Public Contract Records · National Park Service · FY2026

National Park Service
Spent $276M in DC
This Fiscal Year

USAspending.gov shows NPS awarded 140 contracts in Washington D.C. in FY2026 — fountains, fireworks, and renovations — as the administration redirected park money to the capital. Internal budget documents obtained by The Atlantic show DC spending up 92% while other parks fell 68%.

The Claim

Trump said he'd pay for it himself.

"Paid for by me." — President Trump, when asked about the White House walkway replacement, March 2026
The Reality

Budget documents obtained by The Atlantic reveal taxpayers paid $689,232 for the walkway alone — part of a $1.3 million project covering stone and masonry repairs and new door hardware. A year earlier, taxpayers spent $347,503 to remove stucco from the colonnade wall, clearing the way for Trump to affix gold frames and plaques mocking his predecessors. Public contracting records corroborate both the scale and character of the spending.

NPS contracts awarded in Washington D.C. by month, FY2026. Source: USAspending.gov public API, June 2026.

October – November 2025

FY2026 started quietly in D.C.

$222K

The fiscal year opened with just $222,384 in new NPS contracts for Washington D.C. — routine fountain component replacements on the National Mall.

December 2025

Then $59 million hit in one month.

$59.2M

A single contractor, Terra Site Constructors LLC, received seven fountain rehabilitation contracts totaling $55.2M between December 5 and 11. Three contracts were awarded on the same day. Each received exactly one bid.

March – April 2026

A second wave followed in spring.

$37M

March brought $16.7M — Logan Circle rehabilitation, turf maintenance, sinkhole repairs. April added $20.3M including a $14.2M no-bid emergency contract to restore the Lincoln Reflecting Pool.

Contract-by-Contract · FY2026

Eight months of spending, in order.

Hover any line for vendor and procurement details.

Oct–Nov
2025
$1.2M Maintenance and small contracts Various vendorsRoutine custodial, security, and maintenance. Quiet start to the fiscal year.
Dec
2025
$11.8M Columbus Circle Fountain — Dec 5 Terra Site Constructors LLCCompeted, 1 offer received. Project NAMA 350892.
$7.5M John Marshall Park + Korean War Veterans Fountains — Dec 10 Terra Site Constructors LLCTwo contracts, 1 offer each. Project NAMA 350892.
$39.5M Five more fountain and beautification contracts — Dec 11 Terra Site Constructors LLCMeridian Hill, Rawlins, Freedom Plaza, WWII Memorial, Gen. Sheridan. 1 offer each. $58.8M total in 7 days.
Jan–Feb
2026
$2.9M Small contracts and sinkhole repair G.M. Hill Engineering + others$2.5M sinkhole repair at the Mall (2 bids). Remainder small maintenance.
Mar
2026
$4.4M Operations, maintenance & repairs Decca Environmental Solutions8(a) sole source — not competed. Statutory exception.
$3.6M Logan Circle rehabilitation Amvet Ritz JV LLC8(a) sole source — not competed. Statutory exception.
$4.3M Turf maintenance, Mall and Monumental Core Custom Lawn Service, Inc.Three contracts, all sole source — "only one source" justification (FAR 6.302-1).
Apr
2026
$14.2M Reflecting Pool restoration — no bid Atlantic Industrial Coatings LLCNOT COMPETED — urgency exception (FAR 6.302-2). Awarded Apr 3.
$6.1M Reflecting Pool paint + nano-bubble treatment Atlantic Industrial Coatings + Green Water SolutionsSecond urgency contract ($1.7M, Apr 13) plus additional Atlantic work. Both no-bid.
May–Jun
2026
$591K Flagpole replacements at Fort Washington & Mall Terra Site Constructors LLCExplicitly tied to Executive Order 14398 (beautification). May 22.
$3.5M Energy contract modification Siemens Government TechnologiesModification to existing contract, citing EO 14398.
The Other Side

What parks gave up

While DC received a record surge of contract spending, internal NPS records obtained by The Atlantic document more than 900 projects expected to receive funding in FY2026 that didn't. Three that had dollar estimates:

About This Data

Methodology

What this site measures: Contracts awarded by the National Park Service with a Washington D.C. place of performance, pulled from the public USAspending.gov API. This is not the same as total NPS project spending in D.C. — which also includes grants, intra-agency transfers, and revolving fund expenditures not captured in public contract records.

Contract data: Retrieved from api.usaspending.gov using the /api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ endpoint. Filters: awarding sub-tier agency = "National Park Service"; award types A, B, C, D (contracts); place of performance = Washington, D.C.; FY2026 (Oct 1 2025 – Jun 2026). Data retrieved June 2026.

Competition data: Sourced from the USAspending bulk award archive (HuggingFace mirror), queried via DuckDB. Fields: extent_competed, other_than_full_and_open_competition, number_of_offers_received.

Background reporting: The 92%/68% spending shift and the 900+ unfunded projects come from Michael Scherer's June 2026 investigation in The Atlantic, based on internal NPS budget documents not available in public contract records.

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