Federal sub-agency · Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution obligated $239.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,704 contract actions (−44% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ($31.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$239.8M
Actions
1,704
New awards: 594
Sole-source
18%
Small business
39%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 255.4MFY2017
  2. 294MFY2018
  3. 611.6MFY2019
  4. 397.3MFY2020
  5. 389.1MFY2021
  6. 387.2MFY2022
  7. 485.1MFY2023
  8. 492.1MFY2024
  9. 427.1MFY2025
  10. 239.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$31.3M13%
  2. GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$12.2M5.1%
  3. SIRIS LLC$10.5M4.4%
  4. TEX/AM CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$8.9M3.7%
  5. CLARK/SMOOT/CONSIGLI, A JOINT VENTURE$6.7M2.8%
  6. WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE$6.3M2.6%
  7. STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.$5.1M2.1%
  8. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS, INC.$4.7M1.9%
  9. INFOSTRUCTURES, INC.$4.6M1.9%
  10. EWING COLE INC.$4.4M1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$111.6M47%
  2. IT & telecom$41.4M17%
  3. Facilities & utilities$36.9M15%
  4. Professional services$32.3M13%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$9.6M4.0%
  6. Equipment maintenance$5.6M2.3%
  7. Health & medical$598.2K0.2%
  8. Education & social services$540.1K0.2%
  9. Research & development$439.8K0.2%
  10. Fuel$335.8K0.1%
  11. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$316K0.1%
  12. Transportation & logistics$293.1K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$172.4M72%
  2. Virginia$28M12%
  3. Maryland$11.1M4.6%
  4. Abroad$8.1M3.4%
  5. New York$7.8M3.3%
  6. California$2.9M1.2%
  7. Missouri$1.6M0.7%
  8. Arizona$1.4M0.6%
  9. Massachusetts$1.2M0.5%
  10. Hawaii$832.6K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition31%
    US 39% · $74.1M
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $42.2M
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $31.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.9%
    US 5.1% · $2.3M
  • Year-end rush16%
    US 5.6% · $39.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.6%
    US 5.0% · $1.4M
  • Time-and-materials pricing9.1%
    US 4.2% · $21.9M

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$23.4M12%
  2. OFC OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER$5.9M23%
  3. OFFICE OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES$2.7M77%
  4. SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY$1.5M54%
  5. SF OPERATIONS AND MAINTINANCE$1.4M45%

Contracts terminated for default: 9

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
$13.2K
2 awards · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 4, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 3, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, NATIONAL AIR&SPACE MUSEUM REVITALIZATION$545M
    CLARK/SMOOT/CONSIGLI, A JOINT VENTURE· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Jan 9, 2017 – Mar 17, 2026· F17CC10103
  2. '' '' PROVIDE UNARMED GUARDS FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S MUSEUMS AND FACILITIES LOCATED IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.$198.5M
    UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP· District of Columbia, DC· Facilities & utilities· Aug 20, 2018 – Aug 13, 2026· 33330218CF0010143
  3. CONSTRUCTION OF POD 6 LOCATED AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S MUSEUM SUPPORT CENTER$111.8M
    CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2022 – Aug 3, 2026· 33330222CF0010453
  4. HMSG REVITALIZE SCULPTURE GARDEN$50.2M
    GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2023 – Aug 3, 2026· 33330223CF0010533
  5. TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES FOR SIB AND AIB FOR THEIR COMPLETE REHABILITATION. THE PROJECT INCLUDES HISTORIC PRESERVATION, TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF ALL BUILDING SYSTEMS, HAZMAT ABATEMENT, BLAST AND CBR MITIGATION, ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING REMEDIATI$47.4M
    PAGE-LORING LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Aug 17, 2020 – May 27, 2026· 33330220CF0010073
  6. SUPER ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT$38.7M
    NORESCO, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 5, 2017 – May 13, 2026· F07CW10377
  7. NZP-DC RENEW CHEETAH CONSERVATION STATION AFRICA TRAIL (CCS-AT)$24.4M
    WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Aug 22, 2024 – Sep 21, 2026· 33330224CF0010385
  8. REVITALIZE HISTORIC CORE, EARLY PACKAGE 2-26 PROJECT$22.8M
    CHRISTMAN COMPANY, THE· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 33330224CF0010404

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: $2.1M (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. TEX/AM CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$1.8M83%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 1 subaward
  2. JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC$316.5K15%
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 1 subaward
  3. CONTINENTAL FIRE SPRINKLER COMPANY$50K2.3%
    OMAHA, NE · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$235.9K
Clients
3
Reports
6

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. American Association of Museums$115.9K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Science and technology, Arts and entertainment
  2. National Trust for Historic Preservation$80K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Government issues, Civil rights and civil liberties

1 more clients ($40K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: AI name judgments (entity-match@1, Jev), updated —.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.