Federal sub-agency · Department of the Interior

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management obligated $17.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 225 contract actions (+89% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was GENCETEK LLC ($2.6M). It also awarded $2.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$17.5M
Actions
225
New awards: 65
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
51%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22.6MFY2017
  2. 18.7MFY2018
  3. 27.5MFY2019
  4. 24.3MFY2020
  5. 22.6MFY2021
  6. 26.9MFY2022
  7. 40.4MFY2023
  8. 37.6MFY2024
  9. 9.3MFY2025
  10. 17.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. GENCETEK LLC$2.6M15%
  2. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION$2.1M12%
  3. BLUE WORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$1.8M10%
  4. COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING LLC$1.8M10%
  5. TAYLOR-WOOLPERT II, LLC$1.5M8.6%
  6. TETRA TECH, INC.$1.4M8.3%
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI$949.6K5.4%
  8. APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$705.3K4.0%
  9. TEKSYNAP CORPORATION$641.1K3.7%
  10. IHS GLOBAL INC$617.2K3.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$9M51%
  2. IT & telecom$8.2M46%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$575.2K3.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Florida$5.7M33%
  2. Texas$2.8M16%
  3. North Carolina$2.4M14%
  4. Virginia$2.1M12%
  5. California$1.5M8.7%
  6. Louisiana$1.2M6.9%
  7. Mississippi$949.6K5.4%
  8. Colorado$819.8K4.7%
  9. Iowa$639.4K3.6%
  10. Alabama$599.6K3.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.4%
    US 39% · $63.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$1M
  • Single-offer competitions6.1%
    US 8.7% · $1.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush51%
    US 6.1% · $9M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing22%
    US 4.2% · $3.9M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. BOEM DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT$7.6M
    TEKSYNAP CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Nov 7, 2022 – Mar 26, 2026· 140M0123F0001
  2. DEEPWATER ATLANTIC HABITATS II: CONTINUED ATLANTIC RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN DEEPWATER ECOSYSTEMS WITH FOCUS ON CORAL, CANYON AND SEEP COMMUNITIES$3.9M
    TDI-BROOKS INTERNATIONAL INC· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Jul 12, 2017 – Jun 18, 2026· INM17PC00009
  3. SIS GIT MAINTENANCE FY24$2.9M
    SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION· Fort Bend County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 18, 2023 – Mar 18, 2026· 140M0123F0033
  4. RODEO TASK 9-FIELD OBS MET TOWER INSTALL$2.7M
    HDR ENVIRONMENTAL, OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Arapahoe County, CO· Research & development· Feb 12, 2018 – Dec 9, 2025· 140M0118F0006
  5. NT-24-X13 POWERON$2.6M
    COASTAL STATES STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 23, 2024 – Apr 8, 2026· 140M0124C0010
  6. G&GDATAMIDATL AUV/ASVPHASE II FIELDTEST$2.4M
    APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC· East Baton Rouge Parish, LA· Professional services· Sep 15, 2023 – Sep 4, 2026· 140M0123F0025
  7. SUPPLEMENTAL RECON G&G DATA ATL OCS$2.3M
    APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC· East Baton Rouge Parish, LA· Professional services· Sep 19, 2024 – Aug 12, 2026· 140M0124F0065
  8. AT-20-05-02 RODEO II TASK 2$2.2M
    HDR ENVIRONMENTAL, OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Bristol County, MA· Research & development· Jul 8, 2022 – Mar 16, 2026· 140M0122F0030

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management obligated $2.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 89 actions (3 new awards), −62% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.423 · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES) ($2.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
3
Actions
89
Since FY2021
$56.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 12.1MFY2021
  2. 12.6MFY2022
  3. 13.2MFY2023
  4. 11MFY2024
  5. 5.6MFY2025
  6. 2.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 15.423 · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES)$2.1M99%
  2. 15.421 · Alaska Coastal Marine Institute$107.2K5.0%
  3. 15.013 · Alaska Native Science and Engineering$47K2.2%
  4. 15.422 · Louisiana State University (LSU) Coastal Marine Institute (CMI)-$1.430.0%
  5. 15.424 · Marine Minerals Activities-$126.3K0.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1.3M62%
    SEATTLE, WA
  2. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$999.1K47%
    BATON ROUGE, LA
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ$796.8K37%
    SANTA CRUZ, CA
  4. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$393.1K18%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL
  5. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$341.2K16%
    GAINESVILLE, FL
  6. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$281K13%
    NEWARK, DE
  7. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$230.6K11%
    BOULDER, CO
  8. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$150.3K7.0%
    FAIRBANKS, AK

Where it went

  1. Washington$1.3M62%
  2. Louisiana$1.1M50%
  3. California$479.4K22%
  4. Florida$341.2K16%
  5. Delaware$281K13%
  6. Colorado$230.6K11%
  7. Alaska$197.3K9.2%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $302.7K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $547.7K (3 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME$547.7K64%
    JUNEAU, AK · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$152.9K18%
    KINGSTON, RI · 1 subaward
  3. A.I.S., INC.$149.9K18%
    NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA · 1 subaward
  4. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$9,5031.1%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026.