Federal contractor · KEARNEY, NE

WARD LABORATORIES, INC.

WARD LABORATORIES, INC. received $66.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−34% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $710.3K. Its largest customer was Agricultural Research Service ($66.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$66.1K
New awards
8
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22.2KFY2017
  2. 65.5KFY2018
  3. 9.2KFY2019
  4. 44.4KFY2020
  5. 88KFY2021
  6. 94.3KFY2022
  7. 83.4KFY2023
  8. 136.4KFY2024
  9. 100.8KFY2025
  10. 66.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Agricultural Research Service$66.1K100%
    8 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$66.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Morton County, ND$47K71%
  2. Buffalo County, NE$25.5K39%
  3. Whitman County, WA$19.6K30%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100.0%
    US 39% · $66.1K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $92.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$26K
  • 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. Agricultural Research Service$92.2K
    Department of Agriculture · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. DETAILED SOILS ANALYSES FOR MULTIPLE SAMPLES TAKEN AT VARIOUS DEPTHS. IN ADDITION TO SOIL, DETAILED ANALYSES OF PLANT BIOMASS, ANIMAL MANURE AND URINE, AND EXTRACTS FROM SOIL AND MANURE WILL BE NEEDED INCLUDING VARIOUS CHEMICALS.$98.9K
    Agricultural Research Service· Morton County, ND· Professional services· May 17, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· 12805B21P0166
  2. ANALYSES OF SOIL AND PLANT/FEED SAMPLES.$48K
    Agricultural Research Service· Morton County, ND· Professional services· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 1232SA26F0456
  3. THE USDA ARS U.S. SHEEP EXPERIMENT STATION (USSES) DUBOIS, ID LOCATION NEEDS TO OBTAIN FORAGE AND SOIL SAMPLE ANALYSIS, INCLUDING MICROBIAL AND NUTRIENT ANALYSIS. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING 550 FORAGE SAMPLES AND 225 SOIL SAMPLES REQUIRING ANALYSIS.$39.7K
    Agricultural Research Service· Clark County, ID· Professional services· Jul 22, 2025 – Apr 27, 2026· 1232SA25F0180
  4. FORAGE SAMPLE ANALYSIS$25.5K
    Agricultural Research Service· Buffalo County, NE· Professional services· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 1232SA26F0471
  5. SOIL HEALTH ANALYSIS ASSESSMENT OF 150 SOIL SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM 75 LONG-TERM DRYLAND RESEARCH LOCATIONS.$19.6K
    Agricultural Research Service· Whitman County, WA· Professional services· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 1232SA26F0310
  6. SOIL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOR NATIONAL KERNZA ASSESSMENT: 520 SAMPLES S4 ROUTINE SOIL ANALYSIS 392 SAMPLES PHOSPHORUS (BRAY P1, BRAY P2, MEHLICH 3 P OR OLSEN P)$10.5K
    Agricultural Research Service· Larimer County, CO· Professional services· Aug 19, 2025 – Dec 21, 2025· 1232SA25F0270
  7. PERFORM ANALYSIS OF WHOLE SOIL, PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER, AND PLANT TISSUE CARBON (C) AND NITROGEN (N) CONCENTRATIONS VIA DRY COMBUSTION ON A C/N ANALYZER. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MEASUREMENTS OF INORGANIC CARBONATES I.E., CARBONATES.$9,630
    Agricultural Research Service· Canadian County, OK· Professional services· Jul 15, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 1232SA25P0096
  8. PLFA (BALSER)$0
    Agricultural Research Service· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Sep 27, 2021 – May 20, 2026· 12305B21P0282

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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY$295.3K+190% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. MOLBREEDING BIOTECHNOLOGY LLC$189.3K+216% in FY2026
    IRVINE, CA · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. COLLIER CONSULTING, INC.$719.4K
    STEPHENVILLE, TX · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Research Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.