Flexcompute Inc.

Flexcompute Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Watertown, Massachusetts, supplies electromagnetic and photonics simulation software and computational services to federal research agencies as both a prime contractor (67% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The vendor operates in NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers) and related R&D categories, competing under full-and-open procurement rather than set-aside vehicles.

Flexcompute's customer base spans four distinct federal agencies with heavy concentration in defense research and standards development. The Office of Naval Research and the National Institute of Standards and Technology anchor the disclosed prime footprint by potential value, with the National Science Foundation and the Office of the Secretary of Defense each represented by two awards. The top two customers by potential value — ONR ($343 thousand) and NIST ($52 thousand) — represent the full disclosed prime dollar exposure; the two NSF and two OSD awards lack stated potential values in the source.

The vendor's core offering is Tidy3D Pro, a cloud-native electromagnetic finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation platform for photonics chip design and multiphysics modeling. Representative prime work includes a $342.65 thousand sole-source photonics chip simulation software and computational-credit award from the Office of Naval Research, completed July 22, 2027, covering unlimited concurrent simulations with 20 billion FDTD grid capacity and web and Python API access; and a $52 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from NIST for a 10-month trial license (April 2026 to February 2027) of Tidy3D Pro with PhotonForge Photonics Canvas capabilities, three users, and on-premises deployment with four NVIDIA V100 GPUs. Performance on both awards occurs at Flexcompute's East Watertown facility.

Activity is sparse but expanding: one award in 2016, one in 2017, then two in 2025 and two in 2026. Flexcompute sits on the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract with two task orders. In subcontractor roles, Flexcompute delivers cloud-native FDTD simulation services to Booz Allen Hamilton under a May 2025 MASTER (Microelectronics Assurance for Secure Trustworthy Electronics Research) SaaS platforms award, and provides the same capability to an unidentified prime under an Information Analysis Center contract task order awarded May 14, 2026. Both prime awards face recompete within twenty-four months (combined potential value $395 thousand); obligated dollars ($2 million) exceed potential-value claims by a factor of 5.15, suggesting prior-year invoicing or sustained work orders on research contracts.