Viken Detection Corporation

Viken Detection Corporation, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of handheld and portable X-ray imaging and detection systems, operates as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) selling specialized security scanning equipment and related training to federal law enforcement and international narcotics-control agencies. The company is a small business competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with periodic total small business set-asides; it is not a certified 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other SBA-designated category.

Viken's core capability is handheld backscatter X-ray imaging systems and cargo-screening equipment—devices designed for border security, counter-narcotics interdiction, contraband detection, and law enforcement inspection operations. The company also delivers fixed and mobile scanning installations, X-ray tube replacements, warranty and maintenance services, and operator training. Representative prime work includes a $4.95 million definitive contract from the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) awarded in August 2025 for mobile scanner systems, warranty, maintenance, and training in Costa Rica; a $1.895 million purchase order from the Air Force in October 2024 for vehicle and cargo X-ray inspection system supply and installation at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base; a $987,085 small-business-set-aside from State INL in April 2026 for handheld backscatter and transmission imaging systems supporting Colombian counter-narcotics operations, including operator training in Spanish; and recurring purchases of handheld devices from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection across multiple fiscal years.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection, which accounts for 14 awards and $52.3 million in combined potential value across the top-five customer agencies. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration together represent 29 awards but only $2.4 million in combined potential value—a pattern of frequent, lower-dollar purchases typical of field-office equipment replenishment. The State Department's INL bureau anchors $5.7 million across nine awards. The Department of Defense (Army, Air Force, Defense Health Agency) and foreign military sales cases add $2.5 million to $2.3 million respectively. These five agencies represent 88% of the combined potential value across the portfolio.

Viken places task orders under two parent indefinite-delivery contracts: IDC 70B03C18D00000037 (12 task orders, $23.2 million combined potential value) and IDC 15JPSS20D00000035 (4 task orders). The company holds a single seat on a Multiple Award Schedule.

Activity has been variable over the past five years—three awards in 2022, ten in 2023, declining to seven in 2024 and six in 2025, then recovering to ten in 2026. Four awards with ultimate completion dates falling within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.5 million, representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor's most recent awards, dated September 2026, include a $395,650 purchase order from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for Viken X-ray equipment supporting the Raven upgrade at the Charlotte facility and a $74,090 definitive contract for an X-ray machine at the Miami office.

In its subcontractor role, Viken operates as a named sub on a handful of awards: PAE Government Services, Inc. has engaged Viken on four sub-awards for international cargo screening systems and handheld X-ray maintenance in Maldives, Mexico, and Jordan; General Dynamics Information Technology has used Viken on two sub-awards for global security engineering and supply chain services; Atlantic Diving Supply brought Viken in on one sub-award. The SCI dataset captures only one record (as a named subcontractor in FY2025 with 0.2 FTEs), indicating that Viken's service-contract reportable work is minimal; the vendor's business model centers on equipment manufacture and sales rather than labor-intensive service delivery.

The portfolio skews toward goods procurement (NAICS 334511 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing, 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and related detection-systems categories dominate the top NAICS codes). Awards span 31 distinct federal customer agencies across law enforcement, international narcotics control, border security, defense, and diplomatic security missions. The vendor has been an active federal contractor since at least July 2016.