Federal contractor · CONCORD, MA

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC.

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC. received $2.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 34 awards (−52% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $34.7M. Its largest customer was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($608.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
34
Sole-source
66%
Single offer
4.8%
UEI
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Other than small businessForeign-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.8MFY2017
  2. 2.7MFY2018
  3. 2.3MFY2019
  4. 3MFY2020
  5. 2.5MFY2021
  6. 3.1MFY2022
  7. 4.6MFY2023
  8. 6.3MFY2024
  9. 4.4MFY2025
  10. 2.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology$608.3K29%
    6 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$569.4K27%
    4 awards
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$205.9K9.8%
    2 awards
  4. U.S. Geological Survey$178.3K8.5%
    4 awards
  5. National Gallery of Art$129.6K6.2%
    1 awards
  6. Agricultural Research Service$79.4K3.8%
    1 awards
  7. Department of Energy$68K3.2%
    4 awards
  8. Environmental Protection Agency$67.4K3.2%
    2 awards
  9. Department of the Army$62.9K3.0%
    3 awards
  10. Department of the Navy$55.1K2.6%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.7M80%
  2. Equipment maintenance$405.4K19%
  3. Construction & real property$24.9K1.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$958.7K46%
  2. Abroad$421.5K20%
  3. Boulder County, CO$241.3K12%
  4. DeKalb County, GA$199.9K9.6%
  5. Craven County, NC$55.1K2.6%
  6. Santa Clara County, CA$43.4K2.1%
  7. Clayton County, GA$39.2K1.9%
  8. Allegheny County, PA$38.2K1.8%
  9. Anchorage Municipality, AK$34K1.6%
  10. Houston County, GA$31.6K1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition71%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards66%
    US 30% · $1.4M
  • Single-offer competitions4.8%
    US 8.7% · $100.9K
  • 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. National Institute of Standards and Technology$608.3K
    Department of Commerce · 2 awards
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$205.9K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  3. National Gallery of Art$129.6K
    National Gallery of Art · 1 awards
  4. U.S. Geological Survey$77.4K
    Department of the Interior · 2 awards
  5. Environmental Protection Agency$72.1K
    Environmental Protection Agency · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PLASMA TOOL AND MAINTENANCE OPTIONS$4M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 21, 2023 – Jul 17, 2026· 1333ND24PNB680026
  2. OXFORD ICP ETCHERS AND OPEN-LOAD ETCHER$2.3M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 14, 2023 – Jul 31, 2026· 1333ND23PNB680419
  3. TO PROCURE THE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA (ICP) DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCHING (DRIE) TOOL TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS FOUND IN ATTACHMENT 1.$687.9K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· N0017325P0063
  4. OXFORD IX05 NANOINDENTER PURCHASE$520K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 80TECH26P0015
  5. CORE ANALYZER FOR LAB AND SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION GEOSPEC 12MHZ 3D SPEC, GIT SYSTEMS IMAGING SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION$351.1K
    Department of Energy· Allegheny County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 2, 2024 – May 1, 2026· 89243324PFE000734
  6. OU03-FY26-219-NEW COMMERCIAL TESTING INSTRUMENT$241.3K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Boulder County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030031
  7. SEM/EDS UPGRADE; - CUSTOMER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (CITS) EO 14398$199.9K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 75D30126P21249
  8. PURCHASE RAMAN INSTRUMENT SYSTEM TO ANALYZE SAMPLES INSIDE THE ICEE (IN SITU CARBON EVOLUTION EXPERIMENTS) FACILITY UHV (ULTRA-HIGH VACUUM CHAMBER)$195K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2025 – Nov 21, 2025· 80NSSC25PA925

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: $867.1K (4 subawards)

3 primes

  1. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$481.7K56%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 2 subawards
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$312.4K36%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  3. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$73.1K8.4%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $4.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $569K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $393K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $772.8K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $867.1K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

14 companies · $8.3M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$3.7M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$1.5M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 6 subawards · Facilities support services
  3. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$1.2M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 30 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TOPTICA PHOTONICS INC$7.5M−8.5% in FY2026
    PITTSFORD, NY · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+1 more
  2. PHOTON SPOT INC$3.5M+101% in FY2026
    MONROVIA, CA · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. TESCAN USA INC$8.4M−31% in FY2026
    WARRENDALE, PA · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingU.S. Geological Survey · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+10 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.