Hitech Instruments, Inc.
Pennsburg, PA
- UEI
- HWHRDKNA2887
- CAGE
- 0ADT0
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 925 Main St #200, Pennsburg, PA 18073, USA
- Website
- hitechinstruments.com
- Founded
- 1976
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Tools & Services
- SIC code
- 38 Instruments & Related Products
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $123,144 |
| FY2025 | $340,307 |
| FY2024 | $283,544 |
| FY2023 | $83,760 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | $79,977 | |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $43,508 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluehalo, LLC | FA865021F5401 | $36,097 | |
| University Of Dayton | FA865019F5604 | $98,128 |
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About the company
Hitech Instruments, Inc., a small-business prime contractor based in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, supplies advanced microscopy equipment—Zeiss and comparable optical systems, cameras, software upgrades, and installation services—to federal research and defense agencies on a predominantly full-and-open basis, with a $7.5 million Naval Sea Systems Command Blanket Purchase Agreement anchoring its federal footprint.
Hitech is a for-profit organization that competes almost entirely as a prime (99% of awards), earning roughly $10 million in combined potential value across 159 awards over the past several years. The vendor holds SAM.gov registration dating to 2001 and carries small-business designations on select awards, though the majority of its recent work carries no set-aside. The company's capability portfolio centers on supplying purpose-built microscopy platforms—inverted brightfield and darkfield systems, stereo and zoom microscopes, polarized-light and fluorescence imaging configurations—alongside compatible cameras, motorized stages, illumination upgrades, and software licenses. Representative recent work includes a $94,161 National Institute of Standards and Technology order for a fully motorized Carl Zeiss Axio Imager light microscope system with motorized z-drive and integrated brightfield and polarized imaging (awarded September 2025), an $87,822 Office of Naval Research small-business purchase order for a Zeiss Polarized Optical Microscope (awarded September 2024), and a $73,126 Naval Air Warfare Center order for Zeiss microscope upgrades with performance extending through September 2029 (awarded July 2025).
Customer concentration is broad but tilted toward civilian research agencies. The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director leads by award count (32 awards, $145 thousand combined potential value), but a top-five ranking by dollar value surfaces the National Institute of Standards and Technology (7 awards, $389 thousand), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (9 awards, $336 thousand), and the Office of Naval Research (7 awards, $163 thousand), together accounting for roughly 11 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio. This split reflects Hitech's distribution model: many small orders from NIH institutes for microscope components and systems, but larger individual acquisitions from NIST and defense customers. The vendor holds a multi-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with NIH (HHSN263200400060251B) carrying 54 task orders and $172 thousand in combined potential value, alongside its Naval Sea Systems Command BPA. Activity has grown modestly—five awards in 2022 to ten in 2025—with only three awards (combined potential value $124 thousand) completing within the next twenty-four months, indicating light recompete exposure.
Hitech's subcontract footprint is minimal (2 sub-awards, 1% of portfolio). The vendor supplied a microscope component as a sub to Bluehalo, LLC on a photonic and quantum materials development award (August 2023), and provided engineering supplies and services as a sub to the University of Dayton on a Quick Reaction Evaluation contract (September 2022). The dominant delivery model is direct prime-to-agency supply, with performance of microscope specification, procurement, installation, training, and warranty administration occurring in-house at the Pennsburg facility or at customer sites across civilian research campuses and defense laboratories.
SBA capabilities narrative
Zeiss microscope distributor for Mid-Atlantic area.
Sales and service, digital imaging and analysis, automated stages, deconvolution, polarized microscopy, defect analysis.
Quick answers
Is Hitech Instruments, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Hitech Instruments, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through August 24, 2027.
How much has Hitech Instruments, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $340,307 to Hitech Instruments, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $830,754 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Hitech Instruments, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Hitech Instruments, Inc. ranked #30 in PSC 3540 in FY2025.
What is Hitech Instruments, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Hitech Instruments, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Axiocam 820 color camera and light path components for zeiss axio imager.Z1M materials research microscope… (1333ND26PNB030597), from National Institute of Standards and Technology, on September 21, 2026.
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