Federal contractor · PALO ALTO, CA
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC received $58.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 120 awards (+11% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $474.2M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($41.4M). It also received $32.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $58.7M
- New awards
- 120
- Sole-source
- 52%
- Single offer
- 13%
- UEI
- PHMMJPNSNZV5
- Parent company
- ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC.
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. company family: 56 registered entities, $457.8M in FY2026 together. See the family
- SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.MALVERN, PA · Family page$255.5M
- SIEMENS GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGIES INCARLINGTON, VA$102.5M
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.TARRYTOWN, NY$27.2M
- PETNET SOLUTIONS, INC.KNOXVILLE, TN$8.2M
- VAREX IMAGING CORPLAS VEGAS, NV$3M
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 38.3MFY2017
- 31.5MFY2018
- 69MFY2019
- 32.9MFY2020
- 38.9MFY2021
- 56.8MFY2022
- 34.5MFY2023
- 60MFY2024
- 52.7MFY2025
- 58.7MFY2026
- 786.5KFY2027
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$41.4M71%100 awards
- Defense Logistics Agency$7.5M13%5 awards
- National Institutes of Health$5.8M9.9%2 awards
- Defense Health Agency$2.8M4.7%9 awards
- Department of the Army$794K1.4%1 awards
- 3 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Equipment maintenance$28.9M49%
- Health & medical$26.7M46%
- IT & telecom$1.8M3.1%
- Other equipment & supplies$910.4K1.6%
- Professional services$336K0.6%
Where the work was performed
- Santa Clara County, CA$29.4M50%
- Hillsborough County, FL$3.8M6.5%
- Los Angeles County, CA$2.2M3.7%
- Marion County, IN$1.4M2.4%
- Portsmouth city, VA$1.4M2.3%
- Albany County, NY$1.3M2.3%
- King County, WA$1.1M1.9%
- Durham County, NC$1.1M1.8%
- Washtenaw County, MI$1M1.8%
- Richmond city, VA$982.2K1.7%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition66%US 39% · $38.5M
- Sole-source awards52%US 30% · $30.8M
- Single-offer competitions13%US 8.7% · $7.7M
- Urgency justifications7.4%US 5.1% · $4.3M
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 Veterans Affairs · 22 awards
- Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
- Department of Defense · 3 awards
Largest awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Hillsborough County, FL· Equipment maintenance· Dec 1, 2023 – Jun 2, 2026· 36C24824C0016
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Sep 19, 2024 – Jul 10, 2026· 36A79724N0554
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Nov 21, 2022 – Jul 22, 2026· 36A79723N0021
- Defense Logistics Agency· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Mar 27, 2026 – Mar 27, 2026· SPE2D126F0129
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Jun 24, 2026 – Jun 24, 2026· 36A79726N0410
- Defense Logistics Agency· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Jul 16, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· SPE2D124F0297
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Sep 13, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 36A79723N0441
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Jan 14, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· 36A79725N0138
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.
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC received $32.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H) ($32.8M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $32.8M
- New awards
- 1
- Actions
- 3
Assistance by fiscal year
- 32.8MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$32.8M100%
Top programs
- 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$32.8M100%
Awarding agencies
- National Institutes of Health$32.8M100%Department of Health and Human Services
Largest awards
- 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 9, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· AY2AX000071
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $532K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $306.2K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
6 companies · $1.8M reported
- PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- LEXINGTON, MA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- PLANNING, INC.$281.9KANNANDALE, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
Primes that pay it
86 companies · $296.3M reported
- ANN ARBOR, MI · 29 subawards
- MELBOURNE, FL · 11 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 10 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 135 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- SONOVA USA INC$688.4M−65% in FY2026WARRENVILLE, IL · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
- GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC$692.1M−3.9% in FY2026WAUKESHA, WI · 9 entities · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance+1 more
- PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC$661.9M+17% in FY2026BOTHELL, WA · 17 entities · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance+1 more
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Across the company family of SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. (56 recipients).
Matched organizations
- SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC.AI match · 100%
- Varex Imaging CorporationAI match · 100%
- Siemens Government Technologies, INCAI match · 99%
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.AI match · 99%
- VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. PAC ('VARIAN PAC')AI match · 99%
- Altair EngineeringAI match · 98%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $2.9M
- 17 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $9.4M
- $9.4M in its own reports
- PAC giving · 2026
- $164.5K
- 2 PACs
Lobbying by year
- 2023$2.2M26 reports
- 2024$2.8M23 reports
- 2025$2.9M17 reports
- 2026$1.6M16 reports
Top issues
- Health issues31 reports
- Medicare and Medicaid29 reports
- Trade (domestic and foreign)29 reports
- Defense23 reports
- Budget and appropriations18 reports
- Homeland security14 reports
- Veterans12 reports
- Medical and disease research, clinical labs11 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. SENATE80 reports
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES78 reports
- Defense - Dept of (DOD)22 reports
- Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)13 reports
- Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)12 reports
- Army - Dept of (Other)11 reports
- Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)8 reports
- Commerce - Dept of (DOC)6 reports
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)6 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Avenue Solutions$950K14 reports
- Corrigan & Ussery LLC$420K13 reports
- BRICK STREET STRATEGY$310K9 reports
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$230K14 reports
- Harpley CS, LLC$70K7 reports
- Strategic Marketing Innovations$40K2 reports
- MORAN GLOBAL STRATEGIES, INC.$30K2 reports
- A1.9 STRATEGIES LLC$30K1 reports
10 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle
- Republican$88K53%
- Democratic$76.5K47%
PACs sponsored
- SIEMENS CORPORATION PAC$208.9K raised this cycle
- SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS PAC (THE EMPLOYEE FUNDED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.)$145.5K raised this cycle
PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 9, 2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.