Smithsonian Institution
Federal Contractor · Rank #942
Smithsonian Institution Federal Spending Profile
Smithsonian Institution is a smaller federal recipient, with $80.1M in total federal obligations across 19 awards in the USAspending.gov record. That places Smithsonian Institution #942 among federal contractors ranked by total obligations.
Every one of Smithsonian Institution's 19 federal awards is a procurement contract rather than a grant — the company sells goods or services to the government rather than receiving grant funding.
Smithsonian Institution's federal business is heavily concentrated in one customer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration accounts for roughly 98% of its top-agency obligations, with Smithsonian Institution a distant second. Across the full record the company works with 7 agencies, but a single relationship dominates the dollars.
What the federal government buys from Smithsonian Institution is led by Research & Development ($1.4B), followed by Energy ($46.9M); together these categories describe the goods and services the company is paid to deliver.
Its largest single recent award is a $1.3B contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, described in the federal record as "Follow On Contract To Provide Operations And Science Support To The Cxo."
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Spending by Agency
Recent Awards
| Description | Agency | Start Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOLLOW ON CONTRACT TO PROVIDE OPERATIONS AND SCIENCE SUPPORT TO THE CXO | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Aug 31, 2003 | $1.3B |
| SOLAR B X RAY TELESCOPE PHASE E | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Dec 1, 2006 | $46.9M |
| "IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS - TROPOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: MONITORING OF POLLUTION (TEMPO) - THE TEMPO INVESTIGATION WAS SELECTED UNDER THE NASA SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON-2) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX J, NNH12ZDA006O-EVI1 FOR THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT-1 (EVI-1) ELEMENT OF THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP) PROGRAM OFFICE'S EARTH VENTURE LINE. TEMPO MEASURES POLLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA, FROM MEXICO CITY TO THE CANADIAN TAR/OIL SANDS, AND FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, HOURLY AND AT HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION. TEMPO SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE AND PROVIDES A TROPOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT SUITE THAT INCLUDES THE KEY ELEMENTS OF TROPOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION CHEMISTRY. MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT, TO CAPTURE THE INHERENT HIGH VARIABILITY IN THE DIURNAL CYCLE OF EMISSIONS AND CHEMISTRY. A SMALL PRODUCT SPATIAL FOOTPRINT RESOLVES POLLUTION SOURCES AT SUB-URBAN SCALE. TOGETHER, THIS TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMPROVES EMISSION INVENTORIES, MONITORS POPULATION EXPOSURE, AND ENABLES EFFECTIVE EMISSION-CONTROL STRATEGIES. TEMPO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A GEOSTATIONARY (GEO) HOST SPACECRAFT TO PROVIDE A MODEST COST MISSION THAT MEASURES THE SPECTRA REQUIRED TO RETRIEVE O3, NO2, SO2, H2CO, C2H2O2, H2O, AEROSOLS, CLOUD PARAMETERS, AND UVB RADIATION. TEMPO THUS MEASURES THE MAJOR ELEMENTS, DIRECTLY OR BY PROXY, IN THE TROPOSPHERIC O3 CHEMISTRY CYCLE. MULTI-SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS PROVIDE SENSITIVITY TO O3 IN THE LOWERMOST TROPOSPHERE, REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN AIR QUALITY PREDICTIONS BY 50%. TEMPO QUANTIFIES AND TRACKS THE EVOLUTION OF AEROSOL LOADING. IT PROVIDES NEAR-REAL-TIME AIR QUALITY PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE MADE WIDELY, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. TEMPO MAKES THE FIRST TROPOSPHERIC TRACE GAS MEASUREMENTS FROM GEO, BY BUILDING ON THE HERITAGE OF FIVE SPECTROMETERS FLOWN IN LOW-EARTH-ORBIT (LEO). THESE LEO INSTRUMENTS MEASURE THE NEEDED SPECTRA, ALTHOUGH AT COARSE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS, TO THE PRECISIONS