Contracting office · Smithsonian Institution
OFC OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
OFC OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER obligated $26.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 132 contract actions (+2.2% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was XCLIPSE INC. ($2.7M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $26.1M
- Actions
- 132
- New awards: 79
- Sole-source
- 23%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 13.4MFY2017
- 31.7MFY2018
- 24.4MFY2019
- 17.8MFY2020
- 18.5MFY2021
- 21.2MFY2022
- 24.8MFY2023
- 28.2MFY2024
- 25.5MFY2025
- 26.1MFY2026
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- XCLIPSE INC.$2.7M10%
- CDW GOVERNMENT LLC$2.3M8.7%
- MYTHICS, LLC$2.1M7.9%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION$1.7M6.4%
- WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$1.5M5.7%
- DIRECTUS CONSULTING LLC$1.4M5.2%
- FUTREND TECHNOLOGY INC.$1.1M4.2%
- PIFINITY, INC.$1.1M4.0%
- CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$980.4K3.8%
- DISYS SOLUTIONS, INC.$967.4K3.7%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$24.5M94%
- Professional services$1.6M6.1%
Where the work was performed
- Virginia$19.8M76%
- California$1.6M6.2%
- Missouri$1.5M5.7%
- Maryland$1.1M4.2%
- Illinois$408.4K1.6%
- District of Columbia$400.8K1.5%
- Connecticut$363.9K1.4%
- Texas$232.6K0.9%
- Colorado$194.7K0.7%
- Georgia$171.9K0.7%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition47%US 39% · $12.2M
- Sole-source awards23%US 30% · $5.9M
- Single-offer competitions24%US 8.7% · $6.3M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- Year-end rush3.8%US 6.0% · $988.1K
- Undefinitized contracts0.0%US 5.0% · $0
- Time-and-materials pricing2.9%US 4.2% · $761.8K
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
- $7,130
- 1 award · 1 recipient
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
- FUTREND TECHNOLOGY INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jun 20, 2019 – Aug 14, 2026· 33314519F00425673
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 22, 2024 – Aug 17, 2026· 33314524P00510953
- SERVICENOW, INC.· Santa Clara County, CA· IT & telecom· Jul 28, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· 33314523P00496079
- DIRECTUS CONSULTING LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 18, 2022 – Sep 11, 2026· 33314522P00477901
- TECHNOLOGY TRENDS GROUP, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Feb 11, 2019 – Aug 27, 2026· 33314519F00417241
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.
