Digi-Key Corp

Digi-Key Corp, doing business as Digi-Key Electronics, is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, that serves as a major distributor of electronic components and accessories to the U.S. federal government. The company specializes in providing off-the-shelf and specialized electronic equipment, integrated circuits, connectors, semiconductors, capacitors, resistors, and other electronic parts to support defense and civilian agency operations. Digi-Key has established itself as a critical supplier across multiple federal agencies and maintains an extensive inventory enabling rapid procurement and delivery of specialized electronic components to support government initiatives ranging from naval operations to advanced scientific research.

Through prime federal contract awards, Digi-Key has delivered a diverse range of electronic components and specialized equipment to numerous federal agencies. Recent prime contract awards include the National Interagency Fire Center for Sherpa Fleet Wire modification crimp tools valued at $23,316.32, the Department of Defense Aviation agency for signal converters worth $3,395.31, the National Institute of Standards and Technology for a qubit data acquisition and control platform valued at $18,768.99, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a four-channel photon count module totaling $14,695.00, and the Naval Sea Systems Command for rack hardware DNA components and Libero software licenses. Additional prime contracts have been awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration for GPS receiver parts exceeding $102,000, the Naval Air Warfare Center for radio frequency system-on-chip evaluation computer boards and umbilical connectors, the Defense Logistics Agency for power supplies and capacitor components, and the Shared Services Center for Wolfspeed inverters and electronic board components. All prime contract awards operate on firm fixed-price purchase order basis with no set-aside designations, reflecting open competition procurement. As a subcontractor, Digi-Key has supplied electronic components to major defense prime contractors including Raytheon Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Sierra Nevada Company, and Alliant Techsystems Operations, providing items such as ceramic chips, resistor chips, memory modules, connectors, semiconductor components, coaxial RF connectors, and various specialized electronic assemblies for defense and aerospace applications.

Digi-Key's grant award activity is limited, with a single federal grant sub-award documented through Battelle Memorial Institute dated November 1, 2022, for the provision of datalogger components. This sub-grant award represents minimal grant activity compared to the company's substantial prime and sub-contract portfolio, indicating that Digi-Key's federal revenue stream is predominantly derived from contract mechanisms rather than grant funding.

Digi-Key holds a single prime federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicle, a $1,000,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded on April 7, 2022, with performance extending through April 6, 2027. This BPA provides electronic and expendable components to support NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, enabling the agency to rapidly order necessary electronic components as task orders rather than conducting separate procurement actions. The BPA was established under an unrestricted commercial item acquisition and reflects Digi-Key's role as a pre-approved supplier for NOAA's research and development initiatives. The structure of this IDV demonstrates Digi-Key's capacity to support sustained federal procurement requirements for electronic components across extended performance periods.