Federal contractor · COLUMBIA, MD

SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.

SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC. received $1.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 36 awards (−30% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $28.3M. Its largest customer was Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($456.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.5M
New awards
36
Sole-source
32%
Single offer
45%
UEI
HJLSXV81TRX5
Parent company
ZEF SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Small businessForeign-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $4.9M in FY2026 together.

  1. SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.COLUMBIA, MD · Family page
    $1.5M
  2. SHIMADZU PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, INC.LONG BEACH, CA
    $3M
  3. ZEF SCIENTIFIC, INC.LAKE FOREST, CA
    $389K
  4. KRATOS ANALYTICAL INCNANUET, NY
    $28.7K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.9MFY2017
  2. 2.6MFY2018
  3. 3.4MFY2019
  4. 3.5MFY2020
  5. 2.6MFY2021
  6. 3.7MFY2022
  7. 3MFY2023
  8. 2.2MFY2024
  9. 2.1MFY2025
  10. 1.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$456.6K31%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$229.1K16%
    3 awards
  3. Agricultural Research Service$205.3K14%
    5 awards
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$105.4K7.2%
    5 awards
  5. Forest Service$91.2K6.3%
    1 awards
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$77.3K5.3%
    3 awards
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$70.4K4.8%
    2 awards
  8. Department of Energy$56.6K3.9%
    1 awards
  9. Department of Veterans Affairs$46.7K3.2%
    2 awards
  10. Food and Drug Administration$40K2.7%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$798K55%
  2. Equipment maintenance$610.9K42%
  3. IT & telecom$40.6K2.8%
  4. Professional services$9,4320.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Howard County, MD$658.5K45%
  2. DeKalb County, GA$278.6K19%
  3. Charles County, MD$212.7K15%
  4. Fresno County, CA$124.8K8.6%
  5. Cuyahoga County, OH$46.7K3.2%
  6. District of Columbia, DC$30.9K2.1%
  7. Fulton County, GA$29.3K2.0%
  8. Prince George's County, MD$27.9K1.9%
  9. Hamilton County, OH$18.1K1.2%
  10. Montgomery County, MD$16K1.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition77%
    US 39% · $1.1M
  • Sole-source awards32%
    US 30% · $469.7K
  • Single-offer competitions45%
    US 8.7% · $649.4K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$226K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$77.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$75.6K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 2 awards
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$37.4K
    Environmental Protection Agency · 1 awards
  5. U.S. Geological Survey$4,648
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT$744K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 27, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 75D30124F19920
  2. SPECTROMETER PM$233.7K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cuyahoga County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Feb 11, 2022 – Feb 3, 2026· 36C25022F0384
  3. SHIMADZU MAINTENANCE SUPPORT$212.7K
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· N0017426F1087
  4. SHIMADZU CHROMATOGRAPHY HPLC SYSTEMS - EO 14398$173.6K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Howard County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 75D30126F21380
  5. NEXERA LC-40 XR UHPLC & NITROGEN GENERATOR$124.8K
    Agricultural Research Service· Fresno County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· 1232SA26F0137
  6. PROCUREMENT OF ON A (BRAND NAME OR EQUAL BASIS) AN ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH (SHIMADZU - UHPLC) PLUS FOUR (12 MONTHS) OPTION YEARS OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT$110.9K
    Food and Drug Administration· Howard County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 13, 2019 – Nov 30, 2025· 75F40119F80128
  7. INDY SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.$100.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Marion County, IN· Equipment maintenance· Oct 27, 2023 – Jan 30, 2026· 36C25024C0022
  8. ACQUISITION OF SHIMADZU GCMS (INCLUDING ALL OPTIONS AND EXTENSIONS)$91.2K
    Forest Service· Howard County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· 12444726F0016

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: $163.2K (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.$85.8K53%
    FREDERICK, MD · 1 subaward
  2. LEIDOS, INC.$43.4K27%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 1 subaward
  3. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$33.9K21%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $36.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $622.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $99K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $629.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $377.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $163.2K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

11 companies · $2.2M reported

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$632.9K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 3 subawards · Facilities support services
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$420.2K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$315.8K
    RESTON, VA · 6 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 42 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$11.3M+43% in FY2026
    AKRON, OH · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$11.8M+20% in FY2026
    GOLDEN VALLEY, MN · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. ABBOTT MOLECULAR INC.$13.1M−10% in FY2026
    DES PLAINES, IL · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · 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.