Geotek LIMITED

Geotek LIMITED, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of specialized geological analysis equipment based in Daventry, United Kingdom, supplies advanced scientific instrumentation to federal research agencies exclusively as a prime contractor, with no subcontract footprint in the source record. All 18 recent federal awards are purchase orders or firm fixed-price contracts placed through full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations, positioning Geotek as a sole-source or specialized supplier of unique laboratory systems for which domestic alternatives do not exist or do not meet agency specifications.

Geotek's customer concentration is extremely narrow: the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants dominates both volume and dollars, accounting for 15 awards ($2.4 million combined potential value, 100% of the award count and value share tracked by the portfolio). The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy has placed 2 awards ($789 thousand), and the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has placed 1 award ($657 thousand), representing the complete federal customer set. USGS and DOE are the only agencies with active multi-year or repeat relationships; DON appears to have been a one-time customer.

Geotek's concrete capability footprint centers on multi-sensor core logging systems, sediment core imaging systems, X-ray fluorescence geochemistry sensors, and supporting laboratory instrumentation for non-destructive geological core analysis. Representative recent awards include a $668.3 million firm fixed-price contract (September 2025, ultimate completion January 2027) from USGS for delivery and installation of a Sediment Core Imaging System with integrated magnetic susceptibility, gamma density, P-wave velocity, and X-ray fluorescence sensors; a $748.9 million Inflation Reduction Act-funded purchase order (September 2024, ultimate completion September 2027) from DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory for a multi-sensor core logger to characterize rock cores; and a $227.8 thousand purchase order (May 2026, ultimate completion October 2026) from USGS for a microXRF geochemistry sensor attachment with 4–50 kV X-ray source, silicon drift detector, and sub-1 cm spot-size elemental mapping capability. Geotek also supplies replacement X-ray sources, detectors, spectroscopy systems, and upgrades to existing Geotek MSCL systems under lower-value purchase orders, as evidenced by a $159.3 thousand option-year purchase order (March 2024, extending through March 2029) under a standing GEOTEK PM contract with USGS.

Activity has fluctuated modestly — one award in 2022, two in 2023, four in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with a combined obligated value of $3.8 million against a combined potential value of $3.9 million (98% obligated). Three awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and combined potential value of $1.6 million, creating recompete exposure in that window. All work is performed in Great Britain, with on-site installation, training, and customs clearance included in contract scope where applicable. Geotek's primary NAICS coding is Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), with secondary classifications tied to equipment repair and maintenance and testing laboratory services; primary PSC coding aligns to Laboratory Equipment and Supplies.