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W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB

W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB obligated $7.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 58 contract actions (−82% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY ($5.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.6M
Actions
58
New awards: 23
Sole-source
7.6%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 12.1MFY2017
  2. 19.4MFY2018
  3. 21.7MFY2019
  4. 19.7MFY2020
  5. 34.4MFY2021
  6. 25.6MFY2022
  7. 57MFY2023
  8. 53.3MFY2024
  9. 42.6MFY2025
  10. 7.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY$5.3M70%
  2. KESTREL INTELLIGENCE, INC.$600K7.9%
  3. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$349.9K4.6%
  4. MARK A BERGERON$308K4.0%
  5. TRACK 2 ANALYTICS LLC$182.3K2.4%
  6. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$150K2.0%
  7. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$101.6K1.3%
  8. PICOGRID, INC.$100K1.3%
  9. THE AULSON CO., INC$83.5K1.1%
  10. FS & G AGGREGATE$73.5K1.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$6.9M85%
  2. Equipment maintenance$522.6K6.5%
  3. Facilities & utilities$304K3.8%
  4. Construction & real property$139K1.7%
  5. Professional services$112.3K1.4%
  6. IT & telecom$104.7K1.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. South Dakota$5.3M70%
  2. New Hampshire$1.2M15%
  3. Idaho$649.9K8.5%
  4. Massachusetts$271.9K3.6%
  5. Alaska$159.8K2.1%
  6. Arizona$101.6K1.3%
  7. California$100K1.3%
  8. Florida$60.1K0.8%
  9. Maryland$24.1K0.3%
  10. Indiana$4,4980.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $941.7K
  • Sole-source awards7.6%
    US 30% · $578.8K
  • Single-offer competitions4.8%
    US 8.7% · $362.9K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • 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

  1. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D)- BAA 20-C019 BASE YEAR AWARD TITLED "DEFENSE RESILIENCY PLATFORM AGAINST EXTREME COLD WEATHER" U437A00$17.1M
    VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY· Montgomery County, VA· Research & development· Feb 1, 2022 – Jan 27, 2026· W913E522C0001
  2. COMMERCIAL SOLUTION OPENING (CSO) TITLED 'OPERATIONAL TRANSITION OF ARCTIC RESILIENT MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY' U437A00$6.6M
    SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY· Pennington County, SD· Research & development· Sep 22, 2025 – Apr 6, 2026· W913E525C0017
  3. BASE YEAR JANITORIAL SERVICES$3.4M
    NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES· Grafton County, NH· Facilities & utilities· Jul 29, 2021 – Nov 20, 2025· W913E521C0021
  4. BASE: TASK 1A, 1B, 2B1, 2C, 3A AND 3B. U437A00$2.2M
    BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY· Ada County, ID· Research & development· Jun 26, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· W913E524C0015
  5. CSO-CRREL-24-IPR SNOW-0001 LEIDOS U437A00$1.1M
    LEIDOS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Jun 3, 2025 – May 12, 2026· W913E525C0004
  6. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BAA 22-0011 - SUBSURFACE ANOMALIES DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION USING MULTI-DATA AND ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING APPROACHES U437G00$895K
    TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE· Grafton County, NH· Research & development· Sep 23, 2024 – Jan 13, 2026· W913E524C0018
  7. BAA-CRREL-23-0009 TASK 0 AND TASK 1$702.5K
    TRACK 2 ANALYTICS LLC· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 11, 2024 – Jan 9, 2026· W913E524C0008
  8. COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENING (CSO) ENTITLED AGENTIC AI FOR OPTIMIZED COLD-REGION SENSING SPECIFICATIONS. (CSO-CRREL-25-0048)$600K
    KESTREL INTELLIGENCE, INC.· Ada County, ID· Research & development· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· W913E526CA002

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.