Federal contractor · NEW CASTLE, DE
TA INSTRUMENTS - WATERS L.L.C.
TA INSTRUMENTS - WATERS L.L.C. received $1.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $29.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($363.8K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.5M
- New awards
- 26
- Sole-source
- 81%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- SV5VEP8C43D8
- Parent company
- WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.5M in FY2026 together.
- TA INSTRUMENTS - WATERS L.L.C.NEW CASTLE, DE · Family page$1.5M
- ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ASSOCIATES, INC.GOLDEN, CO$70K
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.7MFY2017
- 2.8MFY2018
- 3MFY2019
- 2.7MFY2020
- 3.1MFY2021
- 3.3MFY2022
- 4.3MFY2023
- 5.2MFY2024
- 2.1MFY2025
- 1.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Navy$363.8K25%5 awards
- 4 awards
- 5 awards
- Food and Drug Administration$287.8K20%3 awards
- Department of the Army$105.8K7.3%4 awards
- Federal Bureau of Investigation$38.8K2.7%1 awards
- 1 awards
- 1 awards
- Agricultural Research Service-$10.5K0.0%1 awards
- Department of Energy-$13.9K0.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$870K60%
- IT & telecom$340.8K23%
- Equipment maintenance$160.5K11%
- Research & development$40K2.8%
- Professional services$38.8K2.7%
Where the work was performed
- New Castle County, DE$1.3M87%
- Montgomery County, MD$111.4K7.7%
- Warren County, MS$40K2.8%
- Martin County, IN$26K1.8%
- District of Columbia, DC$12.2K0.8%
- Madison County, AL$6,7600.5%
- Duval County, FL$5,6000.4%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition81%US 39% · $1.2M
- Sole-source awards81%US 30% · $1.2M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · -$762
- 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
- Department of the Navy$363.8KDepartment of Defense · 3 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 3 awards
- Department of Commerce · 1 awards
- Department of the Army$105.8KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
- Department of Justice · 1 awards
Largest awards
- ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER$272KFood and Drug Administration· New Castle County, DE· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 75F40126P00103
- Department of the Navy· New Castle County, DE· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· N0016426PG023
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· New Castle County, DE· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 1333ND26PNB030123
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· New Castle County, DE· IT & telecom· Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026· 80NSSC26P0471
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Aug 13, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 1333ND25PNB730325
- Department of the Army· Warren County, MS· Research & development· Apr 12, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· W912HZ23P0047
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· New Castle County, DE· IT & telecom· Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026· 80NSSC26P1281
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing· New Castle County, DE· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2023 – Jun 8, 2026· 2031ZA23P00704
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: $119.2K (2 subawards)
2 primes
- PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC$78.3K66%LYNCHBURG, VA · 1 subaward
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $834.9K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $862.4K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $119.2K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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
21 companies · $8.6M reported
- FREDERICK, MD · 11 subawards · Facilities support services
- GROTON, CT · 6 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- COLUMBUS, OH · 6 subawards · Facilities support 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 27 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- H3D INC$4.5M−64% in FY2026ANN ARBOR, MI · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- BNC CORP.$5.5M−82% in FY2026SAN RAFAEL, CA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+1 more
- HOPEWELL DESIGNS, INC.$6M−90% in FY2026ALPHARETTA, GA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+4 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.