National Science Foundation obligations in Other Computer Related Services (NAICS 541519)

NSF × 541519 is a residual-computer join, not a research-cyberinfrastructure census

National Science Foundation as awarding agency 049, Other Computer Related Services as NAICS 541519: 225 records summing to $143,354,726.77. The pair is awarding-agency 049 crossed with NAICS 541519, not NSF research-grant science and not the residual professional-services (541990) cell. Treat the pair as a catalog intersection, not a ranking, and not a claim that 225 awards equal that many research grants, unique vendors, or named NSF platforms. A National Science Foundation award coded to a different NAICS is out. A 541519 award from a different awarding agency is out even if the work sounds related.

All-other professional services (541990) for NSF is a different join. Correlation between this obligation sum and mission outcomes is not causation. Those outcomes are not in the packet. Campaign contributions recorded on FEC.gov do not fund this USAspending cell. National Science Foundation is the agency parent. NAICS 541519 is the industry parent. All agencies lists awarding agencies. All spending ties indexes other pairs.

225 NSF rows in the 541519 computer-services NAICS

Mean obligation is about $637,132 if $143,354,726.77 were divided evenly across 225 lines. That ratio is a quotient of two packet facts, not a published typical award. Two hundred twenty-five awards against $143.4 million is a mid-thick residual-IT file beside a $41.75 billion NSF parent, not a row per research award. Award count is a row count, including possible orders and modifications. It is not a census of research grants, unique vendors, or named NSF platforms.

Two hundred twenty-five awards are a record count, not a vendor roster. This page will not invent recipient names. Named universities and IT vendors are unpublished. Two hundred twenty-five awards are not two hundred twenty-five NSF research grants. The $143,354,726.77 total remains an obligation rollup on tagged awards. NSF’s full awarding-agency book is $41,750,201,192.18; mixing that parent into $143,354,726.77 invents a roll-up the packet never computed.

NSF 541519 obligations are not research computing already delivered

An obligation is a recorded commitment. An outlay is a payment. The $143,354,726.77 headline is the obligation sum, not computer services already delivered. No fiscal year is attached in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Citing the figure as cash already sent under Other Computer Related Services confuses two USAspending concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Named universities and IT vendors are unpublished. Two hundred twenty-five awards are not two hundred twenty-five NSF research grants. Unique recipients are unpublished. Keep the obligation label on $143,354,726.77. FEC filings and USAspending awards are different datasets, even when the same vendor name appears in both systems.

What the NSF–541519 cell is not

The extract has no roster of research grants, unique vendors, or named NSF platforms. Facts remain $143,354,726.77, 225 awards, NAICS 541519, and National Science Foundation (agency 049). This page will not invent a contractor league table. Sibling National Science Foundation × NAICS joins are separate obligation totals, not a better or worse score. All-other professional services (541990) for NSF is a different join.

National Science Foundation places agency 049 among other awarding agencies. NAICS 541519 is the national industry hub. All agencies is the agency index. All spending ties indexes other awarding-agency × NAICS pairs. Mixing those shelves would invent a share of NSF’s full awarding-agency book the packet never computed. The $143,354,726.77 figure is the tagged pair only.

Citing NSF with other computer related services

A clean footnote names National Science Foundation (agency 049), Other Computer Related Services (NAICS 541519), $143,354,726.77 in obligations, and 225 awards on USAspending.gov. Keep the obligation word. Mean dollars per action remain about $637,132. Quote National Science Foundation if you need every industry under agency 049, and quote NAICS 541519 if you need the code without the NSF filter. Two hundred twenty-five awards totaling $143,354,726.77 remain a NAICS 541519 file, not a census of research grants, unique vendors, or named NSF platforms. Inspect named award lines on USAspending.gov rather than inferring inventories the packet omitted.

Questions

How much has National Science Foundation obligated in NAICS 541519?

USAspending.gov shows $143,354,726.77 in obligations for awarding agency 049 tagged to Other Computer Related Services (NAICS 541519), across 225 awards. The sum is a commitment total, not outlays and not NSF’s full awarding-agency book. Other NAICS codes are outside this join unless they also carry 541519.

Do 225 awards equal 225 NSF research-computing grants?

No. Award count is a row count of award actions and can include orders and modifications. It is not a census of research grants, unique vendors, or named NSF platforms. The packet does not name recipients. The implied mean near $637,132 is a ratio, not a typical unit. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Is this NSF’s full awarding-agency book?

No. The join is awarding agency 049 crossed with NAICS 541519. The agency parent in this packet is $41,750,201,192.18. Related industries on other NAICS numbers are not inside $143,354,726.77. All-other professional services (541990) for NSF is a different join.

Is the Other Computer Related Services total already paid by NSF?

Not on this metric. Obligations are recorded commitments. Outlays are payments from the Treasury. The $143,354,726.77 headline is the obligation rollup in SpendingVault's extract. Completed activity and remaining balances are not published in this packet. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.