Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc.

Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Saratoga Springs, New York, develops geophysical monitoring software and earthquake early warning systems for civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on USGS work and full-and-open on larger definitive contracts with the Air Force and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company specializes in custom computer programming and scientific data analysis solutions for seismic monitoring, with expertise in C++, Java, Python, and PostgreSQL database infrastructure.

Instrumental's customer base concentrates heavily on interior and civilian science agencies. The U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants accounts for 68% of recent awards (91 awards, $13.7 million combined potential value), anchored by multiple task orders under a $5 million single-award IDIQ running through June 2030 and smaller task orders under older USGS indefinite delivery vehicles. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation places 12 awards ($773 thousand), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration holds 2 awards ($4.2 million), and the Air Force Space Command holds 2 awards ($4.2 million). The two customer rankings diverge notably: USGS dominates both volume and dollars, but the Air Force and NOAA anchor most of Instrumental's dollar exposure beyond USGS through large definitive contracts.

Instrumental holds a position on five parent USGS indefinite delivery contracts. The largest vehicle, IDC 140G0320D0004, carries 21 task orders ($1.5 million combined potential value) for Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) support and development; IDC ING17PC00018 carries 19 task orders ($885 thousand) for similar ANSS work; IDC ING14PC00018 carries 13 task orders ($428 thousand); and the newest vehicle, IDC 140G0325D0005 awarded July 7, 2025, carries 8 task orders ($778 thousand) and extends through June 30, 2030. Instrumental also operates a $5 million single-award IDIQ with USGS (140G0325D0005) through 2030, designated as a total small business set-aside, with minimum guaranteed value of $70,000, individual task order caps of $500,000, and cumulative task orders to date of $450,000. Recent USGS work includes a $208,950 delivery order for ANSS software support (awarded July 2025), a $144,000 delivery order for the same scope (July 2025), and multiple task orders under prior IDIQs ranging from $19,880 to $285,484.

Beyond the USGS, Instrumental secured a $3.9 million definitive contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in May 2026 for development of a Common Analytic and Support System serving the National Weather Service's Tsunami Warning Centers in Palmer, Alaska and Honolulu, Hawaii, running through July 3, 2028 under 24/7 high-impact FISMA security constraints. In January 2025, the Air Force Space Command awarded Instrumental a $4.15 million definitive contract for commercial software development and update services for the National Data Center-in-a-Box Radionuclide Software Package, supporting nuclear monitoring data receipt, processing, and analysis through May 5, 2029, under the Commercial Solutions Opening from the Air Force Technical Application Center.

Activity has remained modest and variable over the past five years (2022: 10 awards; 2023: 5 awards; 2024: 4 awards; 2025: 6 awards; 2026: 8 awards to date), with combined potential value of $24.7 million across 134 prime awards and $13.9 million obligated (56% realization). Eight awards carrying combined potential value of $4.4 million face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore recompete. Instrumental operates exclusively as a prime contractor; the source identifies no subcontract engagements. Work is performed across multiple locations: administrative headquarters in Saratoga Springs, New York, with performance also at West Menlo Park and Anchorage (USGS work), Palmer and Honolulu (NOAA tsunami warning), New Paltz (Air Force radionuclide contract), and Moffett Field, California (equipment delivery). Instrumental's capability portfolio centers on seismic monitoring system development, earthquake early warning platforms (including ShakeAlert), ANSS support and sustainment, interferometric synthetic aperture radar and geodetic analysis, and software maintenance for scientific data acquisition and distribution infrastructure serving USGS, NOAA, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Naval Supply Systems Command.

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