Federal contractor · LAKE FOREST, CA

ZEF SCIENTIFIC, INC.

ZEF SCIENTIFIC, INC. received $389K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+166% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.4M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($246.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$389K
New awards
8
Sole-source
51%
Single offer
12%
UEI
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Parent company
ZEF SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Small business
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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 SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC. company family: 4 registered entities, $4.9M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.COLUMBIA, MD · Family page
    $1.5M
  2. SHIMADZU PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, INC.LONG BEACH, CA
    $3M
  3. KRATOS ANALYTICAL INCNANUET, NY
    $28.7K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 132.3KFY2017
  2. 84.2KFY2018
  3. 36.7KFY2019
  4. 69.4KFY2020
  5. 93KFY2021
  6. 93.5KFY2022
  7. 104.3KFY2023
  8. 220.1KFY2024
  9. 146.5KFY2025
  10. 389KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$246.3K63%
    5 awards
  2. Agricultural Research Service$122.2K31%
    2 awards
  3. U.S. Geological Survey$20.5K5.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$389K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$246.3K63%
  2. Yolo County, CA$92.4K24%
  3. Montgomery County, PA$29.8K7.7%
  4. Pottawatomie County, KS$20.5K5.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition63%
    US 39% · $246.3K
  • Sole-source awards51%
    US 30% · $198.3K
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $48K
  • 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. National Institutes of Health$198.3K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR 3 USDA-WHNRC LC-MS/MS SYSTEMS MODEL: 4000 QTRAP - S/N: AR20070707 | MODEL: QTRAP 6500 - S/N: BL21771303 | MODEL: TRIPLE QUAD 4500 - S/N: CJ20301612 PREVIOUS CONTRACT PO_12905B24P0204, NO OPTION YEARS$184.8K
    Agricultural Research Service· Yolo County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 15, 2025 – May 26, 2026· 1232SA25P0404
  2. THE CLINICAL CANCER METABOLISM FACILITY AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI), CENTER FOR CANCER RESEARCH (CCR), UTILIZES A THERMO ORBITRAP LUMOS MASS SPECTROMETER SYSTEM AND THERMO ORBITRAP EXPLORIS 240 MASS SPE$150.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Jun 16, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 75N98026P00674
  3. 7500 QTRAP & LC-40DX3 LC SYSTEM$67.2K
    National Institutes of Health· Durham County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 22, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026· 75N96024P00169
  4. MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR 2026 FSP THERMO IDX VANQUISH #2 LCMS. MODEL: ORBITRAP IDX. S/N: FSN30191. POP (BASE YEAR) 07/08/2026 - 07/07/2027. REFERENCE QUOTE 18953. THIS ORDER IS SET-UP FOR BASE + FOUR OPTION YEARS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:$48K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Jun 22, 2026 – Jun 22, 2026· 75N98026P00677
  5. SERVICE CONTRACT FOR TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER$41K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Pottawatomie County, KS· Equipment maintenance· Feb 10, 2025 – Mar 17, 2026· 140G0225P0013
  6. ERRC - SERVICE CONTRACT FOR PERFORMANCE MAINTENANCE PLAN (PMP) AND FULL REPAIRS FOR WATERS' UPLC.$29.8K
    Agricultural Research Service· Montgomery County, PA· Equipment maintenance· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 1232SA26P0281
  7. NIDDK: SERVICE: SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR A MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM: SEVERABLE$29.6K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· 75N98026P00549
  8. ZEF SCIENTIFIC INC:1194435 [26-001765]$18.2K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 75N98026P00801

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

11 companies · $2.2M reported

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$632.9K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 3 subawards · Facilities support services
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$420.2K
    GERMANTOWN, MD · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$315.8K
    RESTON, VA · 6 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 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 42 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$11.3M+43% in FY2026
    AKRON, OH · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$11.8M+20% in FY2026
    GOLDEN VALLEY, MN · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. ABBOTT MOLECULAR INC.$13.1M−10% in FY2026
    DES PLAINES, IL · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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 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.