Federal contractor · FREMONT, CA

CYTEK BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CYTEK BIOSCIENCES, INC. received $2.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (+79% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $18.9M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.5M
New awards
35
Sole-source
65%
Single offer
12%
UEI
TD2JM5U24NF8
Parent company
CYTEK BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 113.3KFY2017
  2. 399.7KFY2018
  3. 1.3MFY2019
  4. 869.7KFY2020
  5. 4.8MFY2021
  6. 2.6MFY2022
  7. 3.1MFY2023
  8. 1.9MFY2024
  9. 1.4MFY2025
  10. 2.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$1.6M64%
    23 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$709K29%
    6 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$64.7K2.6%
    2 awards
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology$32.9K1.3%
    1 awards
  5. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences$31.4K1.3%
    1 awards
  6. Agricultural Research Service$27.8K1.1%
    1 awards
  7. Department of the Navy$5,3770.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.3M53%
  2. Equipment maintenance$1.2M47%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alameda County, CA$1.5M59%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$751.2K31%
  3. Rutherford County, TN$54.6K2.2%
  4. Baltimore County, MD$38.8K1.6%
  5. Santa Clara County, CA$35.5K1.4%
  6. Adams County, CO$35.4K1.4%
  7. Baltimore city, MD$31.4K1.3%
  8. Story County, IA$27.8K1.1%
  9. Harris County, TX$20.2K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition77%
    US 39% · $1.9M
  • Sole-source awards65%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $287.7K
  • 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. National Institutes of Health$825.8K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 11 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$709K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 3 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$5,377
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BASE PERIOD - MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR SIX (6) CYTEK AURORA DEVICES TO MAINTAIN OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE NCI/CCR. FOUR (4) CYTEK AURORA 5 LASER W/ LOADER ; ONE (1) CYTEK AURORA 4 LASER W/ LOADER; AND ONE (1) CYTEK AURORA CELL SORTER$676.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Mar 31, 2023 – Mar 19, 2026· 75N91023P00315
  2. AURORA EVO 67 CHANNEL SYSTEM EQUIPMENT WITH SERVICES$531.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 36C24126P0510
  3. NIAID 67 CHANNEL FLOW CYTOMETER SYSTEM (AMBIS #2290871)$498.3K
    National Institutes of Health· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 22, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 75N98026P01091
  4. CYTEK AURORA 5 LASER FLOW CYTOMETER$461.6K
    National Institutes of Health· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2021 – Dec 11, 2025· 75N93021P01510
  5. NINDS: SUPPLY: AURORA EVO FLOW CYTOMETER: N/A$200.2K
    National Institutes of Health· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 75N98026P01114
  6. IMAGESTREAM X MKII MAINTENANCE SERVICE PLAN$141.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Adams County, CO· Equipment maintenance· Jun 28, 2023 – Jun 16, 2026· 36C25923P1005
  7. BASE PERIOD - MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR ONE (1) GOVERNMENT-OWNED CYTEK AMNIS IMAGESTREAM(ISX) MARKII(MKII) IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETRY CELL ANALYZER (TO INCLUDE: FOUR LASERS, TWO CAMERAS, AUTOSAMPLER, AND COMPUTER WORKSTATION) IN SUPPORT OF THE NIH/NCI/CCR$126K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Mar 28, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 75N91024P00269
  8. IMAGESTREAM MKII MAINTENANCE CONTRACT COVERAGE.$114.9K
    National Institutes of Health· Alameda County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Feb 28, 2024 – Aug 3, 2026· 75N92024P00102

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

  • Sub-contracts: $292.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$292.5K100%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $154.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $197.8K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $292.5K received

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

4 companies · $644.8K reported

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$292.5K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward · Facilities support services
  2. KBR SERVICES, LLC$154.5K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$103.7K
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 17 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SONY BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.$3.9M+106% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 2 entities · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance+1 more
  2. ENV SERVICES INC$5.6M+28% in FY2026
    HATFIELD, PA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFood and Drug Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  3. SPT LABTECH LIMITED$3M−62% in FY2026
    MELBOURN, GBR · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+1 more

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.