Smithsonian Office of the Chief Financial Officer

The Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Financial Officer is a civilian sub-agency within the Smithsonian Institution that procures goods and services to support the Institution's operational and administrative functions across its museums, research centers, and educational programs. The Office executes contracts for utilities, facilities maintenance, construction, and related support services at Smithsonian locations, predominantly in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and other domestic sites where the Institution maintains operations.

The Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Financial Officer has awarded 276 federal contracts cumulatively, totaling $263 million in combined potential value with $259.2 million obligated. Recent contract activity has declined substantially: the agency issued 57 awards in 2021, 54 in 2022, 44 in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 6 year-to-date in 2025. The most recent recorded award date is September 11, 2025.

Competitive concentration among prime contractors is moderately concentrated over the last five years. The top five primes by award count hold 17% of recent awards, led by Consolidated Edison Company Of New York, Inc. with 8 awards ($4.3 million combined potential value) and U.s. Art Co., Inc. with 7 awards ($270 thousand combined potential value). By combined potential value, the top five hold 41% of recent contract dollars, dominated by Potomac Electric Power Co ($53.3 million across 4 awards) and TC Pennsy Drive LLC ($31.5 million across 4 awards), reflecting the agency's reliance on utilities and facilities-related contractors. The remaining 123 distinct primes awarded over the contract portfolio history represent a long tail of vendors.

The contract portfolio is almost entirely unrestricted from set-aside designation: 273 awards (99%) carry no set-aside, with only one HUBZone sole-source award and one partial small-business award on record. This set-aside mix reflects the nature of the work — utilities and large facilities contractors typically do not compete under small-business set-asides.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Financial Officer or its descendant offices. The significant decline in award volume from 57 contracts in 2021 to 6 year-to-date in 2025 suggests either a shift in the agency's contracting strategy, consolidation of work under existing vehicles, or reduced procurement activity at the Institution.