Federal contractor · LA MESA, CA

SHELDON INSTRUMENTS INC.

SHELDON INSTRUMENTS INC. received $18K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Since FY2017: $615.3K. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($18K).

Obligations · FY2026
$18K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 124KFY2017
  2. 16.8KFY2018
  3. 0FY2019
  4. 153.3KFY2020
  5. 0FY2021
  6. 132.5KFY2023
  7. 170.7KFY2024
  8. 18KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$18K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$65K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$18K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$46.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$46.9K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. PHOENIX NEXTGEN PHASE II$123.8K
    Forest Service· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 10, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026· 12760424F0408
  2. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, UPGRADED HARDWARE AND WARRANTY AND SUPPORT FOR PHOENIX NEXTGEN INFRARED SCANNING SYSTEM.$65K
    Forest Service· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 12760426P0033

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

  1. L-TRON CORPORATION$198.1K−100% in FY2026
    VICTOR, NY · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Communications equipment manufacturing
  2. BLUE SKY NETWORK, LLC$104.4K
    SCOTTSDALE, AZ · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS, INC$64.5K
    BROOMFIELD, CO · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.