Supply Chain Analysis

FOCI and Compliance Risk

Department of Commerce

Updated March 2024

3

Primes with 889 or 1260H Compliance Violations

1,646

Chinese Connected Tier 1 Suppliers

9

Primes with Chinese Connected Owners or Investors

244

Active Contracts over $10M

FOCI and Compliance Risk: Commerce

Ark.ai conducted a supply chain analysis of the Department of Commerce, 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 Commerce resulted in the following statistics. There are 3 Primes with 889 or 1260H Compliance Violations. The count of Chinese Connected Tier 1 Suppliers is 1,646 and the number of Primes with Chinese Connected Owners or Investors is 9.

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
Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.$16,832,2113193
OTT Hydromet Corp$5,793,192779
AB Sciex LLC$1,699,405235
Beckman Coulter, Inc.$659,5701713
Leica Microsystems Inc.$341,5061814

Top Common Tier 1 Suppliers

NameCount of Common PrimesDollars Awarded to PrimesCount of Prime Contracts
Carahsoft Technology Corp.79$57,015,0931,627,361
CDW Government LLC63$428,568,345556,364
Dell Federal Systems L.P.57$271,699,543189,116
Dell Marketing L.P.54$36,41541,244
Microsoft Corporation54$15,04836,130

Top Contracts with Chinese Connected Suppliers

Contract IDSupplier NameDollars AwardedFunding Office
1333BJ23F00280043Changzhou Runfu Electron Co Ltd$621,546Patent and Trademark Office
1333LB21F00000328Suzhou Furukawa Power Optic Cable Co Ltd$351,540Census
1305M319CNWWG0036ETS Solutions China Ltd$253,872NOAA
1333LB21F00000025Shanghai Aerotech Trading International Co Ltd$242,456Census
1305M322CNRMA0034Professional Diversity Network Inc$236,230NOAA

Top Primes with Non-U.S. Revenue

NameNon-US Revenue %Dollars AwardedPrimary Funding Office
John Wiley and Sons Inc51.40%$4,758,460NIH OLAO
KLA Corp88.90%$2,959,234NIST
Ansys Inc54.50%$1,642,152NASA SSC
Coherent Inc77.40%$1,473,597NRL
IPG Photonics Corp76.30%$854,571NSWC Dahlgren

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