BNC Corp.

BNC Corp., doing business as Berkeley Nucleonics, is a for-profit manufacturer of specialized radiation detection devices and electronic test-and-measurement equipment that operates as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) on full-and-open federal purchases across defense and scientific research agencies. Headquartered in San Rafael, California, BNC competes exclusively without set-aside designations — nearly all awards are sole-source or noncompetitive procurements under FAR Parts 12 and 13, reflecting the company's status as the authorized North American reseller or sole domestic distributor of specialized Scionix Holland scintillation detectors and related instruments that federal customers require.

BNC's capability portfolio is concrete and narrow: scintillation detectors (cesium iodide, cesium bromide, and related crystal variants) for gamma ray spectroscopy and radiation detection; frequency synthesizers and arbitrary waveform generators for RF and microwave test applications; pulse generators and signal source analyzers; and anti-Compton instrumentation shielding for gamma ray detection systems. Representative prime work includes a $3.148 million June 2023 award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for 150 cesium iodide and 240 rugged gamma scintillation detectors (sole source, fifteen-month delivery); a $1.367 million March 2025 Naval Information Warfare Systems Command award for 230 scintillation detector devices across multiple CsI(Na) configurations; a $648.6 thousand September 2025 Office of the Secretary of Defense purchase order for 68 cesium iodide scintillation crystals supporting RADIAC operations; and a $180.185 thousand August 2026 National Institute of Standards and Technology order for a two-channel Vector Signal Generator with 20 GHz maximum operating frequency. Place of performance clusters at BNC's San Anselmo, California facility, with some NIST work performed in Switzerland and Navy work in the Netherlands.

Customer concentration is heavily defense-weighted. The top five funding agencies account for 59% of combined potential value across all awards: the Defense Threat Reduction Agency leads on dollars (9 awards, $7.4 million), followed by the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command (24 awards, $4.2 million), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (5 awards, $1.5 million), the Office of Naval Research (13 awards, $707 thousand), and the Naval Supply Systems Command Engineering Logistics Office (4 awards, $500 thousand). Award volume and dollar magnitude diverge slightly — the Navy's Information Warfare Systems Command generates the most frequent orders but DTRA anchors the largest single contracts. BNC has worked with 82 distinct federal customer agencies in the source window, though the 24% top-customer cutoff shows concentration in Navy and Army R&D commands.

BNC sits on multiple government vehicles with minimal task-order velocity. The Indefinite Delivery Contract W9124Q08A0013 carries 4 task orders totaling $24 thousand; the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract, 3 task orders; and Blanket Purchase Agreement EP06W000255 and Federal Supply Schedule GS00F0764A, 2 task orders each. None of these vehicles represents a primary chase vehicle for BNC — the company's federal footprint is characterized by direct purchase orders rather than task-order mining from broad IDIQs or GWACs.

Activity has grown from 5 awards in 2022 to 17 in 2025, with 7 awards in 2026 to date (through August). Year-over-year growth spans the five-year window: 5 → 13 → 10 → 17 → 7, indicating volatility rather than sustained trajectory. Four awards (combined potential value $986 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete risk; this exposure is modest relative to the overall portfolio.

In its subcontractor role, BNC supplies frequency synthesizers, specialized detectors, and test equipment to L3Harris Technologies (Counter Communications Systems Meadowlands Production Synthesizer, March 2024); Raytheon Company (multi-function electronic test systems engineering services, January 2025); The Boeing Company (31C System Configuration Set aerospace support, February 2025); and Fluor Marine Propulsion (Naval Nuclear Laboratory alternative detector components, November 2024 modification). BNC also performs sub work for Leidos and General Dynamics Information Technology. Subcontract work represents 5% of the portfolio by count but skews toward large defense primes and specialized-research engineering programs.

The company's NAICS profile centers on Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (94 awards), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (58 awards), and Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (46 awards), with secondary coding in Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (13 awards) and Search, Detection, Navigation, and Guidance System Manufacturing (9 awards). BNC maintains an active SAM registration since February 2002 and has obligated $24.4 million across a combined potential-value portfolio of $24.2 million, indicating full drawdown on awarded work.