Federal contractor · PHOENIX, AZ
NANOSCIENCE INSTRUMENTS INC
NANOSCIENCE INSTRUMENTS INC received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (+28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.2M. Its largest customer was Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($485.4K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.2M
- New awards
- 12
- Sole-source
- 82%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- X72UQSNJS5F5
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 268.1KFY2017
- 1.2MFY2018
- 1.3MFY2019
- 683.7KFY2020
- 788.5KFY2021
- 1.3MFY2022
- 1.6MFY2023
- 1MFY2024
- 916KFY2025
- 1.2MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 3 awards
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection$255.4K22%2 awards
- 3 awards
- 1 awards
- Agricultural Research Service$53.1K4.5%2 awards
- Department of the Navy-$3,1950.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$623K53%
- Professional services$249.8K21%
- IT & telecom$172.2K15%
- Equipment maintenance$76.8K6.5%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$53.1K4.5%
Where the work was performed
- Maricopa County, AZ$722.6K61%
- Hamilton County, OH$235.6K20%
- Abroad$166.9K14%
- Peoria County, IL$53.1K4.5%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition82%US 39% · $958.2K
- Sole-source awards82%US 30% · $958.2K
- 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 Health and Human Services · 3 awards
- Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
Largest awards
- DESKTOP SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY DETECTOR EO 14398$249.8KCenters for Disease Control and Prevention· Maricopa County, AZ· Professional services· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 75D30126P21736
- SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE$236.6KU.S. Customs and Border Protection· Maricopa County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 70B06C26P00000292
- NANOSCIENCE PHENOM EO 14398$222.7KCenters for Disease Control and Prevention· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 75D30126P21415
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 80NSSC26P1354
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680543
- Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 13, 2022 – Dec 10, 2025· N0016722P0111
- TENSIOMETER$53.1KAgricultural Research Service· Peoria County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 10, 2026 – Feb 10, 2026· 1232SA26P0043
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Maricopa County, AZ· Equipment maintenance· Nov 19, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 80NSSC25PA200
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: $186.6K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$186.6K100%GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $183.4K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $185.9K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $522K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $49.3K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $186.6K 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
5 companies · $1.1M reported
- UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$324.7KDAYTON, OH · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 2 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
- FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$241.9KGREENVILLE, SC · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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 19 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- THORLABS, INC$3.2M−42% in FY2026NEWTON, NJ · 2 entities · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+4 more
- ANTON PAAR USA, INC$3.4M−41% in FY2026ASHLAND, VA · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+5 more
- MEASUREMENTS INTERNATIONAL INC$1.5M−16% in FY2026LAKE MARY, FL · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+2 more
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 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.