Federal contractor · CINCINNATI, OH

THE MODAL SHOP, INC.

THE MODAL SHOP, INC. received $274.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−76% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $8.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($226.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$274.3K
New awards
7
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 376.7KFY2017
  2. 376.7KFY2018
  3. -26.2KFY2019
  4. 360.6KFY2020
  5. 433.1KFY2021
  6. 1.9MFY2022
  7. 1.4MFY2023
  8. 1.8MFY2024
  9. 1.2MFY2025
  10. 274.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$226.5K83%
    5 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$25K9.1%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$22.7K8.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$217.2K77%
  2. Equipment maintenance$64.5K23%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hamilton County, OH$251.5K92%
  2. Otero County, NM$22.7K8.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $281.6K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $281.6K
  • 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 Navy$233.9K
    Department of Defense · 4 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$25K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$22.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SECONDARY VIBRATION CALIBRATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS UPGRADE$172.4K
    Department of the Navy· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· N6426726P4029
  2. TWO YEAR SECONDARY SERVICE CONTRACT FOR CALIBRATION SYSTEMS. COVERS SECONDARY CALIBRATIONS OF REFERENCE STANDARDS AND OTHER KEY COMPONENTS, SOFTWARE UPGRADES, ANNUAL TRAINING.$25K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hamilton County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Apr 21, 2026 – May 13, 2026· 80NSSC26P0517
  3. TRIAXIAL MOUNTS AND CABLE$24.8K
    Department of the Navy· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· N6426726P4073
  4. 9155D CALIBRATION WORKSTATION$22.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Otero County, NM· Equipment maintenance· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· FA910126PB030
  5. PORTABLE VIBRATION CALIBRATOR$20K
    Department of the Navy· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 1, 2026 – May 11, 2026· N6833526P0066
  6. NEW CONTRACT - ACCELEROMETER CALIBRATION$16.7K
    Department of the Navy· Hamilton County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026· N6852026P1016
  7. BPA REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING, SECONDARY VIBRATION SYSTEM$0
    Department of the Navy· Hamilton County, OH· Education & social services· Jul 15, 2025 – Feb 13, 2026· N6426725F4177

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: $46K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE$42.6K93%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$3,4087.4%
    CHANDLER, AZ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $59.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $114.3K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $348.7K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $123K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $46K 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

7 companies · $691.2K reported

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$266.7K
    MELBOURNE, FL · 6 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$204.3K
    YORK, PA · 2 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$68.5K
    GREENVILLE, SC · 2 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 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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FALMOUTH SCIENTIFIC INC$3.2M−3.3% in FY2026
    POCASSET, MA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. NOVA PHOTONICS INC$2.3M−100% in FY2026
    PRINCETON, NJ · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS INC$2.2M−116% in FY2026
    VICTOR, NY · 5 entities · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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 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.