Federal contractor · MOSS LANDING, CA

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE received $187.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2017: $1.3M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($187.1K). It also received $4.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$187.1K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
GM6EL1UH2L83
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 129.8KFY2017
  2. 18.7KFY2018
  3. 30.7KFY2019
  4. 88.3KFY2020
  5. 362.5KFY2022
  6. 321.5KFY2023
  7. 112.7KFY2024
  8. 187.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$187.1K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$187.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Washtenaw County, MI$187.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $187.1K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $187.1K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$187.1K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 3RD GENERATION (3G) ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE PROCESSOR (ESP) INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES$187.1K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Washtenaw County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· 1305M326P0081

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE received $4.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (2 new awards), −59% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) ($4.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.8M
New awards
2
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$116.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 25.9MFY2021
  2. 22.2MFY2022
  3. 29.3MFY2023
  4. 22.9MFY2024
  5. 11.8MFY2025
  6. 4.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.8M100%

Top programs

  1. 11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)$4.2M88%
  2. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$563.8K12%
  3. 43.001 · Science-$2,6170.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$4.2M88%
    Department of Commerce
  2. Department of the Navy$563.8K12%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. MID-SCALE RI-2 CONSORTIUM: BIOGEOCHEMICAL-ARGO: A GLOBAL ROBOTIC NETWORK TO OBSERVE CHANGING OCEAN CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY$52.3M
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Oct 28, 2020 – Jul 17, 2026· 1946578
  2. THE OBJECTIVE IS A HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA COASTAL OCEAN POWERED BY INFORMATION SOLUTIONS. THE MISSION IS TO TRANSLATE DATA INTO…$19.3M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 29, 2021 – May 27, 2026· NA21NOS0120090
  3. THE PRODUCTIVITY AND SUCCESS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS COASTAL ECONOMIES DEPEND ON COMPREHENSIVE OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS THAT…$3.9M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· NA26NOSX012C0017
  4. PROJECT ABSTRACTGRANTEE NAME MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTEGRANT NUMBER G22AC00591PROJECT TITLE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE…$2.2M
    15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection· U.S. Geological Survey· Cooperative agreement· Sep 20, 2022 – Jan 9, 2026· G22AC00591
  5. WE PROPOSE TO INTEGRATE REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS, IN SITU DATA AND MODELS IN SUPPORT OF A HEALTHY BLUE ECONOMY IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…$1.4M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 6, 2022 – Sep 20, 2026· NA22NOS0120184
  6. OPEN WAVE-ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM$1.4M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2021 – Apr 23, 2026· DEEE0009444

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $5.1M (35 subawards)

20 sub-recipients

  1. CODAR OCEAN SENSORS, LTD.$1.2M24%
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$699.4K14%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION$671.7K13%
    ARCATA, CA · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$530.3K10%
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$350.9K6.9%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 4 subawards
  6. TETRA TECH, INC.$342.7K6.8%
    PASADENA, CA · 3 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ$251.3K5.0%
    SANTA CRUZ, CA · 1 subaward
  8. CAL POLY CORPORATION$173.5K3.4%
    SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 1 subaward
  9. SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$159.2K3.1%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 1 subaward
  10. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$147.2K2.9%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $51.2K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$51.2K100%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $13.4M paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2022: $8.8M paid out · $6.4M received
  • FY2023: $18M paid out · $5.1M received
  • FY2024: $16.1M paid out · $357.7K received
  • FY2025: $16.9M paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2026: $5.1M paid out · $51.2K received

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

23 companies · $78.3M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$26.5M
    SEATTLE, WA · 21 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$16.7M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 26 subawards
  3. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$14.4M
    WOODS HOLE, MA · 20 subawards

Primes that pay it

12 companies · $17.6M reported

  1. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$11.9M
    PRINCETON, NJ · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$1.6M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$1.5M
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 3 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ERISS CORPORATION$200K
    COEUR D ALENE, ID · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH$173.1K+5% in FY2026
    FRIDAY HARBOR, WA · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, THE$151.7K−100% in FY2026
    BROOKFIELD, IL · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.