Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

UI LABS

UI LABS received $176.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2020: $15.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($176.7K). It also received $76.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$176.7K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
N23ENZPWQGN4
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 728.9KFY2020
  2. 6.1MFY2021
  3. 3.3MFY2022
  4. 5.6MFY2023
  5. 0FY2025
  6. 176.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$176.7K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$176.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Monroe County, PA$176.7K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $176.7K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $176.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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 Army$176.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICES FOR UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM MOTORS$176.7K
    Department of the Army· Monroe County, PA· Professional services· Jan 26, 2026 – Jan 26, 2026· W51AA126PA017

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

UI LABS received $76.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 7 actions (0 new awards), +1,219% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering ($76.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$76.2M
New awards
0
Actions
7
Since FY2021
$129.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 17.2MFY2021
  2. 10.8MFY2022
  3. 11.3MFY2023
  4. 8.5MFY2024
  5. 5.8MFY2025
  6. 76.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$76.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering$76.2M100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Army$76.2M100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. CONTINUATION OF NJ AGREEMENT - OTA FOR RESEARCH$88.5M
    12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering· Department of the Army· Other financial assistance· Sep 12, 2024 – Sep 22, 2026· W911NF2430006

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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-grants: $300K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. ADVANCED REGENERATIVE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE, INC.$300K100%
    MANCHESTER, NH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $676.6K paid out · $5.3M received
  • FY2022: $4.5M paid out · $7.8M received
  • FY2023: $450.3K paid out · $225K received
  • FY2024: $1M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2025: $340.5K paid out · $320.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $300K 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

11 companies · $7M reported

  1. SIMBA CHAIN INC$1.9M
    PLYMOUTH, IN · 1 subaward
  2. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$1.4M
    DETROIT, MI · 1 subaward
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$1.2M
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $19.8M reported

  1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES INC$7.7M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  2. CENTER FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS$5.3M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  3. ADVANCED REGENERATIVE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE INC$5.2M
    MANCHESTER, NH · 2 subawards

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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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BATTISTELLA FRANCO$183K−89% in FY2026
    VICENZA, ITA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. EUROFINS ENVIRONMENT TESTING NORTHWEST, LLC$185.6K−67% in FY2026
    FIFE, WA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. QRI-MSE JV LLC$201.4K−168% in FY2026
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.