Federal contractor · GAITHERSBURG, MD

OPTICAL SCIENTIFIC INC

OPTICAL SCIENTIFIC INC received $254.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+1,980% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.5M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($254.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$254.7K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
MBNFZNN4HN88
Small businessMinority-owned

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 212.3KFY2017
  2. 144.8KFY2018
  3. 236.5KFY2019
  4. 136.7KFY2020
  5. 100.2KFY2021
  6. 227.6KFY2022
  7. 135.8KFY2023
  8. 75.8KFY2024
  9. 12.2KFY2025
  10. 254.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$242.6K95%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$12.2K4.8%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $254.7K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $254.7K
  • 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

  1. Department of Commerce · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 1305M226F0280
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026· 1305M226P0073

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.

  1. DOUBLE R COMMUNICATIONS INC$330.7K−100% in FY2026
    SARATOGA, WY · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  2. FUSION MARINE TECHNOLOGY, INC$337.8K−100% in FY2026
    SEATTLE, WA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. CHESTERFIELD, MO · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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.