Federal contractor · STERLING, VA

COLLABORATIVE TESTING SERVICES, INC

COLLABORATIVE TESTING SERVICES, INC received $73.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−49% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($39.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$73.9K
New awards
10
Sole-source
81%
Single offer
7.7%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 136.2KFY2017
  2. 116KFY2018
  3. 127.7KFY2019
  4. 142.2KFY2020
  5. 160.5KFY2021
  6. 123KFY2022
  7. 120.1KFY2023
  8. 110.9KFY2024
  9. 143.6KFY2025
  10. 73.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$39.6K54%
    6 awards
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$17.4K24%
    1 awards
  3. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$12.8K17%
    1 awards
  4. Bureau of Engraving and Printing$3,6605.0%
    1 awards
  5. Drug Enforcement Administration$4500.6%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$60.7K82%
  2. Health & medical$12.8K17%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$4500.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Loudoun County, VA$55K74%
  2. Kitsap County, WA$8,75612%
  3. Abroad$5,6607.7%
  4. Portsmouth city, VA$4,4886.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition88%
    US 39% · $65.2K
  • Sole-source awards81%
    US 30% · $59.5K
  • Single-offer competitions7.7%
    US 8.8% · $5,660
  • 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

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation$17.4K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Bureau of Engraving and Printing$3,660
    Department of the Treasury · 1 awards
  3. Drug Enforcement Administration$450
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PURCHASE PROFICIENCY TESTING FOR ALL ATF FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES FOR FY22-26$79.2K
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Loudoun County, VA· Health & medical· Oct 14, 2021 – Dec 23, 2025· 15A00022PAQA00001
  2. METAL/RUBBER PROFICIENCY TESTING SERVICES$31.7K
    Department of the Navy· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Nov 7, 2023 – Dec 22, 2025· N3904024P0004
  3. PROFICIENCY TESTING SAMPLES$17.7K
    Department of the Navy· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Nov 28, 2023 – Dec 1, 2025· N3225324P0011
  4. ITSW - ANSI NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD (ANAB) PROFICIENCY TESTS$17.4K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 15F06726P0000728
  5. CTS PROFICIENCY TEST$16.5K
    Department of the Navy· Professional services· Nov 22, 2023 – Nov 26, 2025· N0040624P0069
  6. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORY TEST$14.4K
    Department of the Navy· Portsmouth city, VA· Professional services· Nov 24, 2023 – Dec 3, 2025· N4215824PN006
  7. RUBBER PROFICIENCY TEST$10.9K
    Department of the Navy· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Nov 29, 2023 – Dec 23, 2025· N0016424PG003
  8. YEAR 4 LAB PROFICIENCY SUBSCRIPTION. BASE 23D5700$8,756
    Department of the Navy· Kitsap County, WA· Professional services· Nov 7, 2025 – Feb 12, 2026· N4523A26F1302

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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MECHANICAL ENTERPRISES INC$688.2K−103% in FY2026
    HONOLULU, HI · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC$355.1K−93% in FY2026
    WEST JORDAN, UT · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION$544.6K−57% in FY2026
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesDefense Health Agency · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.