Federal contractor · VERNON HILLS, IL
COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLC
COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLC received $189.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+269% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.3M. Its largest customer was Food and Drug Administration ($190.9K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $189.9K
- New awards
- 3
- Sole-source
- 1.2%
- Single offer
- 100%
- UEI
- ETKVKAJYK8V9
- Parent company
- GTCR LLC
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT CO LLC company family: 3 registered entities, $3M in FY2026 together. See the family
- COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT CO LLCOCALA, FL · Family page$2.9M
- SPEX SAMPLE PREP LLCMETUCHEN, NJ$0
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 152.9KFY2017
- 91.3KFY2018
- -640.3FY2019
- 84.6KFY2020
- 60.5KFY2021
- 5.1KFY2022
- 333KFY2023
- 348.9KFY2024
- 51.5KFY2025
- 189.9KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Food and Drug Administration$190.9K100%1 awards
- Department of State$2,3021.2%1 awards
- Defense Logistics Agency-$3,3480.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$187.6K99%
- Construction & real property$2,3021.2%
Where the work was performed
- Queens County, NY$190.9K100%
- Arlington County, VA$2,3021.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $193.2K
- Sole-source awards1.2%US 30% · $2,302
- Single-offer competitions100%US 8.7% · $190.9K
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of State$2,302Department of State · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Food and Drug Administration· Queens County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 75F40126P00396
- COLE-PARMER SUPPLIES$2,302Department of State· Arlington County, VA· Construction & real property· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 19AQMM26P1296
- Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 24, 2024 – Apr 2, 2026· SPE7M825P0384
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
1 company · $34.8K reported
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- LABWARE HOLDINGS, INC.$4.1M−12% in FY2026WILMINGTON, DE · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- TSI INCORPORATED$8.2M+54% in FY2026SHOREVIEW, MN · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFood and Drug Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- SKC-WEST, INC.$1.2M+4,022% in FY2026FULLERTON, CA · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
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 · FY2024–FY2026.
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.