Correlated Solutions Inc.

Correlated Solutions Inc., a small-business prime contractor based in Irmo, South Carolina, supplies digital image correlation (DIC) hardware systems, software, and technical support to federal research and development agencies on a competitive full-and-open basis, with no SBA set-aside footprint. The company operates as a for-profit corporate entity and has established itself as a sole-source supplier of specialized optical measurement technology for non-contact strain and deformation analysis, competing across multiple federal research agencies without reliance on set-aside categories.

Correlated Solutions delivers high-precision camera systems, software licenses, calibration services, and maintenance packages grounded in proprietary DIC technology. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on VIC-3D and VIC-2D software platforms paired with specialized high-speed and thermal-imaging cameras (primarily Basler ACE series units) for structural testing, materials characterization, and non-destructive evaluation. Representative prime work includes a $111,995 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Department of the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel (May 2025) for an underwater DIC turnkey system supporting Naval Academy research into displacement and deformation of underwater structures; a $163,775 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Federal Aviation Administration (July 2024) for digital image correlation in support of the Full-Scale Aircraft Structural Test Evaluation and Research (FASTER) program; and a $98,035 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (September 2024) for a 3D DIC system characterizing material behavior for headborne protection. Across its prime footprint, Correlated Solutions holds a Total Small Business set-aside designation on approximately 20% of recent awards; the remainder compete full-and-open, typically under sole-source authority established by special notices posted on SAM.gov that designate Correlated Solutions as the sole provider of the required system.

Customer concentration sits with civilian research agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 57% of awards, led by NASA Shared Services Center (23 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value) and NASA Langley Research Center (17 awards, $1 million). By potential value, the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (17 awards, $2 million) ranks first, with the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (7 awards, $1.2 million), NASA Shared Services Center, NASA Langley, and Naval Sea Systems Command rounding out the active set. The vendor has served 31 distinct federal customer agencies across its 127-award footprint. Correlated Solutions operates through purchase-order vehicles issued by individual agencies rather than through government-wide IDIQs or GWACs; two named parent vehicles in the source (Indefinite Delivery Contract 80JSC022DA035 and the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract) each carry one task order, indicating minimal vehicle concentration.

Activity remains modest in scale. The vendor received two awards in 2026 (as of mid-June), seven in 2025, twelve in 2024, eight in 2023, and two in 2022, reflecting steady research-equipment demand across a broad federal customer base. Combined potential value across all 127 awards totals $9.1 million, with combined obligated dollars reaching $10.3 million. One award (potential value $34 thousand) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Correlated Solutions operates as a 94% prime contractor (120 of 127 awards); its 6% sub footprint includes work under Lockheed Martin on the Trident program for DIC system and camera upgrades (February 2024) and under Leidos on energetics research and development for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (August 2024). The vendor's award catalog clusters around analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing and other measuring and controlling device manufacturing (NAICS 334519), with secondary activity in software publishing and engineering services, and product categorization centered on laboratory equipment and supplies and information technology software.

We provide, digital camera based, non-contact, materials or products deformation measurement systems.