REQUIRED FOR TEMPO AND USE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED FOR THEM BY TEMPO SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND CURRENTLY RUNNING IN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS MAKES TEMPO AN INNOVATIVE USE OF A WELL PROVEN TECHNIQUE, ABLE TO PRODUCE A REVOLUTIONARY DATASET. TEMPO PROVIDES MUCH OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY RECOMMENDED FOR GEO-CAPE IN THE 2007 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL DECADAL SURVEY, EARTH SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS FROM SPACE: NATIONAL IMPERATIVES FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND. GEO-CAPE IS NOT PLANNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION THIS DECADE, HOWEVER, EUROPE (SENTINEL 4) AND ASIA (GEMS) WILL FORM PARTS OF A GLOBAL GEO CONSTELLATION FOR POLLUTION MONITORING, WITH A MAJOR FOCUS ON INTERCONTINENTAL POLLUTION TRANSPORT. TEMPO WILL LAUNCH AT A PRIME TIME TO BE A COMPONENT OF THIS CONSTELLATION. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mar 29, 2013 | $31.2M |
| CAPITAL GALLERY RENT | Smithsonian Institution | Oct 17, 2023 | $21.0M |
| THE TROPOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: MONITORING OF POLLUTION (TEMPO) CONTRACT, WILL CONDUCT THE NECESSARY RESEARCH, DEVELOP ALGORITHMS, AND PROVIDE NEAR REAL-TIME PRODUCTS FOR NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA'S) HINOD MISSION. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mar 26, 2024 | $3.7M |
| ECCCO - A WIDE-FIELD EXTREME ULTRA-VIOLET IMAGER AND A UNIQUE IMAGING EUV SPECTROGRAPH PHASE A | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | May 17, 2024 | $1.9M |
| HIGH RESOLUTION CORONAL IMAGER (HI-C) FLARE ROCKET | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mar 4, 2021 | $1.8M |
| MARSHALL GRAZING INCIDENT X-RAY SPECTROMETER (MAGIXS) | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Oct 1, 2015 | $1.7M |
| CONTRACT AWARD | Department of Homeland Security | Sep 21, 2005 | $1.0M |
| THE HIGH RESOLUTION CORONAL IMAGER: HI-C REFLIGHT | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jul 30, 2015 | $598K |
| MARSHALL GRAZING INCIDENT X-RAY SPECTROMETER (MAGIXS) 2 MISSION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jul 1, 2022 | $326K |
| SERDP PROJECT RC24-4289, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: "A THERMAL LANDSCAPE APPROACH FOR CUMULATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT OF SPOTTED TURTLE VULNERABILITY TO MULTIPLE STRESSORS" | Department of Defense | Jul 10, 2024 | $250K |
| USING AMERICAN ART THROUGHOUT DODEA K-12 CURRICULA | Department of Defense | Aug 27, 2024 | $225K |
| CONTRACT TO HARVARD FOR DSCOVR FARADAY CUP INSTRUMENT | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | May 1, 2024 | $216K |
| MODELING DRIVERS OF BLUE CRAB RECRUITMENT, ABUNDANCE AND RESILIENCE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY- BIOLOGICAL DATA MINING, SYNTHESIS AND DISCOVERY | Department of Commerce | Sep 30, 2024 | $47K |
| FACILITY RENTAL | Department of State | Apr 4, 2024 | $20K |
| OT : ANALYSIS AND INSTRUMENTATION SUPPORT | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jul 1, 2024 | $15K |
| VENUE FOR THE EPA 2024 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN WASHINGTON DC ON JUNE 11-12, 2024. | Environmental Protection Agency | May 30, 2024 | $14K |
| MODIFICATION | Department of Homeland Security | Mar 21, 2005 | - |
All federal spending data sourced from USAspending.gov, the official source for federal award data as mandated by the Government Accountability Office.
Smithsonian Institution Federal Contracts FAQ
Smithsonian Institution has received $80,145,131 in total federal obligations across 19 awards and 19 contracts.
Smithsonian Institution works with 7 federal agencies, including National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Homeland Security. The largest agency relationships are based on total dollar obligations.
Smithsonian Institution has received federal awards in multiple states.
Smithsonian Institution is ranked #942 among the largest federal contractors by total obligation amount. Rankings are based on USASpending.gov data for FY2024.
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