Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

QUANTUM DESIGN, INC.

QUANTUM DESIGN, INC. received $942.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+155% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $9.3M. Its largest customer was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($892K).

Obligations · FY2026
$942.2K
New awards
8
Sole-source
32%
Single offer
0.0%
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. 1.1MFY2017
  2. 1.8MFY2018
  3. 2.7MFY2019
  4. 606.1KFY2020
  5. 894.2KFY2021
  6. 150KFY2022
  7. 460.6KFY2023
  8. 254.4KFY2024
  9. 369.8KFY2025
  10. 942.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology$892K95%
    5 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$32.9K3.5%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Army$17.3K1.8%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$918.4K97%
  2. Professional services$23.9K2.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$644.3K68%
  2. San Diego County, CA$223.9K24%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$23.9K2.5%
  4. District of Columbia, DC$19.3K2.1%
  5. Harford County, MD$17.3K1.8%
  6. Anne Arundel County, MD$13.6K1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition32%
    US 39% · $297.9K
  • Sole-source awards32%
    US 30% · $297.9K
  • 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. National Institute of Standards and Technology$247.7K
    Department of Commerce · 4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$32.9K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  3. Department of the Army$17.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. OU68-FY26-104-NEW OPTICAL ACCESS DILUTION REFRIGERATOR$644.3K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680611
  2. OU03-FY26-203-NEW CHIPS R&D REPLACEMENT PROBE FOR EXISTING MAGNETIC PROPERTY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM 3 (MPMS3) SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER (SQUID VSM).$101.4K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030160
  3. SEM DIRECT ELECTRON DETECTOR,$99K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030094
  4. DYNACOOL BIANNUAL MAINTENANCE. OU03-FY26-327-NEW$23.9K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030650
  5. OU68-FY26-105-NEW PHYSICAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PPMS) SERVICE$23.5K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680103
  6. PURCHASE OPTICAL PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY PROBE$19.3K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 16, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· N0017326P0311
  7. COLDHEAD REPLACEMENT FOR QUANTUM DESIGN VERSALAB MAGNETOMETER$17.3K
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 17, 2026· W911QX26PA023
  8. COMPRESSOR ADSORBER$13.6K
    Department of the Navy· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 6, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026· N0018926P0042

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.

QUANTUM DESIGN, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 406.3KFY2023

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 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.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $32.3K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.1M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

2 companies · $1.2M reported

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$638.1K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 3 subawards · Facilities support services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$519.4K
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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.

  1. APPLIED PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.$1.3M−42% in FY2026
    FREMONT, CA · 77% 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 manufacturing
  2. MARKFORGED INC$1.1M
    WALTHAM, MA · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. HUBNER PHOTONICS INC.$995.8K+405% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 59% 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 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.