Federal contractor · LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD
GERSTEL INC
GERSTEL INC received $516.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (+42% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $6.8M. Its largest customer was Agricultural Research Service ($164.5K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $516.4K
- New awards
- 13
- Sole-source
- 48%
- Single offer
- 44%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 604.6KFY2017
- 863.1KFY2018
- 504.9KFY2019
- 1.2MFY2020
- 912KFY2021
- 293.6KFY2022
- 775.2KFY2023
- 747.9KFY2024
- 363.5KFY2025
- 516.4KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Agricultural Research Service$164.5K32%3 awards
- 1 awards
- Food and Drug Administration$86.6K17%2 awards
- 2 awards
- Department of the Army$38.5K7.4%1 awards
- 3 awards
- Environmental Protection Agency$15.9K3.1%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$320.8K62%
- Equipment maintenance$177.3K34%
- Professional services$18.3K3.5%
Where the work was performed
- Anne Arundel County, MD$126.1K24%
- Alameda County, CA$121.7K24%
- Fulton County, GA$69.4K13%
- Montgomery County, MD$54.5K11%
- DeKalb County, GA$47.6K9.2%
- Orleans Parish, LA$42.9K8.3%
- Harford County, MD$38.5K7.4%
- Durham County, NC$15.9K3.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition92%US 39% · $473.5K
- Sole-source awards48%US 30% · $246.6K
- Single-offer competitions44%US 8.8% · $227K
- 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
- Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
- Department of Commerce · 1 awards
- Environmental Protection Agency · 1 awards
Largest awards
- GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/ SINGLE-QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER SYSTEM WITH ROBOTIC AUTOSAMPLER PLATFORM$259KNational Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 20, 2021 – Aug 17, 2026· 1333ND21PNB640639
- Agricultural Research Service· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 12, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· 1232SA25P0373
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2020 – Sep 10, 2026· 1333ND20PNB640875
- GERSTEL MAINTENANCE$134.1KCenters for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 2, 2022 – Aug 6, 2026· 75D30122P13273
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 22, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 12639526P0198
- Agricultural Research Service· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 1232SA26P0802
- Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Dec 12, 2024 – Jun 10, 2026· W91ZLK25P0003
- Food and Drug Administration· Fulton County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 75F40126P00148
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: $348.6K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- RICHLAND, WA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $59.3K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $106.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $139.2K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $177.5K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $348.6K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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
3 companies · $831.2K reported
- RICHLAND, WA · 5 subawards · Remediation and other waste management services
- LEIDOS, INC.$106.5KRESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 13 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- TRAJAN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAS INC$679.1K−42% in FY2026PFLUGERVILLE, TX · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
- AXION BIOSYSTEMS, INC.$903K+3.6% in FY2026ATLANTA, GA · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingEnvironmental Protection Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFood and Drug Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
- CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS INC.$850.5K+612% in FY2026PEMBINA, ND · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFood and Drug Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
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 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.