E.a. Fischione Instruments, Inc.

E.a. Fischione Instruments, Inc., doing business as Fischione Instruments, is a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of scientific instruments for materials characterization that operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) selling specialized specimen preparation and analysis equipment to federal research agencies under purchase orders with no set-aside designation. The company is a for-profit, Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Export, Pennsylvania, with secondary operations in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and competes in full-and-open procurements rather than through SBA set-aside categories.

Fischione's capability portfolio centers on ion mills, electropolishers, ultrasonic cutters, nanomil systems, and related electron microscopy specimen preparation equipment—niche instruments for materials science research and nanotechnology characterization. Representative prime work includes a $309,279 broad-beam argon ion mill delivered to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (completion July 2027), a $249,999 Nano Mill Model 1040 sole-source award from the Office of Naval Research (completed March 2022), a $51,000 on-axis TEM tomography holder for NIST's CHIPS Research & Development initiative (completion June 2026), a $29,788 Model 110 Twin-Jet Electropolisher for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center under Total Small Business set-aside (completion June 2026), and a $19,345 Model 170 ultrasonic disk cutter supplied to the Army Materiel Command (completed April 2024). A subcontract with Nanomil Specimen Preparation System work for NASA's Johnson Space Center Flight represents the vendor's secondary sub role.

Customer concentration is tight and research-focused. NIST accounts for 16 awards and $1.4 million in combined potential value; the Office of Naval Research accounts for 13 awards and $736 thousand; and the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA, Naval Air Systems Command, the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, and the Army Materiel Command round out active engagement. The top five customer agencies, by the source's measure, cover 66% of all awards and 82% of combined potential value. Fischione places work under a Navy Blanket Purchase Agreement (NA134102N1315), though recent activity shows predominantly individual purchase orders rather than task order accumulation against major vehicles. Primary NAICS classification is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), which accounts for 45 of 58 tracked awards; PSC coding centers on Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (33 awards) and Optical Instruments and Test Equipment (4 awards).

Activity over the past five years remains low-frequency and steady: one award in each of 2021, 2022, and 2023, then two awards in 2024 and two in 2026. Across the full tracked history since 1989, the vendor has accumulated 58 awards with combined potential value of $3.1 million and combined obligated dollars of $3.8 million. One award (the NIST broad-beam argon ion mill, $309 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represents the primary recompete-exposure window for this vendor. The sub-award footprint is minimal, with one known sub-contract supporting NASA JSC exploration directorates.