Barber Optics, Inc.

Barber Optics, Inc. is a woman-owned small business registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since March 20, 2001, with its corporate headquarters located in Laurel, Maryland. As a for-profit organization, the company specializes in providing technical maintenance and service agreements for sophisticated scientific equipment, particularly focusing on microscopes and optical instrumentation for research institutions. While limited background information is available from the provided federal contract award data, the company has demonstrated a consistent track record of securing federal contracts with civilian research agencies.

Over the past five years, Barber Optics, Inc. has exclusively secured prime federal contract awards from two primary agencies: the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Smithsonian Institution. These contracts, consistently structured as purchase orders, have been firm-fixed-price agreements ranging from $3,600 to $22,100, primarily centered on maintenance and preventative service for microscopes and optical equipment. All of the company's federal contract awards have been obtained through full and open competition, with no specific set-aside designations. The contracts typically have completion dates within the same calendar year as the award, with the most recent contract awarded on April 1, 2025, for $16,650 by the National Cancer Institute. The company's service agreements consistently involve technical maintenance, repair, and preventative servicing of complex optical research equipment, demonstrating specialized expertise in supporting critical scientific research infrastructure across federal research institutions.