Hiden Analytical Inc.

Hiden Analytical Inc., a foreign-owned scientific equipment manufacturer based in Peterborough, New Hampshire, supplies analytical instrumentation—primarily mass spectrometers, ion guns, residual gas analyzers, and related laboratory equipment—to federal research agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchase orders with no set-aside usage across its federal footprint.

The company's capability portfolio centers on specialized laboratory analytical systems. Recent representative work includes a $724,366 Office of Naval Research purchase order (March 2025) for a Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) and Secondary Neutrals Mass Spectrometer (SNMS) system; a $348,440 National Institute of Standards and Technology purchase order (June 2022, extended through January 2026) for a breakthrough mass spectrometer detector and accessories with installation, training, and extended warranty to support porous-materials adsorption research; a $221,194 NASA Shared Services Center sole-source purchase order (August 2024) for a Hiden EQP-9 quadrupole mass spectrometer and ESPion Langmuir probe for the COsmic SImulation Chamber facility at NASA Ames; and a $134,411 NASA sole-source purchase order (January 2025) for a Hiden EQS 1000 series 300 amu SIMS analyzer supporting space-weathering research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Most recent activity includes a $99,125 NASA purchase order (September 2026) for a HAL IG20 Oxygen/Argon Ion Gun integrating into the Space Radiation Effects in Dust and Ice experimental chamber at NASA Goddard, and a $27,014 NASA order (August 2026) for a residual gas analyzer system for SMIRF.

Customer concentration sits heavily with research-oriented federal agencies. NIST accounts for 11 awards and $1.6 million in combined potential value; the Office of Naval Research holds 10 awards and $1.3 million; and NASA Shared Services Center carries 14 awards and $929 thousand. Together, these three agencies represent 64% of Hiden Analytical's award count and 80% of combined potential value. The company has served 15 distinct federal customer agencies since 2008.

All 64 awards in the source are prime contracts—100% prime footprint, no subcontract activity. The vast majority (58 awards) fall under NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), with PSC coding concentrated on Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (45 awards) and maintenance/repair/rebuild of laboratory equipment (6 awards). Activity has been sparse and flat in recent years—two awards in 2026, three in 2025, two in 2024, and one in 2023—with only two awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $126 thousand). The combined potential value across all 64 awards is $5.4 million, with 99% of that amount already obligated, indicating a capital-equipment vendor with mature, largely fulfilled order portfolio rather than active growth trajectory.