FEI Company

FEI Company Materials And Structural Analysis Division, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific, manufactures electron microscopy systems and analytical laboratory instruments, providing maintenance and repair services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on sole-source and competitive purchase orders and maintenance agreements. The division competes exclusively full-and-open (no set-asides); all federal awards are unrestricted procurements reflecting its large-enterprise status and original equipment manufacturer position.

The division's capability portfolio centers on electron microscopy equipment and associated analytical systems. Representative prime work includes a $10.6 million definitive contract from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for a suite of two transmission electron microscopes and five-year warranty (awarded December 2023); a $7.4 million firm fixed-price purchase order from NIST for focused ion beam scanning electron microscopes and annual service through 2030 (awarded September 2023); a $2.4 million purchase order from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for maintenance and service renewal of Krios and Titan Krios microscopes through 2028 (awarded March 2024); a $2.2 million purchase order from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for Krios G4 cryo-electron microscope maintenance through 2029 (awarded March 2024); and a $1.7 million purchase order from the Food and Drug Administration for a Thermo Scientific Tundra Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscope plus four years of post-warranty maintenance (awarded August 2023). Maintenance-focused work spans service agreements, preventative maintenance, emergency repair, parts replacement, and software updates across Federal, Helios, Talos, Titan, Glacios, and Quanta microscope lines. Equipment procurement includes transmission electron microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, focused ion beam systems, X-ray photoelectron spectrometry instruments, and specialized cryo-EM preparation systems such as Vitrobot vitrification robots. The division also supplies analytical software including AMIRA 3D Pro for three-dimensional image rendering and PerGeos for scanning electron microscopy imaging.

Customer concentration is heavy across civilian research agencies. NIST dominates by both award count and potential value: 110 awards worth $90.3 million (29% of awards; 54% of combined potential value). The next four top customers—the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute ($22.5 million), the National Cancer Institute ($19.2 million), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ($18.8 million), and the Army Research Development and Engineering Command ($14.5 million)—account for an additional 25% of combined potential value. Overall, the top five agencies represent 54% of combined potential value across the portfolio. The division has worked with 97 distinct federal agencies, with the National Institutes of Health family, the Department of Defense, NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Agriculture as recurring customers. Recent activity shows 21 awards in 2026 (year-to-date through July 15), 49 in 2025, 67 in 2024, 67 in 2023, and 40 in 2022.

The division holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Naval Education and Training Command valued at $250,000 through March 2031 for scanning electron microscope maintenance at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Historically, it maintained a $112,065 single-award IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command through June 2026 for preventative maintenance services on scanning electron microscopes, from which delivery orders were issued. Top parent vehicles in the award data include an Air Force Research Laboratory IDC (6 task orders, $4 million combined potential value) and a Naval Sea Systems Command IDC (5 task orders, $112 thousand combined potential value). The division does not appear on large governmentwide vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide BPAs; its work flows through direct purchase orders and maintenance agreements.

In its subcontractor role (3% of all awards), FEI Company provides electron microscope equipment, service agreements, and spare parts to primes including Triad National Security (Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operation), Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (National Security Campus operations), Fluor Marine Propulsion (Naval Nuclear Laboratory operations), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory operations, Consolidated Nuclear Security (Y-12 National Security Complex management and operation), University of Dayton (composites and specialty technologies research), Riverside Research Institute (microelectronics and embedded systems assurance), HII Mission Technologies (advanced threats RDT&E), ManTech Advanced Systems International (trace particle analysis services), Columbus Technologies and Services (space flight and ground system hardware), and Government Scientific Source and Astrion Group (National Cancer Institute and laboratory support operations). These relationships reflect FEI's role as a specialized equipment supplier within larger FFRDC and M&O contracts at national laboratories and research centers.

FEI Company is organized under Thermo Fisher Scientific. Named subsidiaries include Aspex Corporation, FEI Efa, Inc., and FEI Houston, Inc., all for-profit manufacturers. The division's federal work is classified primarily under NAICS codes 8112 (Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, 435 awards) and 3345 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, 366 awards), with PSC code J009 (Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Instruments and Laboratory Equipment, 576 awards) carrying the majority of contract volume. Combined potential value across all 1,326 awards (prime and sub) is $307 million, with $278.1 million (91%) obligated. Forty-seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $17.7 million and face recompete within the window.