Instrumentation and Electronic Components

The Naval Air Warfare Center awarded a Master IDIQ to procure instrumentation and electronic components on April 17, 2019, with a five-year ordering period that closed on April 17, 2024. The vehicle is no longer active for new orders.

The IDIQ was established as a total small business set-aside under NAICS 334417 (electronic components manufacturing), though actual task orders show minimal use of set-aside authority—96 percent of the 117 awarded orders carry no set-aside designation, with only 5 orders (4 percent) designated for small business competition. The vehicle's $11.2 million combined potential value reflects 73 percent obligation rate ($8.2 million obligated), indicating substantial but not complete consumption before the ordering deadline closed.

Order placement activity peaked in 2019 with 55 awards, then declined sharply: 20 orders in 2020, 8 in 2021, 15 in 2022, and 19 in 2023. The most recent task order award occurred September 5, 2023. This declining trajectory suggests the vehicle served its intended five-year support window for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division projects at China Lake and has largely exhausted its practical utility.

Competition is concentrated among five primes. Bahfed Corp leads by combined potential value ($4.3 million across 35 orders), followed by Pacific IC Source ($3.5 million, 44 orders). Laguna Components, Inc. holds $1.5 million across 19 orders, Vizocom ICT LLC $1.1 million (12 orders), and Impact Components A California LIMITED Partnership $787 thousand (7 orders). The top two primes account for roughly 70 percent of combined potential value, indicating moderate concentration with a meaningful long tail.

All 117 orders fund a single customer—the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center—eliminating customer diversification as a strategic factor.

Scope spans discrete instrumentation and electronic component purchases: oscilloscopes and signal analysis equipment (Waverunner, mixed-signal oscilloscopes, real-time signal analyzers), data acquisition systems (high-speed transient recorders, data modules, PDV modules), specialized sensors and transducers (vector magnetometers, pressure sensors, accelerometers, thermal switches), printed circuit boards and cable assemblies, optical and fiber components, power systems, and evaluation or test equipment. Recent orders (2023) feature signal generators, signal conditioning systems, vector adapters, magnetic field measurement systems, and specialized laboratory instrumentation.

Task order values cluster in the tens of thousands range, with notable mega-orders including Phantom camera systems and accessories ($660 thousand), UXG Agile signal generators ($717 thousand), signal conditioning systems ($415 thousand), and multi-item bundle orders reaching $1.1 million in potential value. Typical individual orders range from $12 thousand to $200 thousand, with firm-fixed-price and short delivery windows (three to six months typical).

Place of performance is China Lake, California, corresponding to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division administrative site.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake, California has awarded a Master IDIQ to procure various types of instrumentation and electronic components over a five-year period in support of its projects.