Federal contractor · BELLINGHAM, WA

SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS

SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS received $261.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+31% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($97K).

Obligations · FY2026
$261.9K
New awards
5
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 319.4KFY2017
  2. 349.1KFY2018
  3. 348.4KFY2019
  4. 227.7KFY2020
  5. 266.3KFY2021
  6. 256.8KFY2022
  7. 208.6KFY2023
  8. 299.8KFY2024
  9. 199.2KFY2025
  10. 261.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$97K37%
    1 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$87.3K33%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$45.3K17%
    2 awards
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology$32.3K12%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$184.3K70%
  2. Professional services$38.4K15%
  3. Education & social services$32.3K12%
  4. IT & telecom$6,9362.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Whatcom County, WA$126.5K48%
  2. Greene County, OH$97K37%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$38.4K15%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $261.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $261.9K
  • 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. Department of the Air Force$97K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$87.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 2024 SPIE DIGITAL LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION$113.7K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 28, 2023 – Jan 27, 2026· N0017324P5120
  2. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS (SPIE) - DIGITAL LIBRARY AND EBOOKS$97K
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 29, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025· FA239626PB014
  3. SPIE DIGITAL LIBRARY INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION.$96.8K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Whatcom County, WA· Education & social services· Dec 15, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· 1333ND24PNB130030
  4. NASA AGENCY-WIDE SPIE SUBSCRIPTION FY26$87.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Whatcom County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 80NSSC26FA075
  5. SPIE DIGITAL LIBRARY & EBOOKS SUBSCRIPTION$13.7K
    Department of the Navy· Whatcom County, WA· IT & telecom· Jan 8, 2025 – Jan 21, 2026· N6600125P6060

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

  1. OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED (THE)$683.6K+10% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesNavy · Software publishers
  2. THE SLATE GROUP LLC$905.7K−70% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
  3. COLLEGESOURCE INC$130.7K0% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services

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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.