OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS INC

Bridgewater, NJ · Defense · Private

Portable sensor platform using near-infrared spectroscopy for real-time quality assessment of aviation fuels and chemicals in the field

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · osiopt.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Bridgewater, NJ
Total capital: $80.3M

Federal grants: $2.4M; 4 awards · 2018–2021; Rank in peer group#152 of 164
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $77.9M; 53 awards · Defense, Treasury; Rank in Defense#105 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Information Technology (it) Database Programmer Support For Headquarters Army Materiel Command (hq Amc).$157K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Cssp Evs Wvs$2.3M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · Infrastructure Line Of Business$6M
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · Power Control Management Subsystem$37.8M
Jun 2023Federal contractDefense · Sustainment Support For Hosting And Compute Center (hacc)$19.2M
Sep 2021Federal grantAgriculture · Farmers Rely On Soil Analyses To Help Them Assess The Levels Of Plant Nutrients To Plan Fertilization, Tillage, And Planting Tasks. Soil Analysis And The Remedial Action Taken Directly Affect Crop Quality And Yield, Affecting Downstream Manufacturing Operations In Food & Beverage Companies (like Harvesting, Food Processing, And Packaging) Significantly. The Conventional Approach To Soil Analysis Involves Sending Samples To Far-off Laboratories, And Results May Be Delivered Days Later. This A$650K

Show 48 earlier federal awards

Aug 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Field-level Aviation Fuel Contamination Analysis via Integrated Suite of Miniaturized Sensors including Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy$150K
Jul 2019Federal grantAgriculture · Rapid Soil Testing Using Portable Sensing Technologies$107K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Ptc Software$23K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Ptc Software Support Renewal$248K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · Ptc Integrity Support For Lifecycle Manager$37K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · MNT-CPE5049FT2$69K
May 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Fast fingerprinting & detection of materials using portable / hand-held devices and high performance computing for use in manufacturing and supply chain applications.$1.5M
Apr 2018Federal contractDefense · Software Support$70K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · P/n PKG-3508-F$135K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Brand Name Only- Ptc Inc.$102K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Ptc Windchill Prediction Software, Enterprise Modules - Base +$11K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Maintenance Renewal$11K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Windchill Licenses$8.1M
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Ptc Software Maintenance$36K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Annual Maintenance For Windchill Suite Of Software Tools$449K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Arbortext License Renewal And Arbortext Print Composer$4K
May 2017Federal contractDefense · Ptc Windchill User Licenses P/n: MNT-CPE5049F-T2$73K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Ptc Product Support For The Air Force Network Note- Vendor Name Says Immixtechnology In This Fpds Report, However, The Order Is Being Placed With Osi (optimal Solutions, Duns: 829503437).$84K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ptc Windchill/creo Engineer IV$244K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Software Support$37K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Mathcad Software Maintenance$12K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Arbortex Isoview&publishing Engine$28K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Windchill Ptc Creo Licenses Support$558K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Ptc Creo Software Maintenance$148K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Funds For Eplm/idesc Software Maintenanc$333K
Aug 2016Federal contractDefense · Pts Winchill Support$10K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$305K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Creo Level II Engineering Licenses$7K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · MNT-3967F-T2 Pro Engineer Software Licensing&maintenance$76K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Software Support$36K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Arbortext Editor 5.4 And One Year Support Note- Vendor Name Says Immixtechnology In This Fpds Report, However, The Order Is Being Placed With Osi (optimal Solutions, Duns: 829503437).$16K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · P/n MNT-CPE5076FT2$4K
Apr 2016Federal contractDefense · Arbortext Editor 5.4 And One Year Support Note- Vendor Name Says Immixtechnology In This Fpds Report, However, The Order Is Being Placed With Osi (optimal Solutions, Duns: 829503437).$14K
Nov 2015Federal contractDefense · Ptc Arbortext&windchill Sw Support$50K
Oct 2015Federal contractDefense · Maintenance For Creo Enterprise Se$28K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Procurement Is For Mathcad Professional Software License$7K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Ptc Integrity Modeler$46K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Arbortext Publishing; Windchill Sim; Arbotext Editor$101K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Ptc Integrity Software$41K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Software Maintenance$25K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Arbortext Iso View And Arbortext Publish$135K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ptc Windchill/creo Software Maintenance.$394K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Arbortext Editor Locked License$4K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - This Is A Bpa Call For Ptc Mathcad Annual Software Maintenance Licenses$3K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Creo Engineer III** Trusted Product **$37K
May 2015Federal contractTreasury · Information Builders Webfocus Software Licenses And Maintenance$131K
May 2015Federal contractDefense · Arbortext Editor 5.4 And One Year Support Note- Vendor Name Says Immixtechnology In This Fpds Report, However, The Order Is Being Placed With Osi (optimal Solutions, Duns: 829503437).$60K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Arbortext Isoview Distribution Kit$17K

Federal awards are summed by year (55 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

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Standing among 164 peers

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

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Data freshness

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