Federal contractor · EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ

TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP

TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP received $2.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 23 awards (−20% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $22.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($2.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.5M
New awards
23
Sole-source
85%
Single offer
3.6%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2017
  2. 1.8MFY2018
  3. 2.3MFY2019
  4. 769.9KFY2020
  5. 3.3MFY2021
  6. 5.1MFY2022
  7. 921.7KFY2023
  8. 1.7MFY2024
  9. 3.1MFY2025
  10. 2.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$2.1M85%
    14 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$156K6.2%
    1 awards
  3. Forest Service$125.5K5.0%
    3 awards
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$66.8K2.7%
    1 awards
  5. Defense Logistics Agency$17.1K0.7%
    3 awards
  6. Department of the Army$7,0500.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.4M95%
  2. Equipment maintenance$125.5K5.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bergen County, NJ$2.3M94%
  2. Oklahoma County, OK$156K6.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition89%
    US 39% · $2.2M
  • Sole-source awards85%
    US 30% · $2.1M
  • Single-offer competitions3.6%
    US 8.8% · $90.9K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$2.1M
    Department of Defense · 6 awards

Largest awards

  1. USM-708 FULL-RATE PRODUCTION KITS AND INSTALLS - YR 3$2.5M
    Department of the Navy· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 28, 2025 – May 26, 2026· N6833525F0426
  2. USM-708A FR PROD. KITS - 260 FMS - YR 1$1.2M
    Department of the Navy· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 21, 2026 – May 20, 2026· N6833526F0496
  3. AN/USM-708A COMM/NAV TEST SET-SPAIN$373.2K
    Department of the Navy· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· N6833526C0204
  4. TEST SET NAVIGATION/COMMUNICATION$371.2K
    Department of the Navy· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2024 – Nov 12, 2025· N6833524C0337
  5. TEST SET, NAVIGATION/COMMUNICATION P/N 90000215.$278.4K
    Department of the Navy· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· N6833526P1028
  6. USM-708A FULL-RATE PRODUCTION KITS AND INSTALLS-YR 3 JPO$271K
    Department of the Navy· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· N6833526F0521
  7. A25-015 KC-135 FLIGHT LINE TEST SET REPLACEMENT$156K
    Department of the Air Force· Oklahoma County, OK· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 20, 2025 – Nov 20, 2025· FA812526P0006
  8. THREE (3) ALL-IN-ONE AVIONICS TEST SETS TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRIC CORP (UEI ZKBUPYMNNL53) CONTRACT 1202SA25T9500$75.3K
    Forest Service· Bergen County, NJ· Equipment maintenance· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· 1202SA26K9528

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: $166.2K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. AMENTUM SERVICES INC$113.7K68%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  2. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$52.5K32%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $272.2K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $249.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $763K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $843.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $166.2K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

8 companies · $3.4M reported

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$875K
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$832.4K
    GREENVILLE, TX · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$723.4K
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 7 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 22 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MEI S.R.L.$5.1M−100% in FY2026
    PONTE SAN PIETRO, ITA · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. C2 ROBOTICS PTY LTD$5.1M−100% in FY2026
    TULLAMARINE, AUS · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. BNC CORP.$5.5M−82% in FY2026
    SAN RAFAEL, CA · 69% 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 manufacturingArmy · 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 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.