In-Depth Analysis of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Join us, Ed Wilgus and Brian Hebbel, for an In-Depth Analysis of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including:

• A review of the major restructuring and organizational changes now taking place in the NIH.
• An FY 2026 budget request overview.
• An analysis of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) FY 26 budget.
• An analysis of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) FY 26 budget.
• The impact of DOGE on NIH going forward.
• The NCI & NIAID FY 2026 expiring contracts with unique data compiled for industry that is not available anywhere, but at this event.

Brian Hebbel and Ed Wilgus will take a deep-dive into the NIH FY26 organizational changes & budget (NCI & NIAID) and provide insight into what the data means to contractors targeting NIH. In FY26, NIH will be taking the biggest budget reduction in its history. This presentation will provide key insights in terms of what is taking place inside the agency. This presentation will save attendees hundreds of hours of compiling data and will provide attendees with data that you have never considered compiling. We have the data that you won't see anywhere else. We've spent many hours gathering and organizing the data in a meaningful format, so you won’t have to do it!

Cost: $399

The Presentation Includes - 2 Topics in 1 Event!

NIH Justification of Estimates (JoE) / FY 2026 NIH Budget Information

• This event will reveal the biggest takeaways from NIH’s budget request for fiscal year 2026 which starts on October 1st.
• Learn about the new initiatives, new projects, new priorities, contract funding levels, spending increases and spending decreases planned for 2026.
• Ensure your current NIH contracts, pipeline, proposals, and client meetings are shaped by NIH’s proposed budget plan.
• Impacts of NIH staffing RIFs, possible NIH restructuring and organizational changes.
• Discussion of where legacy and new funding will be flowing in FY 2026.
• NCI’s projected budget for FY26.
• NIAID’s projected budget for FY26.

NIH Analysis of Expiring Contracts & more

1. An NIH Program Office breakdown regarding which Institutes and Centers have the most expiring contracts, with a deep dive into NCI and NIAID.
2. Which contracts have been impacted by DOGE based on current data.
3. Which contracts have been terminated?
4. Which contracts have been modified & extended?
5. Which contracts have option periods not exercised or shortened?
6. Which new contracts may be coming in FY 2026 based on the NIH 2026 budget request.
7. What conclusions does the NIH FY 2025 award data provide?
8. Which IDIQ and GSAs vehicles are likely to be used the most in FY 2026.
9. Which expiring contracts had the most and least amount of competition.
10. Details on NIH contractors with the most expiring contracts.
11. Which NIH contracting vehicles have the most expiring contracts.
12. Buying Patterns at NCI and NIAID for the expiring contracts.

Throughout the presentation, we will provide with information regarding how DOGE and the budget changes have impacted NIH going forward. We’re doing the analysis for you with an inside perspective from a former NIH contracting official and JoE experts. We have great data and insight!

Attendees will receive the PowerPoint slides of data and the complete contracts spreadsheet created to compile the data which includes all NIH awards made over the last five years.

--> Bring your questions to be answered!

Can't attend live, no worries. The presentation will be recorded!

All participants will receive a copy of the presentation slides and access to the recording.

**Any government officials that would like to attend, please contact Shelley McGuire at shelley@shelleysevents.com for registration**

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The Presenters

Brian Hebbel was a former CMS Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) Group Director with 28 years of service in CMS/OAGM prior to his retirement in 2017. Together, they will provide data you won’t see anywhere, including Bloomberg and/or Deltek's GOVWIN IQ.

Brian is a federal procurement expert, consultant, author and trainer. Through his 38 years of Government contracting expertise, he has provided expert advice and guidance to Government officials and contractors alike. He has 34 years of federal contracting experience. He was a Senior Acquisition Official (Group Director) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management. He provided oversight to three contracting divisions awarding $1,500,000,000 in contract awards in FY 2017.

Ed Wilgus is a former contracting officer at different federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is currently considered a federal procurement Subject Matter Expert (SME) with over 40 years of federal procurement experience. Mr. Wilgus held a Level III FAC-C certification with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWAI). He is an instructor/trainer of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and of the federal procurement process. He has recently written and published a book titled, Federal Acquisition Regulations Made Easy: A Quick Guide to the FAR for Contracting Officers and Federal Contractors.

Shelley McGuire focuses her energy and passion on bringing the government contracting community together on various topics to educate and help bridge the gap between industry and government officials, often with a component that includes the social responsibility of giving back. Shelley has always enjoyed assisting others, especially small businesses, and connecting the dots by way of holding social events around the MD, DC and VA area for the last 10 years. She takes great pride in knowing her social connections, while far and wide, are only six degrees or less of separation from each other.