Contracting office · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA obligated $395.4M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,644 contract actions (−6.5% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LYNKER CORPORATION ($39.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$395.4M
Actions
1,644
New awards: 514
Sole-source
21%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 174.7MFY2017
  2. 208.8MFY2018
  3. 276.1MFY2019
  4. 338.2MFY2020
  5. 417MFY2021
  6. 381.6MFY2022
  7. 463.9MFY2023
  8. 479.2MFY2024
  9. 422.7MFY2025
  10. 395.4MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LYNKER CORPORATION$39.9M10%
  2. OCEAN ASSOCIATES INC$18.8M4.8%
  3. SPATIAL FRONT INC$14.9M3.8%
  4. T AND T CONSULTING SERVICES INC.$14.4M3.6%
  5. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SALES AND SERVICES CORP$12.7M3.2%
  6. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$11.6M2.9%
  7. FEDWRITERS, INC.$11.5M2.9%
  8. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$11M2.8%
  9. A.I.S., INC.$8.1M2.1%
  10. EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, LLC$8M2.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$166.6M42%
  2. IT & telecom$120.4M30%
  3. Facilities & utilities$42.6M11%
  4. Construction & real property$13.3M3.4%
  5. Research & development$13M3.3%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$11.5M2.9%
  7. Equipment maintenance$9.8M2.5%
  8. Education & social services$8.4M2.1%
  9. Other equipment & supplies$8M2.0%
  10. Transportation & logistics$963K0.2%
  11. Health & medical$729.9K0.2%
  12. Fuel$142.3K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$151.2M38%
  2. Virginia$38.7M9.8%
  3. Massachusetts$34M8.6%
  4. Washington$27.8M7.0%
  5. Colorado$24.9M6.3%
  6. Florida$15M3.8%
  7. Alaska$12.3M3.1%
  8. California$11.8M3.0%
  9. Alabama$10.8M2.7%
  10. New Jersey$10.8M2.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition29%
    US 39% · $116.6M
  • Sole-source awards21%
    US 30% · $82.3M
  • Single-offer competitions8.7%
    US 8.7% · $34.3M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush26%
    US 6.0% · $101.3M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $5,340
  • Time-and-materials pricing40%
    US 4.2% · $157.2M

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

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$47.1K
3 awards · 2 recipients

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 8, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES$125.7M
    LYNKER CORPORATION· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Mar 23, 2022 – Aug 31, 2026· 1305M322FNWWX0023
  2. WEATHER CLIMATE AND COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES (WCCIS)$84.3M
    GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Oct 23, 2018 – Jun 2, 2026· 1305L219FNWWX0002
  3. NEXT GENERATION WATER PREDICTION CAPABILITY (NGWPC)$58.1M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Middlesex County, MA· Professional services· Sep 1, 2023 – Jul 10, 2026· 1305M323FNWWY0103
  4. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES WITH A FOCUS IN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND DATA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS$44.8M
    T AND T CONSULTING SERVICES INC.· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 30, 2023 – Sep 9, 2026· 1305M323FNFFK0214
  5. SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) BY PERFORMING INSTALLATIONS, UPGRADES, TESTING, CODING, MAINTENANCE, MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING, RECOVERY, AND DECOMMISSIONING FOR SYSTEMS, COMPUTE, USER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS, AND APPLIAN$36.8M
    SPATIAL FRONT INC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 4, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 1305M324F0011
  6. NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES$28.7M
    LYNKER CORPORATION· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 11, 2023 – May 18, 2026· 1305M323FNWWX0008
  7. HAWAII AND AMERICAN SAMOA OBSERVER SUPPORT$27.9M
    LYNKER CORPORATION· Honolulu County, HI· Professional services· Sep 7, 2018 – Jan 22, 2026· 1305M318FNFFT0140
  8. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS), NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP), CENTRAL OPERATIONS (NCO) REQUIRES DATA CENTER SUPPORT SERVICES TO (1) PROVIDE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE$27.8M
    INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 8, 2024 – Aug 5, 2026· 1305M324F0047

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.