Applied Controls Inc.
Malvern, PA Part of STS Operating, Inc.
- UEI
- FLG3P96SNRX9
- CAGE
- 1CAA2
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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Parent
STS Operating, Inc. · Addison, IL
RU42J22YFWW5
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Parent
STS Operating, Inc. · Addison, IL
RU42J22YFWW5
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 47 General Warren Blvd, Malvern, PA 19355, USA
- Website
- appliedc.com
- Founded
- 1969
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Machinery
- Industrial Machinery
- SIC code
- 50 Wholesale Trade – Durable Goods
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $957,414 |
| FY2025 | $1,862,281 |
| FY2024 | $1,192,044 |
| FY2023 | $2,219,775 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $916,932 | |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $40,482 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Applied Controls Inc., a for-profit industrial automation and control systems integrator headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, sells specialized hardware, software, and integrated systems to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 279 small-dollar purchase orders, 100% of which are awarded without set-asides and predominantly on full-and-open competition. The company is a subsidiary of STS Operating, Inc. (doing business as Sunsource), based in Addison, Illinois.
Applied Controls competes almost exclusively through firm-fixed-price purchase orders for discrete components and systems in three concrete capability areas: Siemens programmable logic controller (PLC) hardware and simulation software; collaborative industrial robotic arms (primarily Universal Robots and Siemens-branded systems); and industrial networking and control equipment. Representative prime awards include a $871.4 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command contract for SIMATIC S7-1500 PLC hardware supporting a DDG-1002 destroyer engineering control system refresh (May 2025), a $879 thousand Office of Naval Research contract for a seven-unit robotic asset characterization system with collaborative arms and mobile positioning (September 2025), an $833.9 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command order for SIMIT Unit PB-2 simulation systems (August 2023), a $925 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command contract for 20 custom digital array device racks (September 2022), and a $385.9 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command order for Siemens networking equipment (244 Scalance XC-206 switches and 52 Scalance XM-408 switches) supporting USS Zumwalt-class destroyer technology refresh (May 2023). Recent civilian work includes a $40.5 thousand FDA contract for a six-axis collaborative robotic arm with control software at the Silver Spring, Maryland facility (September 2026) and a $31.3 thousand FDA order for a robotic arm head-mounted display measurement system for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health Medical Extended Reality program (September 2024).
Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command alone accounts for 79 awards valued at $11.2 million (75% of combined potential value across all awards), followed by the Department of the Treasury United States Mint (90 awards, $1 million) and the Office of Naval Research ($879 thousand on a single award). Together, the top five customers cover 82% of award count and 92% of dollars. The spread between award-count concentration and potential-value concentration reflects the United States Mint's transactional volume — 90 awards across very small individual contract values — whereas Naval Sea Systems Command's 79 awards carry substantially larger per-order magnitudes. Applied Controls has also delivered to the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard, the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Activity has contracted year over year: 12 awards in 2022, 15 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 4 in 2026 (through late September). A single award with a $40 thousand combined potential value faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure. The company's award footprint concentrates in electrical apparatus and equipment merchant wholesale (77 awards), communications equipment manufacturing (24 awards), and industrial control manufacturing (14 awards), with purchase codes reflecting electrical apparatus, assemblies and boards, control equipment, and electronic modules. All 279 awards are purchase orders valued below or at the simplified acquisition threshold, with combined dollars obligated at 100% of combined potential value, indicating fully performed or invoiced work rather than open contract ceilings.
Quick answers
Is Applied Controls Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Applied Controls Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through May 18, 2027.
How much has Applied Controls Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,862,281 to Applied Controls Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $6,231,515 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Applied Controls Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Applied Controls Inc. ranked #7 in NAICS 42361, #10 in NAICS 4236 and #16 in PSC 5963 in FY2025.
What is Applied Controls Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Applied Controls Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Procure a 6-axis collaborative robotic arm that will be incorporated into an existing bench setup with control software… (75F40126P00422), from Food and Drug Administration, on September 30, 2026.
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