Federal contractor · BETHESDA, MD

DATAWATCH SYSTEMS, INC.

DATAWATCH SYSTEMS, INC. received $473.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 23 awards (+11% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.7M. Its largest customer was Departmental Offices ($103.4K).

Obligations · FY2026
$473.2K
New awards
23
Sole-source
16%
Single offer
85%
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. 417.2KFY2017
  2. 527.4KFY2018
  3. 530.9KFY2019
  4. 372KFY2020
  5. 490.5KFY2021
  6. 430.9KFY2022
  7. 453.9KFY2023
  8. 537.7KFY2024
  9. 426.8KFY2025
  10. 473.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Departmental Offices$103.4K22%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$91.7K19%
    1 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$77.4K16%
    8 awards
  4. Consumer Product Safety Commission$68.4K14%
    1 awards
  5. Merit Systems Protection Board$52.1K11%
    3 awards
  6. Federal Maritime Commission$42.3K8.9%
    2 awards
  7. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$11.6K2.4%
    2 awards
  8. Millennium Challenge Corporation$10.2K2.2%
    2 awards
  9. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$8,6301.8%
    1 awards
  10. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$3,8080.8%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$236.7K50%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$110.1K23%
  3. Professional services$74.3K16%
  4. Facilities & utilities$52.1K11%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$303.6K64%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$165.8K35%
  3. Fairfax County, VA$3,8080.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $475.9K
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $73.6K
  • Single-offer competitions85%
    US 8.8% · $402.3K
  • 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. Merit Systems Protection Board$51.1K
    Merit Systems Protection Board · 1 awards
  2. Millennium Challenge Corporation$10.2K
    Millennium Challenge Corporation · 1 awards
  3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$8,630
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DATA WATCH MONITORING FOR HQ (4330 EAST WEST HIGHWAY (FLOORS 4,5,6,7,8) AND 4340 (FLOORS 5,7,8)). DATA WATCH MONITORING FOR 5 RESEARCH PLACE.$309.6K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 14, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· 61320622F0064
  2. DATAWATCH CARD READER AND IP CAMERA MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE$216.8K
    Federal Maritime Commission· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 13, 2021 – May 1, 2026· 65310221F00002
  3. SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NCATS ACCESS CONTROLLED DOORS AT 9800 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850 - PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5/20/2021 TO 5/19/2022$104.4K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· May 19, 2021 – Sep 11, 2026· 75N95021F00057
  4. DATAWATCH SYSTEMS, INC. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CARD READERS AND PIV BADGE CERTIFICATION SERVICES NOTE: TECHNICAL ISSUES DELAYED AWARD IN PRISM. TO AVOID LAPSE, NOTICE TO PROCEED ISSUED ON 6/29/26.$103.4K
    Departmental Offices· District of Columbia, DC· Equipment maintenance· Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 2032H326F00059
  5. SECURITY SYSTEM SERVICES FOR UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION USITC$91.7K
    Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· Equipment maintenance· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· 47QACA26F0145
  6. DATAWATCH SYSTEM MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE.$79.2K
    Merit Systems Protection Board· District of Columbia, DC· Facilities & utilities· Sep 23, 2022 – Nov 10, 2025· 41311422F0065MSP
  7. ANNUAL MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE FOR ACCESS CONTROL MONITORING SYSTEM$76K
    Merit Systems Protection Board· District of Columbia, DC· Facilities & utilities· Sep 18, 2019 – Jan 28, 2026· 41311419F0078MSP
  8. NCATS: SERVICE: DATAWATCH SECURE CONTROL ACCESS AND MONITORING CONTRACT: NON-SEVERABLE$58K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· 75N98026F00130

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

  1. COMPLETE GENOMICS LLC$222K−100% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. THOMAS RECORDING GMBH$225.8K−100% in FY2026
    GIESSEN, DEU · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. NICOYA LIFESCIENCES INC$242.5K−100% in FY2026
    KITCHENER, CAN · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.