Ticra Fond

Ticra Fond, a Danish for-profit software company headquartered in Copenhagen, sells electromagnetic and antenna modeling software licenses, maintenance, and technical support to U.S. federal agencies as a prime contractor (60% of awards) and as a subcontractor (40% of awards), competing on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis in sole-source and competitive procurements. The company's software portfolio — including GRASP, ESTEAM, CHAMP 3D, QUPES, DIATOOL, and SNIFT — addresses radio frequency, electromagnetic, and antenna design applications used across aerospace, defense, and scientific research programs.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward two agencies. The NASA Shared Services Center accounts for 12 awards valued at $438 thousand in combined potential value, while the Office of Naval Research holds 22 awards valued at $192 thousand. These two customers together represent the vast majority of Ticra Fond's recent federal footprint, with the Smithsonian Institution, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Naval Air Warfare Center representing secondary customers. The gap between award count (ONR leads with 22) and potential value (NASA leads) reflects ONR's reliance on smaller maintenance and license-renewal purchase orders, whereas NASA awards tend toward larger software procurement orders.

Ticra Fond operates primarily through purchase-order awards under two parent vehicles: the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Small Business program (14 task orders) and an Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract (1 task order). Recent prime work includes a $50.5 thousand QUPES software license order from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center awarded July 3, 2023; a $53.07 thousand renewal of technical support and maintenance on GRASP, ESTEAM, and CHAMP 3D from the Office of Naval Research awarded September 23, 2024; and a $41.2 thousand TICRA software perpetual license and maintenance order from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake awarded March 10, 2026, with completion in March 2027. The source characterizes Ticra Fond as the exclusive U.S. distributor of its products, justifying sole-source acquisition authority under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

Activity volume has declined since the company's entry into federal contracting in 2004, dropping from 17 awards in 2022 to one award in 2026 year-to-date. The combined potential value across all 42 tracked awards totals $682 thousand, though the combined obligated amount ($2.5 million) exceeds potential value by 372%, indicating significant contract modifications and obligation activity beyond initial award values. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete risk in the near term.

In its subcontractor role, Ticra Fond supplies software maintenance and electromagnetic modeling tools to Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (awarded December 9, 2025 for software maintenance under the FFRDC), The MITRE Corporation (Air Force National Security Engineering Center services, September 3, 2025 and September 17, 2024), and Integration Innovation Inc. (multiple Labor Option IV contracts awarded July 22, 2022 for electromagnetic modeling software). The company's federal footprint centers on niche specialized software rather than systems integration or broad-based IT services, with performance split between Denmark and U.S. government facilities.