Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA
LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INC
LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INC received $329.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+33% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $1.1M. Its largest customer was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($329.6K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $329.6K
- New awards
- 5
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- MS6AHD4EF8D7
- Parent company
- LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INC
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 10.1KFY2019
- 87.3KFY2020
- 232.8KFY2022
- 107.9KFY2023
- 99.9KFY2024
- 247.5KFY2025
- 329.6KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 5 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$329.6K100%
Where the work was performed
- Abroad$329.6K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $329.6K
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $329.6K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.8% · $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
- Department of Commerce · 5 awards
Largest awards
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680442
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680265
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680444
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680190
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· 1333ND26PNB770304
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
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $36K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $170K 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
2 companies · $206K reported
- CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward · Facilities support 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- RGS SCIENTIFIC CORP$674.6K+2,389% in FY2026DALLAS, TX · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- ICEOXFORD LIMITED$626KWITNEY, GBR · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- DIRECT ELECTRON, L.P.$653.5K−100% in FY2026SAN DIEGO, CA · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.