Foster & Freeman USA Inc.

Foster & Freeman USA Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of specialized forensic technology equipment based in Ashburn, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering video spectral comparators, fingerprint capture systems, crime scene lighting, alternate light sources, microscopy systems, and forensic imaging equipment to federal law enforcement and investigative agencies. The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation, though recent awards include some Total Small Business set-asides.

Foster & Freeman's customer base concentrates heavily in federal criminal investigation and law enforcement. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 43% of recent prime awards: the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Command leads with 44 awards valued at $4.7 million combined potential value, followed by the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (30 awards, $1 million), the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Secret Service (24 awards, $736 thousand), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (23 awards, $2.4 million), and the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Criminal Investigative Service Quantico (21 awards, $2.9 million). When ranked by potential value, the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection ranks second after Army CID with 18 awards valued at $3.8 million combined, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives enters the top five with 15 awards at $2.1 million combined potential value. These five agencies anchor 54% of combined potential value across the vendor's recent award footprint.

Representative prime work includes a $1.27 million firm fixed-price definitive contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (awarded September 30, 2025) for digital fingerprint capture systems, a $693 thousand purchase order from the Navy Criminal Investigative Service (September 6, 2023) for 82L/82S combination set crime-lite kits, a $606 thousand total small business set-aside definitive contract with Army Criminal Investigation Command (April 6, 2023) for fifteen Crime-Lite Auto alternate light source kits, and a $508 thousand purchase order from Customs and Border Protection (September 30, 2023) for Crime-Lite Auto, Crime-Lite 2, and Pro-Vision 5 goggle kits. Recent work also includes a $298 thousand order from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (June 17, 2022) for two GRIMM units and one DSC system, and a new $733 thousand single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with ATF established April 2, 2026, running through April 1, 2031, against which a $113 thousand call order for a fuming chamber was issued in April 2026.

Foster & Freeman holds a $500 thousand General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract (expiring February 2026 per summaries, subsequently renewed) that enables federal agencies to issue delivery orders for forensic equipment and supplies. Three GSA MAS delivery orders appear in recent activity, valued at $47 thousand combined potential value. The vendor's product portfolio maps closely to NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), which dominates the award footprint with 178 awards, supplemented by Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (18 awards), Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing (16 awards), and related categories. PSC coding mirrors this distribution: Laboratory Equipment and Supplies accounts for 135 awards, with Electric Portable and Hand Lighting Equipment (17 awards) and Optical Instruments and Test Equipment (15 awards) as secondary categories.

Activity has shown volatility over the past five years — seven awards in 2022, rising to twenty in 2023, then declining to twelve in both 2024 and 2025, with four awards in 2026 year-to-date. The vendor's recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is limited: only three awards (combined potential value $540 thousand) reach ultimate completion in that window. The vendor operates as a pure prime contractor (100% of recent awards), with a single subcontract identified: a Crime-Lite Auto kit sub-award under Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (April 5, 2024). Combined potential value across all 329 awards in the source data totals $29.4 million, with $28.1 million (95%) already obligated.