Federal contractor · WALLINGFORD, CT

PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC

PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC received $850.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (+105% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.8M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($729.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$850.2K
New awards
9
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
NEL ASA
Small businessForeign-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 500.1KFY2017
  2. 536.2KFY2018
  3. 666.6KFY2019
  4. 252.4KFY2020
  5. 86KFY2021
  6. 223.8KFY2022
  7. 144.5KFY2023
  8. 96.1KFY2024
  9. 414.6KFY2025
  10. 850.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$729.8K86%
    8 awards
  2. Department of the Army$120.3K14%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$850.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT$333.5K39%
  2. 66$306.8K36%
  3. Prince George's County, MD$120.3K14%
  4. Honolulu County, HI$89.5K11%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $850.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $850.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$729.8K
    Department of Commerce · 6 awards
  2. Department of the Army$120.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PROCURE NEW PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS/NEL HYDROGEN BRAND S-SERIES 3, S40 HYDROGEN GAS GENERATORS TO REPLACE END-OF-LIFE S-SERIES 2 GENERATORS AT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE GUAM AND THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MAJURO.$306.8K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 1333MH26P0041
  2. REPLACEMENT HOGEN GENERATORS FOR THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT CENTER IN GRANDVIEW, MO.$276.3K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 1305M226P0236
  3. ROUTINE OR-25-02114, TO PROCURE 2 EACH OF HYDROGEN GENERATORS AND ALL ANCILLARY PARTS FOR UPPER AIR. FUNDS NEEDED TO PROCURE IS: NO FIRST ARTICLE NEEDED. 2 HOGENS WITH ALL ANCILLARIES = $189,920.00 SHIPPING @ $800 A PIECE = $1,600.00 TOTAL IS$191.5K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 26, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· 1305M225P0182
  4. PROCURE A PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS/NEL HYDROGEN S-SERIES 3, S40 HYDROGEN GAS GENERATOR FOR WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA.$127.3K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 5, 2025 – Mar 29, 2026· 1305M325P0168
  5. ONE (1) HYDROGEN GENERATOR, ASSOCIATED PARTS, AND ONE (1) YEAR OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.$120.3K
    Department of the Army· Prince George's County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· W911QX26PA019
  6. NWS HYDROGEN GENERATOR MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES AND FACTORY MAINTENANCE TRAINING$89.5K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Honolulu County, HI· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 1305M326F0113
  7. HOGEN MAINTENANCE KITS FOR THE STERLING FIELD SUPPORT CENTER IN STERLING, VA.$23.3K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 10, 2026 – Jul 10, 2026· 1305M226P0180
  8. HOGEN PARTS FOR THE STERLING FIELD SUPPORT CENTER IN STERLING, VA.$20.8K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 1305M226P0145

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.

PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$68.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. -32.7KFY2021
  2. 5.6MFY2022
  3. 5.6MFY2023
  4. 54.4MFY2024
  5. 2.8MFY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. BIL - FULLY AUTOMATED PRODUCTION PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE ELECTROLYZERS TO ACHIEVE HYDROGENSHOT THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO BUILD THE…$49.6M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 24, 2024 – Apr 27, 2026· DEEE0011302
  2. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO: (I) DEMONSTRATE AN OPTIMAL ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE(AEM) CONFIGURATION AND MODE OF OPERATION THAT…$4.9M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 23, 2024 – Aug 14, 2026· DEEE0011326
  3. A NOVEL STACK APPROACH TO ENABLE HIGH ROUND TRIP EFFICIENCIES IN UNITIZED PEM REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS$1.9M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Dec 23, 2020 – Jun 1, 2026· DEEE0008848

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–FY2026.

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 · $104.6K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $391.8K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $868.7K 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 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

6 companies · $5.2M reported

  1. GENERAL MOTORS LLC$2.6M
    WARREN, MI · 1 subaward
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$945K
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards
  3. MOTT CORP$545.4K
    FARMINGTON, CT · 1 subaward

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 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SMELTS SEA MAMMAL EDUCATION LEARNING TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY$801.8K−64% in FY2026
    SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. GENERAL OCEANICS INC$846.2K
    MIAMI, FL · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. OCEAN INSTRUMENTS NZ LIMITED$871.3K−56% in FY2026
    AUCKLAND, NZL · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational 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 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.