Contracting office · Smithsonian Institution
CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE obligated $45.5K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1 contract actions (−94% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was UNITED SITE SERVICES OF MARYLAND, INC ($45.5K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $45.5K
- Actions
- 1
- New awards: 0
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 574.9KFY2018
- 118.4KFY2019
- 50.3KFY2020
- 436.2KFY2021
- 614.3KFY2022
- 549.3KFY2023
- 503.4KFY2024
- 781.3KFY2025
- 45.5KFY2026
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- UNITED SITE SERVICES OF MARYLAND, INC$45.5K100%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Equipment maintenance$45.5K100%
Where the work was performed
- District of Columbia$45.5K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · $0
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- Year-end rush100%US 6.1% · $45.5K
- Undefinitized contracts0.0%US 5.0% · $0
- Time-and-materials pricing0.0%US 4.2% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Largest awards
- UNITED SITE SERVICES OF MARYLAND, INC· District of Columbia, DC· Equipment maintenance· Apr 28, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· 33315622P00473038
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.
