Barco, Inc.

Barco, Inc., doing business as Barco Georgia, manufactures and supplies audiovisual projection equipment, digital pathology systems, and communications electronics to federal agencies predominantly as a prime contractor (100% of awards in recent cycles), operating as a foreign-owned, for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Duluth, Georgia with place of performance centered in Johns Creek, Georgia. The vendor does not compete under SBA set-asides; all work derives from full-and-open competition or existing contract vehicles.

Barco's federal footprint spans 740 awards across 74 customer agencies, concentrated heavily in defense and civilian transportation sectors. The top five customer agencies by award count (Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Defense Media Activity, and FAA) account for 52% of awards; by potential value, the FAA dominates at $109.3 million combined potential value across 60 awards, followed by Navy Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center at $28.1 million across 48 awards, and Coast Guard at $11.5 million across 79 awards. The divergence between count and dollars reflects Barco's high-volume, low-dollar purchase-order work with the military (particularly on radio and television communications equipment and aircraft component maintenance) paired with substantially larger FAA and Navy contracts for navigational instruments and IT input/output devices.

Barco's primary NAICS footprint centers on Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (400 awards) and Electronic Computer Manufacturing (64 awards), with top PSC code 5821 (Radio and Television Communication Equipment, Except Airborne) spanning 361 awards. Recent prime work includes a $947,034 firm fixed price definitive contract from the FDA awarded September 30, 2026, for advanced physical and digital slides to characterize digital pathology system performance and interoperability under Executive Order 14398, completing June 29, 2028; a $4,288 purchase order from Coast Guard in August 2023 for FS35 projector repair; and ongoing task order work under the FAA's DTFAWA11D00033 Indefinite Delivery Contract ($109 million combined potential value, 56 task orders) and the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS03F4075B ($4.6 million, 396 task orders). In its minor subcontractor role (3 awards, less than 1% of total), Barco supplies projection equipment components and PCB assemblies to J.F. Taylor, Inc. as of 2024–2025. Activity in recent years has been sparse — only one award in 2023, 2025, and 2026 — with just one award ($947 thousand) facing recompete within the next twenty-four months.