Federal contractor · CHESAPEAKE, VA

STANDARD CALIBRATIONS INC

STANDARD CALIBRATIONS INC received $10.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 469 awards (−26% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $56.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($9.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.7M
New awards
469
Sole-source
18%
Single offer
29%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 784.5KFY2017
  2. 1.2MFY2018
  3. 3.1MFY2019
  4. 2MFY2020
  5. 3MFY2021
  6. 4.3MFY2022
  7. 5.4MFY2023
  8. 11.1MFY2024
  9. 14.5MFY2025
  10. 10.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$9.3M87%
    429 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$1.3M12%
    36 awards
  3. U.S. Coast Guard$62.5K0.6%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$10.6M99%
  2. Equipment maintenance$59.9K0.6%
  3. IT & telecom$11.5K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Chesapeake city, VA$10.5M99%
  2. Virginia Beach city, VA$31.6K0.3%
  3. Baltimore city, MD$31K0.3%
  4. Portsmouth city, VA$29.8K0.3%
  5. Norfolk city, VA$28.3K0.3%
  6. Capitol Planning Region, CT$22.3K0.2%
  7. Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT$12.7K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition47%
    US 39% · $5M
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $1.9M
  • Single-offer competitions29%
    US 8.8% · $3.1M
  • 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$1.1M
    Department of Defense · 21 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$793.7K
    Department of Defense · 64 awards

Largest awards

  1. INDICATOR,LIQUID QU$320.9K
    Department of the Navy· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· N0010426PLA51
  2. TRANSMITTER,PRESSUR$271.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – Feb 5, 2026· SPRMM126PHA32
  3. TRANSMITTER,PRESSUR$249.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 7, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· SPRMM126PHA54
  4. INDICATOR,LIQUID QU$239.2K
    Department of the Navy· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 30, 2025 – Nov 19, 2025· N0010425PJB80
  5. 8511823523!RECEIVER GROUP$225.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· SPE7M226P1073
  6. 8512109901!TRANSMITTER,LIQUID$218.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· SPE4A626PR182
  7. 8511748420!SWITCH,FLOW$212.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 10, 2025 – Nov 10, 2025· SPE7M826V0185
  8. 8512047849!RECEIVER,LIQUID LEV$196K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesapeake city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPE4A626PN241

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: $1.7M (20 subawards)

6 primes

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$1.1M64%
    NEWPORT NEWS, VA · 4 subawards
  2. BAE SYSTEMS NORFOLK SHIP REPAIR INC.$593.8K34%
    NORFOLK, VA · 10 subawards
  3. VIGOR MARINE LLC$154.3K8.8%
    PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
  4. BAE SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR INC.$81.2K4.6%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 3 subawards
  5. VT MILCOM INC.$25.2K1.4%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.7M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

15 companies · $24.6M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$12.5M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 216 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$8M
    YORK, PA · 121 subawards · Ship and boat building
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$1.5M
    GROTON, CT · 51 subawards · Ship and boat building

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 47 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WALGREEN CO.$16.6M
    DEERFIELD, IL · 2 entities · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. NOROTOS, INC$27.6M−11% in FY2026
    SANTA ANA, CA · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing
  3. CARP INDUSTRIES CORP$23.6M−45% in FY2026
    GRANT, FL · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturing+5 more

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.