Supply Chain Analysis

FOCI and Compliance Risk

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Updated March 2024

1

Primes with 889 or 1260H Compliance Violations

1,287

Chinese Connected Tier 1 Suppliers

8

Primes with Chinese Connected Owners or Investors

601

Active Contracts over $10M

FOCI and Compliance Risk: NASA

Ark.ai conducted a supply chain analysis of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, examining the vendors supporting the agency and their subcontractors, subsidiaries, list of suppliers, manufacturers, shippers, and other members of the supply chain. The resulting supplier analysis and supplier profile includes a compliance analysis, an evaluation of foreign ownership and investment and a comprehensive assessment of compliance risk and FOCI risk.

The analysis of NASA resulted in the following statistics. There are 1 Primes with 889 or 1260H Compliance Violations. The count of Chinese Connected Tier 1 Suppliers is 1,287 and the number of Primes with Chinese Connected Owners or Investors is 8.

Information about vendors with compliance violations, Chinese connections, and other supply chain risks are included in the following tables.

Top Companies with 889 or 1260H Violations

NameDollars AwardedCount of AwardsCount of Violations
Western Environmental Technology Laboratories, Inc.$2,810,66141
OTT HydroMet Corp$481,14971
Leica Microsystems Inc$312,22231
Esko-Graphics Inc.$46,95341
Beckman Coulter, Inc.$16,04811

Top Common Tier 1 Suppliers

NameCount of Common PrimesDollars Awarded to PrimesCount of Prime Contracts
CDW Government LLC98$453,711388,840
Carahsoft Technology Corp.96$21,951,3171,731,424
Dell Marketing L.P.79$160,37356,355
Dell Federal Systems L.P.75$13,878,617194,410
Glenair, Inc.69$128,735473,934

Top Contracts with Chinese Connected Suppliers

Contract IDSupplier NameDollars AwardedFunding Office
80MSFC18C0005Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co Ltd$98,493,840NASA MARSHALL SFC
NNL13AQ00CGolden Cup Printing Co., Ltd.$89,482,193LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
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Top Primes with Non-U.S. Revenue Greater than 50%

NameNon-US Revenue %Dollars AwardedPrimary Funding Office
Planet Lab Inc57.3%$59,611,690NASA HQ
Ansys Inc54.5%$15,546,453NASA SSC
MTS Systm Corp64.8%$3,588,324USA PEO FOR SIMULATION
Faro Technologies, Inc.63.5%$2,614,170NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD GF
Altair Engineering Inc51.3%$1,827,057USA CCDC GROUND VEHICLE

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