT AWARD (BASE) "SUPERB: SYNBIO + UNIVERSAL PURIFICATION OF EXTRACT-DERIVED, RIGHT-ON-TIME BIOLOGICS" | $367,840 | $4,797,261 | December 15, 2022 | February 29, 2024 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| 75D30124D20079 | Department of Health and Human Services | IDC | 621511 | TEST SURGE AND DATA SHARING MULTIPLE AWARD IDIQ | $0 | $118,000,000 | September 6, 2024 | usaspending.gov | ||
| W31P4Q13C0063 | Department of Defense | Definitive Contract | 541712 | DARPA SBIR PHASE I EFFORT ENTITLED, "CONTROLLING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE BY VACCINATING BACTERIAL POPULATIONS". | $0 | $150,000 | November 19, 2012 | November 29, 2013 | Boston, MA | usaspending.gov |
| W911QY18D0068 | Department of Defense | IDC | 541715 | JOINT ENTERPRISE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION AND PRODUCTION/PROCUREMENT PROGRAM (JE-RDAP) BASE IDIQ CONTRACT AWARD - PROGRAM CEILING | $0 | $8,276,161,000 | November 1, 2017 | usaspending.gov |
Also on SpecStream
- All recipients under NAICS 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- All recipients under NAICS 621511 Medical Laboratories
- All recipients under NAICS 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Open opportunities under NAICS 541380
- Open opportunities under NAICS 621511
- Open opportunities under NAICS 541714
Public U.S. federal spending data (U.S. Department of the Treasury). Obligations are the contract actions dated in fiscal years 2024 to 2027 of the USAspending.gov award archive of 2026-10-06; a contract's total value is its current value as USAspending reports it, including earlier years. Recipients are matched on their SAM.gov UEI, never on the name, and are shown as the government prints them. Sole proprietorships and opted-out entities count in the totals and are not named. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.