Smithsonian Institution Federal Contracts
Smithsonian Institution of Cambridge, Massachusetts won $62.3 million in federal contracts from Oct 18, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026, mostly from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences and research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology).
| Unique Entity ID (UEI) | Q7N8CH7NR418 |
|---|---|
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Parent company | Smithsonian Institution |
| Business types | Minority-owned, Nonprofit |
Agencies that paid Smithsonian Institution
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $62.3 million
What Smithsonian Institution sells to the government
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710): $59.8 million
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715): $1.8 million
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) (NAICS 541712): $749,460
Smithsonian Institution's largest contracts with recent activity
- $1.3 billion, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from Aug 31, 2003: Follow on contract to provide operations and science support to the cxo (MSFC0200308DNAS803060)
- $47.6 million, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from Dec 1, 2006: Solar b x ray telescope phase e (NNM07AB07C)
- $31.9 million, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from Mar 29, 2013: "" 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)… (NNL13AA09C)
- $4.0 million, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from Mar 26, 2024: 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… (80MSFC24CA004)
- $1.8 million, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from Mar 4, 2021: High resolution coronal imager (hi-c) flare rocket (80MSFC21C0003)
- $1.7 million, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from Oct 1, 2015: Marshall grazing incident x-ray spectrometer (magixs) (NNM15AA15C)
Amounts are each contract's total value; the contracts had spending in the last 12 months.
Open bids in Smithsonian Institution's trades
253 open federal notices today are in the trades Smithsonian Institution sells most. The newest:
Award figures: contract obligations reported to USAspending.gov, read Oct 18, 2026.
Questions about Smithsonian Institution
How much does Smithsonian Institution get in federal contracts?
$62.3 million in contract obligations from Oct 18, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026, the most from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($62.3 million).
What does Smithsonian Institution sell to the federal government?
research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) and research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except biotechnology).