Federal contractor · MELVILLE, NY

NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC

NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC received $12.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 56 awards (+165% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $88.9M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($7.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.4M
New awards
56
Sole-source
32%
Single offer
51%
UEI
SP3XF3BGBSB3
Parent company
NIKON CORPORATION
Other than small businessForeign-owned
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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.

5 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $13.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. NIKON INSTRUMENTS INCMELVILLE, NY · Family page
    $12.4M
  2. NIKON METROLOGY, LLCBRIGHTON, MI
    $537.2K
  3. NIKON INCMELVILLE, NY
    $245.4K
  4. LK METROLOGY INCORPORATEDNEW HUDSON, MI
    $205.4K
  5. NIKON SLM SOLUTIONS NA, INC.WIXOM, MI
    $42K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.7MFY2017
  2. 8.5MFY2018
  3. 11.3MFY2019
  4. 12.2MFY2020
  5. 8.3MFY2021
  6. 9.2MFY2022
  7. 10.4MFY2023
  8. 3.2MFY2024
  9. 4.7MFY2025
  10. 12.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$7.8M63%
    34 awards
  2. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$2.4M19%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$749.9K6.1%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$599.7K4.8%
    1 awards
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$490.4K4.0%
    10 awards
  6. Food and Drug Administration$180.5K1.5%
    3 awards
  7. Agricultural Research Service$146.2K1.2%
    4 awards
  8. U.S. Geological Survey$29.2K0.2%
    1 awards
  9. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2,7800.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$11.6M94%
  2. Equipment maintenance$507.3K4.1%
  3. IT & telecom$223.6K1.8%
  4. Health & medical$51.1K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Suffolk County, NY$6.1M49%
  2. Philadelphia County, PA$2.4M19%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$1.7M14%
  4. Harford County, MD$749.9K6.1%
  5. Anne Arundel County, MD$599.7K4.8%
  6. Abroad$429K3.5%
  7. Orleans Parish, LA$119.3K1.0%
  8. Pima County, AZ$75.6K0.6%
  9. Baltimore city, MD$63K0.5%
  10. Santa Clara County, CA$40K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition83%
    US 39% · $10.3M
  • Sole-source awards32%
    US 30% · $4M
  • Single-offer competitions51%
    US 8.8% · $6.3M
  • 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. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$2.4M
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$876.4K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 8 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$599.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$153K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE (PPQ) REMOTE PEST IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM (RPIP) IS LOCATED WITHIN PEST EXCLUSION AND IMPORT PROGRAMS (PEIP) NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION SERVICE (NIS). THE PPQ REQUIRES SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATIONS THAT INCLUDE$2.4M
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Philadelphia County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 12314426C0037
  2. NIKON AX-R LIFETIME CONFOCAL SYSTEM$1.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 75N98026F00356
  3. NHLBI: SUPPLY: NIKON AXR-NSPARC-ABLATION-FLIM MICROSCOPY SYSTEM PURCHASE$1.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Suffolk County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 75N98026F00329
  4. NIDDK:SUPPLY:DUAL AXR NSPARC/STEDYCON IMAGING SYSTEM:N/A$966.9K
    National Institutes of Health· Suffolk County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 75N98026F00253
  5. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES ONE (1) NIKON SPINNING DISK CONFOCAL WITH SUPER RESOLUTION VIA REASSIGNMENT (SORA) LIVE CELL IMAGING MICROSCOPE.$749.9K
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 27, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· W911QX26FA001
  6. NHGRI: NIKON AXR NSPARC CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM$749.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Suffolk County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 2, 2026 – Jul 2, 2026· 75N98026F00237
  7. SPINNING DISK CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE$686.4K
    National Institutes of Health· Suffolk County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· 75N98026F00143
  8. NIDCD: SUPPLY: AXR W SPATIAL ARRAY CONFOCAL (NSPARC) MICROSCOPE$606.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Suffolk County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 75N98026P01789

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: $0 paid out · $177.6K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $163.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $665.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $184.8K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

21 companies · $31.5M reported

  1. CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP$14.1M
    JOHNSTOWN, PA · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$3.4M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$2.5M
    RESTON, VA · 10 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 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 49 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY, LLC$32.3M+58% in FY2026
    WHITE PLAINS, NY · 2 entities · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance+7 more
  2. CYTEK BIOSCIENCES, INC.$5.8M+79% in FY2026
    FREMONT, CA · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+3 more
  3. GATAN INC$5M+32% in FY2026
    PLEASANTON, CA · 2 entities · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+4 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 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.