BNC Corp.

BNC Corp., doing business as Berkeley Nucleonics, is a San Rafael, California-based manufacturer of specialized electronic test and measurement equipment and radiation detection devices that operates as a prime contractor on 95% of its recent federal awards, competing predominantly full-and-open with no characteristic set-aside posture. The company serves 81 federal agencies across defense, civilian research, and environmental portfolios, with a 44-year procurement footprint anchored in scintillation detectors, frequency synthesizers, arbitrary waveform generators, pulse generators, and gamma ray spectrometers sold primarily as purchase orders to DoD components and civilian agencies.

BNC's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense radiation-detection programs. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency leads by potential value, with nine awards worth $7.4 million combined; the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command follows with 23 awards valued at $4 million, driven by recurring sole-source procurements of cesium iodide and cesium bromide scintillation detectors. The Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command round out the top five by count, though Navy programs dominate both volume and dollar concentration across the top five agencies, which account for 56% of combined potential value. Recent representative prime awards include a $1.37 million March 2025 Naval Information Warfare Systems Command purchase order for 230 cesium iodide scintillation detectors across multiple configurations; a $648.6 thousand September 2025 Office of the Secretary of Defense order for 68 cesium iodide scintillation crystals in support of RADIAC operations; a $549.5 thousand August 2025 Defense Threat Reduction Agency purchase order for scintillation detectors; and a $3.1 million June 2023 DTRA award for 150 cesium iodide and 240 rugged gamma scintillation detectors. BNC competes on a non-competitive sole-source basis across most awards, as it is the designated single source for Scionix Holland B.V. scintillation crystal products distributed into the U.S. federal market.

BNC's vehicle footprint is sparse. The company does not sit on major government-wide acquisition contracts or GSA schedules as a primary vehicle; recent placement shows limited use of Army Indefinite Delivery Contracts (4 task orders, $24 thousand), Information Analysis Center multiple-award contracts (3 task orders), and two-order placements on Army blanket purchase agreements and the GSA Federal Supply Schedule. The company's awards are predominantly standalone purchase orders issued directly by Navy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Air Force command elements rather than task orders under parent IDVs.

Activity has grown modestly year over year, from five awards in 2022 to seventeen in 2025, with only one award recorded in the first half of 2026. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — one award with $550 thousand combined potential value reaches ultimate completion inside that window. In its subcontractor role, BNC supplies frequency synthesizers, optoelectronic components, and alternative detector assemblies to L3Harris Technologies, Raytheon, The Boeing Company, Fluor Marine Propulsion, General Dynamics Information Technology, and Leidos on programs including counter communications systems, aerospace support, electronic test systems, and Naval Nuclear Laboratory operations. Across both prime and sub, BNC's capability portfolio centers on specialized radiation detection instrumentation — cesium iodide and cerium bromide scintillation detectors, gamma ray spectrometers, handheld radiation detectors — and electronic test equipment for defense and scientific research applications, with no exposure to IT services, cybersecurity, or civilian IT modernization. The top NAICS categories are analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (93 awards), other measuring and controlling device manufacturing (57 awards), and instrument manufacturing for measuring and testing electrical signals (42 awards), reflecting the hardware-centric nature of the work.