Bruker Detection Corp

Bruker Detection Corp, a subsidiary of Bruker Scientific LLC, supplies specialized detection equipment, filters, and analytical instrumentation to the Department of Defense on a prime-contractor basis, competing in full-and-open procurements without SBA set-asides. The company operates from Billerica, Massachusetts, with a footprint dominated by components and consumables procurement from the Defense Logistics Agency and detection system supply to Naval Sea Systems Command.

Bruker Detection's recent award volume spans 754 total prime and sub awards valued at $8.53 billion in combined potential value. The vendor competes almost exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards by count); only one sub-award appears in the source data. Customer concentration is moderate but lopsided: the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates by award count with 416 purchase orders and delivery orders totaling $13.3 million potential value, while the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the dollar share with 38 awards worth $104.6 million. A single Army acquisition—the Research Development and Engineering Command's $8.28 billion award for an X-ray diffraction system and related analytical instrumentation (awarded July 2025)—represents 97% of the vendor's combined potential value and materially skews the portfolio. The vendor holds named positions on five parent Indefinite Delivery Contracts, the most active being an IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (SPE7M921D0001) carrying 21 task orders worth $1.5 million combined value.

Bruker Detection's capability portfolio centers on radiation detection systems, particularly RAID-M 100 and RAID-M100 PGDN detectors and Improved Point Detection System Life-Cycle Replacement (IPDS-LR) units for naval platforms; gas analyzers and filter units; metallic tubing, hose assemblies, and gaskets; and circuit card assemblies and power supplies. Representative work includes a $1.26 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for IPDS-LR system support (awarded March 2026), a $638.5 thousand Army purchase order for one X-ray diffraction system with training and maintenance (awarded July 2025), and a $1.5 million Naval Sea Systems Command delivery order for IPDS-LR procurement (awarded June 2025). The vendor also holds major indefinite delivery vehicles: a $75.1 million IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command for IPDS-LR systems and consumables (through March 2028), a $13.86 million IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command for RAID-M 100 detectors and consumables (through March 2030), and a $250 thousand IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for fluid filters (through February 2026).

Activity has been relatively flat year over year across the last five years—91 awards in 2022 declining to 62 in 2024 and 62 in 2025, with 11 awards recorded so far in 2026. Fifteen awards totaling $5.3 million in potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating moderate recompete exposure in FY2026–FY2027. SCI-reported invoicing on federal service contracts above the $150 thousand threshold totaled $2.1 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $232 thousand; FY2023: $1 million; FY2024: $903 thousand), with a corresponding workforce of 0.6 to 2.3 FTEs. Government-paid median hourly rates on SCI-reportable service contracts ran approximately $203.80 per hour, with rates ranging from $196 to $207 per hour across the interquartile spread—a mid-tier posture consistent with technical support and training delivery. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor performed zero percent of total hours through subcontractors, indicating internal delivery of all service work.

Bruker Detection operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bruker Scientific LLC, a global manufacturer of analytical and detection instrumentation. The parent company's broader federal footprint includes contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health, and other civilian agencies, but the subsidiary's awards are concentrated in Department of Defense detection, logistics, and materiel supply missions. The vendor does not compete under SBA set-asides (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or disadvantaged-business categories). One subcontract award appears in the source: a task order on an Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation prime contract to the Army CCDC Aviation and Missile Center, providing software and systems engineering support (awarded March 2024), though this represents a minor exception to the vendor's prime-dominant posture.