Custom Solutions Group, Inc.

Custom Solutions Group LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Katy, Texas, supplies analytical laboratory instrumentation—primarily gas chromatograph systems and related equipment—to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime; all 22 federal awards in the source represent purchase orders for equipment delivery, installation, training, and warranty support, with no subcontractor footprint. Most awards carry total small business set-asides, though several were awarded on a full-and-open or sole-source basis when mission-critical configuration requirements justified deviation from set-aside designation.

Custom Solutions Group competes across NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), delivering off-the-shelf and custom-configured Agilent gas chromatograph systems equipped with flame ionization detectors, pulsed discharge helium ionization detectors, thermal conductivity detectors, and automated headspace autosamplers. Representative work includes a $125,248 delivery of an Agilent 8890A Gas Chromatograph to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's PWA Tropical Crop & Commodity Protection facility in Hilo, Hawaii (May 2026), a $123,738 gas chromatograph system to the National Institute of Standards and Technology with installation and training (September 2024), and a $109,912 Agilent 8890A replacement to the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration for mine gas analysis and compliance testing (September 2022). Contracts routinely include on-site installation at customer facilities, hands-on training for two to four personnel, and one-year parts-and-labor warranties.

Customer concentration spans ten agencies, with the top five agencies accounting for 73% of award count. The National Institute of Standards and Technology leads by potential value (3 awards, $307 thousand), followed closely by USDA Agricultural Research Service regional offices in the Pacific West Area (3 awards, $252 thousand) and the broader ARS field research structure (4 awards, $168 thousand). The Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Department of the Air Force round out the top-five by dollar value, contributing $172 thousand and $114 thousand respectively. NIST and USDA together represent approximately 58% of the vendor's combined potential value ($1.3 million), indicating strong concentration among civilian research and agricultural agencies.

Activity over the past five years shows sporadic volume—one award in 2021, one in 2022, then three in 2024 and two in 2025—with two awards placed in 2026 to date. Three awards with combined potential value of $341 thousand reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating moderate recompete exposure. The vendor has not held positions on GWACs, IDIQs, or multi-agency BPAs; all work has been awarded directly via purchase-order solicitations from individual agency field offices and programs. Supplier relationships reflect the specialized, transactional nature of the customer base: once equipment is delivered, installed, and warranted, the engagement typically concludes unless the customer issues a follow-on procurement for additional instrumentation or upgrades.