Federal contractor · SANTA PAULA, CA

FRUIT GROWERS LABORATORY, INC

FRUIT GROWERS LABORATORY, INC received $116.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (+161% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $956.4K. Its largest customer was National Park Service ($103.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$116.9K
New awards
9
Sole-source
33%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 88.9KFY2017
  2. 86.8KFY2018
  3. 99.1KFY2019
  4. 80.3KFY2020
  5. 120.3KFY2021
  6. 30.7KFY2022
  7. 148.1KFY2023
  8. 140.6KFY2024
  9. 44.8KFY2025
  10. 116.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Park Service$103.3K88%
    1 awards
  2. Forest Service$38.7K33%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$2,6472.3%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force-$3,8000.0%
    1 awards
  5. Bureau of Reclamation-$24K0.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$128.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Tulare County, CA$99.3K85%
  2. Lassen County, CA$38.7K33%
  3. Glenn County, CA$6,6005.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition21%
    US 39% · $24.2K
  • Sole-source awards33%
    US 30% · $38.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$14.5K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Forest Service$38.7K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. WATER AND WASTEWATER TESTING FOR SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS$233.1K
    National Park Service· Tulare County, CA· Professional services· Mar 4, 2023 – Aug 26, 2026· 140P8623P0008
  2. POTABLE WATER SAMPLING$47.1K
    Department of the Air Force· Yuba County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 16, 2020 – Feb 24, 2026· FA468620P0032
  3. 06-CON-UAC FPO-26-0202 FRUIT GROWERS LABORATORY$38.7K
    Forest Service· Lassen County, CA· Professional services· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 127EAY26P0059
  4. LAKE KAWEAH WATER TESTING$33.5K
    Department of the Army· Tulare County, CA· Professional services· Dec 19, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· W9123824P0007
  5. BPA SETUP FOR INORGANIC PARAMETERS IN WATER - FRUIT GROWERS LAB$20.5K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Sacramento County, CA· Professional services· Mar 15, 2024 – Dec 5, 2025· 140R2024F0023
  6. BASE YEAR TESTING SERVICES$20.5K
    Department of the Army· Tulare County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 25, 2020 – Oct 15, 2025· W9123820P0038
  7. WATER QUALITY TEST SERVICES - BASE YEAR$19.1K
    Department of the Army· Glenn County, CA· Facilities & utilities· May 24, 2024 – Apr 13, 2026· W9123824P0028
  8. FY25 BPA SETUP FOR INORGANIC PARAMETERS IN WATER - FRUIT GROWERS LAB$15.1K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Sacramento County, CA· Professional services· Mar 13, 2025 – Aug 28, 2026· 140R2025F0014

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. OCEAN SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC$249.5K−34% in FY2026
    CHRISTIANSTED, VI · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. JCA-AET JV$274.7K−84% in FY2026
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesForest Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. E2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT LLC$184.7K
    ROCKAWAY, NJ · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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 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.