Eastern Mountain Optics, Inc.

Eastern Mountain Optics, Inc., doing business as Baker Marine Instrument And Repair, is a small business based in San Diego, California that provides precision repair, refurbishment, and calibration services for maritime optical and navigational equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) and competes full-and-open without set-aside designation on most work, though one recent Coast Guard award carried a Total Small Business set-aside.

Eastern Mountain Optics' capability portfolio centers on specialized maintenance and repair of "Big Eye" 25x150 binoculars, magnetic compass adjustment, custom optical reticle fabrication, lens overhaul, and calibration of Fujinon and Fraser Optics instruments used in marine research and naval operations. The company is the sole authorized service provider for these instruments in the San Diego area and holds unique technical capabilities in dry nitrogen gas cleaning procedures required to maintain optical precision. Representative prime work includes a $14,000 April 2026 firm fixed-price purchase order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for refurbishment of five Big Eye binocular cradles used in NOAA's cetacean surveys; a $6,939 September 2024 purchase order from NOAA for fabrication and installation of five custom reticles on Big Eye binoculars; a $4,800 November 2024 purchase order from Military Sealift Command for labor and material on an unspecified statement of work; and a $4,200 July 2025 purchase order from Military Sealift Command for compass card adjustment services on the USNS Mercy hospital ship.

Customer concentration splits fairly evenly between maritime research and naval operations. The Department of Commerce's NOAA and the Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command together account for 77% of recent awards and 79% of combined potential value, with NOAA holding slight dollar advantage at $108 thousand across eleven awards versus Military Sealift Command's $102 thousand across seventeen awards. The Department of Homeland Security's Coast Guard holds eleven awards valued at $74 thousand, and the Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command and Naval Sea Systems Command round out the active customer set at $33 thousand and $19 thousand respectively.

Eastern Mountain Optics holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with NOAA valued at $250,000 over five years (awarded September 20, 2022, with ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025) for refurbishment, overhaul, and repair of Big Eye binoculars. The BPA is structured as non-personal services and has generated task orders including the lens overhaul and custom reticle work cited above. The vendor has no documented subcontract footprint across the source data.

Activity has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting the small-dollar, tactical nature of purchase orders and BPA calls. Combined potential value across 64 total awards stands at $426 thousand, though combined dollars obligated have reached $508 thousand (119% of potential value), indicating scope adjustments and extensions on completed work. The NOAA BPA reaching completion on April 30, 2025 represents the vendor's primary vehicle; no other parent vehicles appear in the source.