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ORD SIMPLIFIED ACQ BRANCH (SAB)

ORD SIMPLIFIED ACQ BRANCH (SAB) obligated $4.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 244 contract actions (−49% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC ($799.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.7M
Actions
244
New awards: 101
Sole-source
44%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.1MFY2017
  2. 3.5MFY2018
  3. 4.3MFY2019
  4. 14.8MFY2020
  5. 12.3MFY2021
  6. 12.6MFY2022
  7. 14.2MFY2023
  8. 15.9MFY2024
  9. 9.2MFY2025
  10. 4.7MFY2026
  11. -10KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC$799.5K17%
  2. GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$537.5K11%
  3. WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$486.1K10%
  4. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$208.2K4.4%
  5. FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$161.8K3.4%
  6. VEOLIA ES TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLC$135.2K2.8%
  7. JEOL USA, INC.$125.1K2.6%
  8. FIERCE SOFTWARE CORP$123K2.6%
  9. CLARIVATE ANALYTICS (US) LLC$106.2K2.2%
  10. ADVANCED CHEMISTRY DEVELOPMENT INC$102K2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$2.1M44%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1.9M39%
  3. IT & telecom$490.8K10%
  4. Facilities & utilities$212.6K4.5%
  5. Professional services$53.4K1.1%
  6. Transportation & logistics$33.5K0.7%
  7. Education & social services$2,5740.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$673.4K14%
  2. North Carolina$642.8K14%
  3. Florida$567.4K12%
  4. Ohio$535.6K11%
  5. California$404K8.5%
  6. Massachusetts$255.9K5.4%
  7. Michigan$243.9K5.1%
  8. Pennsylvania$216.9K4.6%
  9. Georgia$198.1K4.2%
  10. Oklahoma$196.5K4.1%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition61%
    US 39% · $2.9M
  • Sole-source awards44%
    US 30% · $2.1M
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.7% · $844.6K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush6.2%
    US 6.0% · $293.5K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.8%
    US 5.0% · $37.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. REVVITY BRONZE/GOLD SERVICE PLAN-OPERA PHENIX$227.3K
    REVVITY HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.· Durham County, NC· Equipment maintenance· Nov 9, 2023 – Feb 4, 2026· 68HE0B24P0105
  2. SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR WATERS MASS SPECTROMETER (UPLC-MS/MS)FLEXCHOICE SYSTEM$216K
    WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION· Hamilton County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Aug 27, 2021 – Jan 22, 2026· 68HE0B21F0132
  3. HUMAN THYROID EPITHELIAL CELLS DONOR PREPARATION AND DELIVERY (BASE YEAR + 4 OPTION YEARS)$216K
    LIFENET HEALTH· Virginia Beach city, VA· Health & medical· Nov 17, 2020 – Oct 31, 2025· 68HE0B21P0099
  4. PT PROTECTIVE AGREEMENT: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SERVICE FOR BECKMAN COULTER ECHO 555 ACOUSTIC LIQUID HANDLER (S/N E5XX-18073) BASE PLUS THREE (3) OPTION YEARS$209.5K
    BECKMAN COULTER, INC.· Durham County, NC· Equipment maintenance· Sep 8, 2023 – May 11, 2026· 68HE0B23P0591
  5. VANQUISH HORIZON ULTRA HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH (UHPLC)- ORBITRAP ID-X LCMS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE$198.2K
    THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC· Palm Beach County, FL· Equipment maintenance· Aug 22, 2024 – Aug 6, 2026· 68HE0B24P0710
  6. PREVENTATIVE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT-THERMO Q-EXACTIVE MASS SPECTROMETER$196.2K
    THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC· Clarke County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 30, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· 68HE0B23P0338
  7. SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR A LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS (INCLUDES 3 OPTION YEARS)$185.8K
    ANALYTIK JENA US LLC· San Bernardino County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Dec 4, 2023 – Sep 8, 2026· 68HE0B24P0073
  8. ULTRA-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETER MAINTENANCE$176.9K
    WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION· Durham County, NC· Equipment maintenance· Nov 16, 2023 – Jul 10, 2026· 68HE0B24F0021

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.