AVL Test Systems Inc.

AVL Test Systems Inc., doing business as AVL North America Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of automotive, emissions, and powertrain testing equipment headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, sells specialized testing hardware, sensors, and measurement systems to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) on full-and-open solicitations with no set-aside designations. The company holds SAM.gov registration dating to August 2001 and has accumulated $48.8 million in combined federal contract potential value across 135 awards since the mid-1980s, with $32.2 million obligated to date.

AVL's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward EPA emissions testing and Army powertrain testing operations. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office for Air and Radiation accounts for 29 awards carrying $35.5 million in combined potential value — 73% of the company's total federal potential value — anchored by ongoing sustainment and upgrade work at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) in Ann Arbor, Michigan and the National Vehicle Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL). Recent representative EPA work includes a $1.32 million firm fixed-price definitive contract (awarded July 13, 2026, through July 12, 2030) for HD5 engine testing site operations at NVFEL; a $5.64 million time-and-materials contract (awarded June 3, 2026, through June 12, 2031) for annual and preventative maintenance of AVL equipment at NVFEL; a $1.84 million upgrade to non-road spark ignition engine testing infrastructure at NVFEL (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2027); and a $2.32 million partial upgrade of the AMA SL full flow dilution emission system at NVFEL (awarded July 16, 2024, through July 24, 2028). The Department of the Army ranks second with 29 awards (primarily through TACOM Life Cycle Management Command) carrying $5.9 million combined potential value, driven by fuel consumption measurement systems, maintenance contracts, and specialized testing equipment procurements. Army Test and Evaluation Command and Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal round out Army engagement. The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration places six awards worth $1.8 million, concentrated on propeller stand hardware and maintenance support at the William J. Hughes Technical Center Power Engineering Research Laboratory in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Activity accelerated from three awards in 2022 to a peak of ten awards in 2024, with three awards in each of 2025 and 2026 year-to-date. Only two awards totaling $1.9 million in potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. AVL operates across five named IDIQs and vehicle contracts; the largest parent vehicle is an Indefinite Delivery Contract (DAAD0193D0211) with four task orders, supplemented by an Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract also carrying four task orders.

On federal service contracts captured in the Service Contract Inventory above the $150,000 reporting threshold, AVL reported $1.2 million in invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2024, with $388 thousand in FY2022 and $855 thousand in FY2023; no SCI-reportable service contracts appear in FY2024. The SCI dataset shows 0.6 FTEs in FY2022 and 1.0 FTEs in FY2023 on prime contracts. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts run a median of $376.31 per hour, with rates spanning $341.89 to $410.72 per hour across the 10th to 90th percentile range. AVL performs all work internally on SCI-reportable prime contracts; no named subcontractors appear in the SCI sub-engagement data.

As a subcontractor, AVL appears on five awards routed through HII Mission Technologies Corp (Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center mobility and power testing) and BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (an Instrumentation Range Support Program III e-storage performance contract). AVL's federal footprint is almost entirely goods and equipment procurement — laboratory equipment, measuring instruments, maintenance services, and specialized testing hardware — concentrated in NAICS 541512 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, 49 awards) and related analytical and testing equipment manufacturing categories. No SBA set-aside activity or minority-ownership designations are reported.