Federal contractor · BOULDER, CO

KAPTEYN-MURNANE LABORATORIES, INC

KAPTEYN-MURNANE LABORATORIES, INC received $426.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−34% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $7.8M. Its largest customer was Washington Headquarters Services ($250K).

Obligations · FY2026
$426.9K
New awards
4
Sole-source
41%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
TJNCNAL37AA5
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 723KFY2017
  2. 1MFY2018
  3. 2.8MFY2019
  4. 738.9KFY2020
  5. 0FY2021
  6. 0FY2022
  7. 1.2MFY2023
  8. 286.9KFY2024
  9. 642.9KFY2025
  10. 426.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Washington Headquarters Services$250K59%
    1 awards
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$176.9K41%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$250K59%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$90.9K21%
  3. Construction & real property$86K20%

Where the work was performed

  1. Boulder County, CO$340.9K80%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$86K20%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition41%
    US 39% · $176.9K
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $176.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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 Institute of Standards and Technology$176.9K
    Department of Commerce · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. OU03-25-NEW-189CHIPS R&D 10 VUV LIGHT SOURCE$596.8K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Boulder County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 28, 2025 – Jul 24, 2026· 1333ND25PNB030320
  2. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ON TUNABLE VACUUM-ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) LASER SOURCE, TOPIC NO. OSD25D-001$250K
    Washington Headquarters Services· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· HQ003426PE014
  3. OU03-FY26-064-NEW - INFRARED REJECTOR MIRROR PAIR WITH ION PLASMA CLEANER AND FILTER WHEEL$90.9K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Boulder County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030107
  4. OU03-FY26-170-NEW CHIPS MAINTENANCE FOR KMLABS EUV HHG LASER SYSTEM$86K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030653

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

KAPTEYN-MURNANE LABORATORIES, INC received -$10.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions (0 new awards), −106% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (-$10.1K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$10.1K
New awards
0
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$4.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.4MFY2021
  2. 200KFY2022
  3. 200KFY2023
  4. 1.1MFY2024
  5. 169.7KFY2025
  6. -10.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants-$10.1K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-$10.1K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. NOVEL HIGH PEAK- AND AVERAGE-POWER ULTRAFAST LASERS USING PARAMETRIC BEAM COMBINATION OF FIBER LASERS$2.4M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 16, 2021 – Jul 23, 2026· DESC0020752
  2. TECHNOLOGY FOR ULTRAFAST LASERS AT 2-ΜM WAVELENGTH$189.9K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 18, 2023 – Feb 10, 2026· DESC0023734
  3. NEW MATERIALS FOR ULTRAFAST LASER TECHNOLOGY AT 2 ΜM WAVELENGTH$169.7K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Aug 19, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· DESC0025961

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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-grants: $1.2M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1.2M100%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.2M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

1 company · $2.4M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$2.4M
    BOULDER, CO · 3 subawards

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. APPLIED PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.$1.3M−42% in FY2026
    FREMONT, CA · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. HUBNER PHOTONICS INC.$995.8K+405% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
  3. MCALLISTER TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$749.6K+1,333% in FY2026
    HAYDEN, ID · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · 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 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.