Federal contractor · LAFAYETTE, IN

LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLC

LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLC received $598.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−25% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $8.4M. Its largest customer was U.S. Secret Service ($476.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$598.7K
New awards
4
Sole-source
80%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $598.7K in FY2026 together.

  1. LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLCLAFAYETTE, IN · Family page
    $598.7K
  2. MINDWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.GAHANNA, OH
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 474.4KFY2017
  2. 925KFY2018
  3. 925.9KFY2019
  4. 1.2MFY2020
  5. 1.1MFY2021
  6. 671KFY2022
  7. 385.1KFY2023
  8. 1.3MFY2024
  9. 800KFY2025
  10. 598.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Secret Service$476.1K80%
    3 awards
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$122.5K20%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$476.1K80%
  2. IT & telecom$122.5K20%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$476.1K80%
  2. Tippecanoe County, IN$122.5K20%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition80%
    US 39% · $476.1K
  • Sole-source awards80%
    US 30% · $476.1K
  • 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. U.S. Secret Service$476.1K
    Department of Homeland Security · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. THIS FIRM FIXED PRICED PURCHASE ORDER IS TO PROCURE 20 LAFAYETTE LX6 INSTRUMENTS FROM THE LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THE USSS FORENSICS SERVICES DIVISION.$250.5K
    U.S. Secret Service· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026· 70US0926P70092728
  2. THIS FIRM FIXED PRICED PURCHASE ORDER IS TO PROCURE LAFAYETTE LX6 INSTRUMENTS FROM THE LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THE USSS FORENSICS SERVICES DIVISION.$189.6K
    U.S. Secret Service· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· May 26, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 70US0926P70092797
  3. POLYGRAPH EQUIPMENT$122.5K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Tippecanoe County, IN· IT & telecom· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 15F06726P0000395
  4. THIS FIRM FIXED PRICED PURCHASE ORDER IS TO PROCURE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION EQUIPMENT FROM THE LAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THE USSS FORENSICS SERVICES DIVISION.$36.1K
    U.S. Secret Service· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 70US0926P70092952

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: $62.6K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. PAE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$62.6K100%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $213.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $62.6K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

2 companies · $275.7K reported

  1. M. C. DEAN, INC.$213.2K
    TYSONS, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$62.6K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. OPTIKOS, LLC$869.5K−100% in FY2026
    WAKEFIELD, MA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. FOERSTER INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED$872.7K−100% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. NANOSCRIBE GMBH & CO.KG$907.8K−100% in FY2026
    EGGENSTEIN-LEOPOLDSHAFEN, DEU · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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 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.