Contracting office · Smithsonian Institution

SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE obligated $1.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 50 contract actions (−33% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES ($625.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1M
Actions
50
New awards: 24
Sole-source
46%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.7MFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 2.1MFY2019
  4. 1.1MFY2020
  5. 1.1MFY2021
  6. 1.5MFY2022
  7. 1.8MFY2023
  8. 1.2MFY2024
  9. 1.7MFY2025
  10. 1.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$625.7K55%
  2. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA$121K11%
  3. KASETSART UNIVERSITY$116.8K10%
  4. CABLE & WIRELESS PANAMA S.A.$98.1K8.7%
  5. METRO MPLS S.A.$53.6K4.7%
  6. CTG FEDERAL, LLC$33.6K3.0%
  7. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$21.4K1.9%
  8. THE LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKS FOUNDATION, INC$20K1.8%
  9. GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$16.2K1.4%
  10. PARQUE NATURAL METROPOLITANO$12.6K1.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$381K34%
  2. Professional services$316.6K28%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$126.9K11%
  4. Facilities & utilities$116.8K10%
  5. Equipment maintenance$80.6K7.1%
  6. Transportation & logistics$69.5K6.2%
  7. Fuel$22.6K2.0%
  8. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$16K1.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$1.1M95%
  2. Texas$21.4K1.9%
  3. Louisiana$20K1.8%
  4. Virginia$16.2K1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition62%
    US 39% · $702.6K
  • Sole-source awards46%
    US 30% · $524K
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.7% · $178.6K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush2.2%
    US 6.0% · $25K
  • 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.

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
$6,075
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

  1. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES-STRI OIT$299.8K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· IT & telecom· Nov 30, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 33330524P00500755
  2. POINT-TO-POINT DARK FIBER LINKS STRI$160.7K
    METRO MPLS S.A.· IT & telecom· Mar 14, 2024 – Aug 19, 2026· 33330524P00501157
  3. FIXED TELEPHONE SERVICES FOR STRI/OIT$145.8K
    CABLE & WIRELESS PANAMA S.A.· IT & telecom· Feb 27, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026· 33330524P00502616
  4. FORESTGEO RESEARCH AT PASOH PLOT, MALAYSIA$121K
    INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA· Professional services· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 33330526P00532905
  5. FORESTGEO & GEO-TREES WORK AT THAILAND PLOTS - CENSUS SURVEY$116.8K
    KASETSART UNIVERSITY· Facilities & utilities· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 33330526P00531278
  6. SECURITY SUPPORT FOR CRANE ON PNM-JMATE$59.9K
    PARQUE NATURAL METROPOLITANO· Professional services· Oct 28, 2021 – May 19, 2026· 33330522P00465789
  7. STRI - COPIERS MACHINE 2023 - 2028$55.1K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Equipment maintenance· Oct 9, 2023 – Jul 31, 2026· 33330524P00495816
  8. SERVICIO DE TRANSPORTE TUPPER-GAMBOA ANO 2026$53.3K
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES· Transportation & logistics· Feb 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· 33330526P00531945

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.