Federal contractor · SOUTHFIELD, MI

DICTATION SALES & SERVICES, INC

DICTATION SALES & SERVICES, INC received $81K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+92% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $587.2K. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($51.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$81K
New awards
3
Sole-source
12%
Single offer
36%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18.3KFY2017
  2. 27.9KFY2018
  3. 45.1KFY2019
  4. 55KFY2020
  5. 81.4KFY2021
  6. 73.6KFY2022
  7. 92.9KFY2023
  8. 69.8KFY2024
  9. 42.1KFY2025
  10. 81KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$51.5K64%
    2 awards
  2. National Park Service$29.5K36%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$71K88%
  2. Equipment maintenance$9,98812%

Where the work was performed

  1. Oakland County, MI$41.5K51%
  2. Clark County, NV$29.5K36%
  3. Suffolk County, MA$9,98812%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $39.5K
  • Sole-source awards12%
    US 30% · $9,988
  • Single-offer competitions36%
    US 8.7% · $29.5K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. PROCUREMENT IS FOR THE UPGRADE AND ONGOING SERVICE SUPPORT OF LMICC'S EQUATURE AUDIO LOGGING RECORDER SYSTEM.$123K
    National Park Service· Clark County, NV· Other equipment & supplies· May 16, 2023 – May 15, 2026· 140P8123F0021
  2. POLICE TELEPHONE RECORDING SYSTEM SERVICES$82.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Equipment maintenance· May 22, 2023 – May 13, 2026· 36C24123P0741
  3. DIGITAL VOICE AND LOGGING SYSTEM$41.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Oakland County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 36C25226P0617

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

  1. PROCOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$244.2K
    JESSUP, MD · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingArmy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  2. AVI SYSTEMS INC$331.4K+1,046% in FY2026
    EDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 2 entities · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Communications equipment manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Audio and video equipment manufacturing
  3. BEAM IT SECURITY, INC.$189.5K−4.8% in FY2026
    WALNUT CREEK, CA · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Communications equipment manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Computer and peripheral equipment 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.