Federal contractor · BUZZARDS BAY, MA

THE WOODS HOLE GROUP, INC.

THE WOODS HOLE GROUP, INC. received $1.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (+2.9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23.2M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($1.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6M
New awards
26
Sole-source
18%
Single offer
44%
UEI
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Other than small businessForeign-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.6MFY2017
  2. 2.8MFY2018
  3. -2.2MFY2019
  4. 4MFY2020
  5. 2.6MFY2021
  6. 2.9MFY2022
  7. 4.5MFY2023
  8. 2.9MFY2024
  9. 1.6MFY2025
  10. 1.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.5M93%
    14 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$63.8K3.9%
    3 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$20.7K1.3%
    4 awards
  4. Federal Emergency Management Agency$13.9K0.8%
    1 awards
  5. Department of the Navy$13.5K0.8%
    2 awards
  6. National Park Service$1,1670.1%
    1 awards
  7. Bureau of Land Management$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$1.3M82%
  2. IT & telecom$139.6K8.5%
  3. Professional services$110.2K6.7%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$35.4K2.2%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$13.9K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Barnstable County, MA$1.1M64%
  2. Camden County, GA$374.5K23%
  3. Chesapeake city, VA$99.5K6.1%
  4. Honolulu County, HI$92K5.6%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$13.9K0.8%
  6. Prince George's County, MD$13.5K0.8%
  7. Solano County, CA$3,8040.2%
  8. Nueces County, TX$1,1670.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition62%
    US 39% · $1M
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $299K
  • Single-offer competitions44%
    US 8.7% · $723K
  • 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$185.9K
    Department of Commerce · 5 awards
  2. U.S. Geological Survey$63.8K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$20.7K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  4. Federal Emergency Management Agency$13.9K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TCOON ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE$2.7M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Chesapeake city, VA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 21, 2021 – Mar 3, 2026· 1305M221FNCNT0110
  2. NOS/CO-OPS - OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NWLON AND PORTS IN GA AND NE FL$1.6M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Camden County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 5, 2023 – Jul 13, 2026· 1305M223FNCNT0163
  3. NOS/CO-OPS: RE-COMPETE OF OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL WATER LEVEL OBSERVATION NETWORK AND PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REAL-TIME SYSTEM IN THE EAST COAST MID-ATLANTIC REGION$1.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Equipment maintenance· Jun 17, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 1305M224F0251
  4. NOS/CO-OPS: OCEANOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES REQUIRES OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL WATER LEVEL OBSERVATION NETWORK (NWLON) AND PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REAL-TIME SYSTEM (PORTS) IN THE WESTERN GULF REGION$1.3M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 28, 2024 – Aug 5, 2026· 1305M224F0392
  5. NOS/CO-OPS: RE-COMPETE OF OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL WATER LEVEL OBSERVATION NETWORK AND PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REAL-TIME SYSTEM IN THE EAST COAST NORTHEAST REGION$810.8K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Equipment maintenance· Jun 25, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 1305M224F0265
  6. NOS/CO-OPS - OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND MANAGEMENT OF NWLON AND PORTS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA$738K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Equipment maintenance· Jul 25, 2023 – Jul 20, 2026· 1305M223FNCNT0366
  7. SOLE SOURCE TO WOODS HOLE GROUP FOR VMS DATA TRANSMISSION. TRANSMIT DATA FROM THE TABLET TO PIFSC USING THE SHIPBOARD VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM (VMS) THAT WILL SEND DATA VIA SATELLITES. THE ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF VESSELS IS A MAXIMUM OF 160.$245K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Honolulu County, HI· IT & telecom· May 1, 2024 – Apr 13, 2026· 1305M324P0107
  8. BASE YEAR - ARGOS SATELLITE SERVICE$149K
    Department of the Navy· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Sep 14, 2020 – Jan 7, 2026· N0017820C2408

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.

THE WOODS HOLE GROUP, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$1.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 150KFY2021
  2. 150KFY2022
  3. 500KFY2023
  4. 349.6KFY2024
  5. 199.9KFY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. DYNAMICS OF SAND DUNES BENEATH THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES, SOUTH CHINA SEA$599.4K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Apr 12, 2023 – Aug 12, 2026· N000142312472

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $208.9K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $321.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $101.7K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $631.8K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$208.9K
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 2 subawards
  2. ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$200.2K
    PALO ALTO, CA · 1 subaward
  3. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$121K
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

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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 13 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RADOME SERVICES LLC$8M+43% in FY2026
    PORTSMOUTH, NH · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  2. TEKTRONIX, INC.$6.7M−22% in FY2026
    BEAVERTON, OR · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  3. JOA SURVEYS LLC$1.7M−21% in FY2026
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

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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.