Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED (THE)
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED (THE) received $223K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+10% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($158.2K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $223K
- New awards
- 4
- Sole-source
- 87%
- Single offer
- 13%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 442.3KFY2017
- 141.7KFY2018
- 163.6KFY2019
- 177.3KFY2020
- 190KFY2021
- 299.6KFY2022
- 238.9KFY2023
- 258.4KFY2024
- 202.2KFY2025
- 223KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Air Force$158.2K71%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$48.1K22%2 awards
- Department of the Army$16.6K7.5%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$174.8K78%
- Other equipment & supplies$48.1K22%
Where the work was performed
- Greene County, OH$158.2K71%
- District of Columbia, DC$64.8K29%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $223K
- Sole-source awards87%US 30% · $193.3K
- Single-offer competitions13%US 8.7% · $29.7K
- 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 the Army$16.6KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· IT & telecom· Dec 10, 2021 – Dec 17, 2025· FA239622P0015
- Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 2, 2023 – Dec 30, 2025· N0017323P1849
- Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 22, 2023 – May 14, 2026· N0018924P0040
- OPTICA ONLINE LICENSES$16.6KDepartment of the Army· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jan 22, 2026 – Jan 22, 2026· W911SD26PA007
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.
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED (THE) received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
- Since FY2021
- -$10K
Assistance by fiscal year
- 0FY2021
- -10KFY2023
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2023.
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.
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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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
1 company · $392.2K reported
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- AIP PUBLISHING LLC$1.8M+21% in FY2026MELVILLE, NY · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesNavy · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+1 more
- SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS$760.8K+31% in FY2026BELLINGHAM, WA · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesNavy · Software publishers
- ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (THE)$1.3M+94% in FY2026LONDON, GBR · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesNavy · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersEnergy · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.