Federal contractor · LINCOLN, NE
LI-COR, INC.
LI-COR, INC. received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 22 awards (−21% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $24.4M. Its largest customer was Agricultural Research Service ($642.4K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.2M
- New awards
- 22
- Sole-source
- 1.4%
- Single offer
- 81%
- UEI
- GTDVYFYXCFF7
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.6MFY2017
- 1.5MFY2018
- 2.4MFY2019
- 1.9MFY2020
- 2.6MFY2021
- 2.3MFY2022
- 2.6MFY2023
- 5.9MFY2024
- 1.5MFY2025
- 1.2MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Agricultural Research Service$642.4K56%10 awards
- 2 awards
- Rural Housing Service$109.8K9.5%3 awards
- Food Safety and Inspection Service$104.9K9.1%1 awards
- Forest Service$70K6.1%1 awards
- Environmental Protection Agency$45K3.9%1 awards
- 2 awards
- 2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$1.1M97%
- Equipment maintenance$32.3K2.8%
Where the work was performed
- Lancaster County, NE$674.1K59%
- Lafayette County, MS$149K13%
- Durham County, NC$70K6.1%
- Alameda County, CA$63.2K5.5%
- Washington County, MS$63.2K5.5%
- Fresno County, CA$59.2K5.1%
- Morton County, ND$56.5K4.9%
- Oktibbeha County, MS$16K1.4%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition82%US 39% · $944.6K
- Sole-source awards1.4%US 30% · $16K
- Single-offer competitions81%US 8.8% · $928.6K
- 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 Health and Human Services · 1 awards
Largest awards
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Lancaster County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 1333MJ26F0034
- Agricultural Research Service· Lancaster County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 16, 2026 – Mar 16, 2026· 1232SA26F0125
- Agricultural Research Service· Lafayette County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· 1232SA26F0078
- Agricultural Research Service· Lancaster County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 1232SA26F0535
- Food Safety and Inspection Service· Lancaster County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 123A9426F0106
- Agricultural Research Service· Tippecanoe County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 1232SA25P0463
- Food and Drug Administration· Lancaster County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 31, 2022 – May 28, 2026· 75F40122P00411
- Forest Service· Durham County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 12445026P0002
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.
LI-COR, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
Assistance by fiscal year
- 0FY2021
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021.
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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $153K paid out · $0 received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.4M 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
2 companies · $153K reported
- ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
- PLANO, TX · 1 subaward
Primes that pay it
2 companies · $2.4M reported
- GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS INC$2.4MTORRANCE, CA · 1 subaward
- RENO, NV · 1 subaward
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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 17 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- CEREX MONITORING SOLUTIONS LLC$4.4M−100% in FY2026ATLANTA, GA · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingEnvironmental Protection Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$6.2M−15% in FY2026MENLO PARK, CA · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- LECO CORP$5.1M−3.7% in FY2026SAINT JOSEPH, MI · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingEnvironmental Protection Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFood Safety and Inspection Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+5 more
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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.