Contracting office · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- JPL
NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- JPL obligated $2B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,224 contract actions (−16% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ($2B).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $2B
- Actions
- 1,224
- New awards: 59
- Sole-source
- 99.9%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.4BFY2017
- 2.7BFY2018
- 2.6BFY2019
- 2.6BFY2020
- 2.3BFY2021
- 2.6BFY2022
- 2.8BFY2023
- 2.2BFY2024
- 2.3BFY2025
- 2BFY2026
- 4.1MFY2027
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- TETRA TECH, INC.$2.2M0.1%
- SEVENTH SENSE, LLC$509.6K0.0%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$2B99%
- Facilities & utilities$12.6M0.6%
- Construction & real property$2.2M0.1%
- Professional services$509.6K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- California$2B99%
- Abroad$12.6M0.6%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition99.9%US 39% · $2B
- Sole-source awards99.9%US 30% · $2B
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- Year-end rush7.3%US 6.0% · $143.1M
- 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
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jul 24, 2018 – Sep 28, 2026· 80NM0018F0615
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 17, 2020 – Sep 1, 2026· 80NM0021F0008
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 18, 2018 – Sep 10, 2026· 80NM0018F0850
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jul 24, 2018 – Aug 18, 2026· 80NM0018F0616
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 22, 2020 – Jul 22, 2026· 80NM0020F0054
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jul 27, 2018 – Aug 23, 2026· 80NM0018F0645
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Aug 10, 2018 – Sep 8, 2026· 80NM0018F0710
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Oct 11, 2016 – May 18, 2026· NNN13D820T
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.