Gatan, Inc.

Gatan, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based subsidiary of AMETEK Inc., manufactures and maintains advanced analytical instrumentation for electron microscopy and spectroscopy, competing as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements. The company operates exclusively in the commercial marketplace with no SBA set-aside designations across its federal footprint, positioning itself as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and exclusive service provider for EDAX analytical systems across federal research laboratories, military facilities, and law enforcement agencies.

Gatan's federal work concentrates on two complementary capability streams: preventative maintenance and support services for EDAX X-ray fluorescence, electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy systems installed at federal research facilities; and supply of advanced imaging and detection hardware including Rio digital cameras, ChromaCL systems, and Direct Detector K3 cameras for transmission electron microscopy platforms. Recent representative work includes a $535,541.60 multi-year preventative maintenance contract awarded by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in August 2023 covering maintenance of EDAX Orbis and Octane X-ray fluorescence systems at ATF's forensic science laboratories through August 2028; a $307,887.85 three-year preventative maintenance order from the Army Research Development and Engineering Command issued in June 2026 for EDAX/Gatan ancillary systems at Aberdeen Proving Ground; a $185,940.00 five-year X-ray spectroscopy tool maintenance contract from the Defense Microelectronics Activity awarded in March 2026 covering annual scheduled maintenance, unlimited on-site repair visits, and remote technical support through March 2031; and a $123,423.24 Rio digital camera delivery to the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in August 2026 for integration with a FEI Tecnai 12 transmission electron microscope at Berkeley, California.

Customer concentration anchors to civilian research and specialty-defense agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology leads by both award count (25 awards) and combined potential value ($3.4 million), followed by the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (10 awards, $2 million), the National Institutes of Health National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (6 awards, $1.9 million), the Naval Office of Naval Research (23 awards, $872 thousand), and the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (3 awards, $762 thousand). These five customers account for 62 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio. Gatan serves 43 distinct federal agencies overall, with 168 prime awards against a combined potential value of $14.5 million obligated across the past thirty years and recent activity averaging seven to nine awards annually from 2021 through 2026. The vendor places work under GSA Multiple Award Schedule and several blanket purchase agreements, including BPAs with Defense Microelectronics Activity, the Naval Supply Systems Command, and the Army Materiel Command. In its subcontractor role, Gatan delivers analytical equipment and technical services to Triad National Security on Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations contracts, to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies on Department of Energy national security campus operations, and to Weems Design Studio on National Cancer Institute operational task orders. Six awards carrying combined potential value of $1 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in Gatan's core maintenance and replacement-equipment portfolio.