Custom Solutions Group, Inc.

Custom Solutions Group, Inc., operating its Custom Solutions Group LLC division, supplies analytical laboratory instruments — principally gas chromatography systems and related upgrades — to federal research and regulatory agencies as a prime contractor under small business set-asides. The vendor is a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Katy, Texas, competing almost exclusively in Total Small Business or sole-source procurements across NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and related repair and maintenance codes.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on the design, procurement, configuration, and delivery of gas chromatography instruments tailored to federal laboratory workflows. Recent representative work includes a $125,248 small-business-set-aside purchase order from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (awarded May 28, 2026) for an Agilent 8890A Gas Chromatograph with thermal conductivity and pulsed flame photometric detectors, delivered to the PWA Tropical Crop & Commodity Protection facility in Hilo, Hawaii within 60 days of award; a $128,966 sole-source purchase order from Air Mobility Command (April 22, 2026) for a Trace Gas Impurities Chromatography System configured to detect hydrogen, neon, argon, oxygen, helium, and nitrogen in propellant-grade gases at Vandenberg Space Force Base; and a $123,738 small-business-set-aside award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (September 16, 2024) for a gas chromatograph system with installation, training, and warranty support through April 2028. The vendor also performs upgrades and repairs on existing instruments — for example, a $91,229 USDA ARS order (May 30, 2024) to install a robotic headspace autosampler and modify a gas chromatograph at the National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Mississippi.

Customer concentration is distributed across research and regulatory agencies. The top five customer organizations account for 72% of awards by count, with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (both the main entity and the Pacific West Area), the Air Mobility Command, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration each placing three to four orders. By dollar value, NIST leads with $393 thousand across four awards, followed by USDA Pacific West Area ($252 thousand), Air Mobility Command ($243 thousand), MSHA ($181 thousand), and USDA ARS general ($168 thousand) — collectively 82% of combined potential value.

Activity accelerated modestly in 2024 and 2025 after years of single-award rates. The vendor received five awards in 2026 (the most recent on September 23, 2026, for an $85,863 gas chromatograph from NIST), four in 2024, and three in 2025. Four awards carrying $311 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to recompete risk in that window. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor across 25 awards totaling $1.5 million in combined potential value, with no subcontract footprint in the source data. All obligated dollars (100%) have been invoiced against potential value, indicating contract performance completion or near-completion across the portfolio.