Federal contractor · MENLO PARK, CA

PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC

PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC received $1.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 22 awards (−15% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $30.3M. Its largest customer was Agricultural Research Service ($1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
22
Sole-source
90%
Single offer
3.9%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.9MFY2017
  2. 3.7MFY2018
  3. 3.3MFY2019
  4. 1.1MFY2020
  5. 3.7MFY2021
  6. 2.4MFY2022
  7. 6MFY2023
  8. 2.5MFY2024
  9. 2MFY2025
  10. 1.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Agricultural Research Service$1M58%
    9 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$489.2K28%
    3 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$187.7K11%
    8 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$23.7K1.4%
    1 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$21.1K1.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1M61%
  2. Health & medical$413.2K24%
  3. Equipment maintenance$266K15%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Mateo County, CA$839.3K49%
  2. Hawaii County, HI$392.4K23%
  3. Washington County, MS$149.4K8.7%
  4. Kerr County, TX$108.5K6.3%
  5. Clay County, NE$85K4.9%
  6. Montgomery County, MD$54.6K3.2%
  7. Prince George's County, MD$47.9K2.8%
  8. Frederick County, MD$23.7K1.4%
  9. DeKalb County, GA$21.1K1.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition94%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards90%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions3.9%
    US 8.7% · $67.5K
  • 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. Agricultural Research Service$975.2K
    Department of Agriculture · 7 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$489.2K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 3 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$45.2K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$23.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$21.1K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PACBIO REVIO SYSTEM$775K
    Food and Drug Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 13, 2023 – May 31, 2026· 75F40123C00074
  2. SEQUEL IIE LONG-READ DNA/RNA SEQUENCER SYSTEM AND CONSUMABLES$585.2K
    Food and Drug Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2023 – Dec 18, 2025· 75F40123P00472
  3. NHGRI: SUPPLY: SEQUENCING REAGENTS: N/A$346.9K
    National Institutes of Health· San Mateo County, CA· Health & medical· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 75N98026P00928
  4. REAGENTS THE REVIO SYSTEM WITH SPRQ CHEMISTRY AND REVIO SMRT CELLS.$345.9K
    Agricultural Research Service· Hawaii County, HI· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 1232SA26F0743
  5. LONG-READ SEQUENCING REAGENTS OF WHOLE GENOME ANALYSES$240.2K
    Agricultural Research Service· San Mateo County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· 1232SA26F0221
  6. GBRU - REAGENTS SUPPORTING 24 ACQUISITIONS ON THE REVIO SYSTEM, REAGENTS FOR PREPARING SMRTBELL LIBRARIES, PARAMAGNETIC BEADS AND ELUTION BUFFER, LIQID HANDLING PIPETTE TIPS - PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES$149.4K
    Agricultural Research Service· Washington County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 1232SA26F0543
  7. GBRU - REVIO SMRT CELLS SYSTEM - PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA$92.2K
    Agricultural Research Service· Washington County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 18, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· 1232SA25F0160
  8. THE NISC LABORATORY SUPPLIES STATE OF THE ART SEQUENCING SERVICES TO INSTITUTES THROUGHOUT THE NIH. THE HIGHLY ACCURATE LONG-READ SEQUENCE DATA PRODUCED BY THE PACBIO REVIO IS CRITICAL FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS. THIS EQUIPMENT IS THEREFORE A V$85K
    National Institutes of Health· San Mateo County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 22, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 75N98026P00331

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: $105.2K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$60.7K58%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  2. LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.$44.5K42%
    FREDERICK, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $622K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $50K received
  • FY2023: $189.9K paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2024: $189.9K paid out · $35K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $173K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $105.2K 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

1 company · $379.9K reported

  1. VERGYS LLC$379.9K
    BOWIE, MD · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $2.5M reported

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$2M
    RESTON, VA · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. BATTELLE NATIONAL BIODEFENSE INSTITUTE, LLC$308K
    FORT DETRICK, MD · 4 subawards
  3. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$136K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards · Facilities support 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CEREX MONITORING SOLUTIONS LLC$4.4M−100% in FY2026
    ATLANTA, GA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. SONY BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.$3.9M+106% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 2 entities · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  3. LI-COR, INC.$8.5M−21% in FY2026
    LINCOLN, NE · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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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 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.