Instruments Incorporated

Instruments Incorporated, doing business as Instruments Inc., is an SBA-certified woman-owned small business based in San Diego, California that manufactures and repairs specialized electronic amplifiers, transformers, power supplies, and circuit card assemblies for the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor on 97% of its recent federal awards. The vendor operates almost entirely as a prime on purchase orders across multiple Navy commands, competing predominantly under full-and-open and Total Small Business set-asides rather than formal 8(a) or HUBZone vehicles.

Instruments Inc.'s customer concentration is heavily Navy-focused. The Department of the Navy accounts for 84% of awards (101 total awards covering $21.8 million in combined potential value), with the top four Navy commands driving the footprint: Naval Information Warfare Systems Command leads by potential value with 53 awards ($17.7 million), Naval Sea Systems Command places 96 awards ($2.8 million), Naval Supply Systems Command places 13 awards ($32 thousand), and the Office of Naval Research places 6 awards ($173 thousand). The two value rankings diverge notably — NAVWAR concentrates the dollars in fewer, larger awards, while NAVSEA's volume is distributed across lower-value repair and component procurements. A single Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory award ($532 thousand) and a Fleet Cyber Command contract ($937 thousand) round out the top-five customer set.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on design, manufacture, and repair of power amplifiers (particularly L-series and S-series models used in submarine acoustic and signals-intelligence applications), transformers, power supplies, and electronic circuit card modules for Navy platforms and research facilities. Representative recent work includes a $743 thousand woman-owned small business sole-source delivery of S16-40SS amplifiers and transformers to NAVWAR (September 2024), a $196.7 thousand Total Small Business procurement of four L2X-P2 amplifiers (sole-source submarine acoustic receiver/transmitter components) to NAVSEA (November 2024), a $149.8 thousand firm fixed-price delivery of a custom S16-4LF power amplifier to Naval Education and Training Command (August 2024), and a $75 thousand S16 amplifier design package to NAVWAR (March 2023). Repair and refurbishment work spans L-series and S-series amplifiers, L40/L20 power amplifier evaluation and refurbishment ($51.5 thousand, NAVSEA, December 2024), and circuit card and transformer repair services across multiple Navy facilities.

The vendor places task orders against five named parent vehicles, with Indefinite Delivery Contract N6523605D8130 carrying the most volume (18 task orders, $248 thousand combined potential value), followed by IDC N0018901D0066 (8 task orders), the Federal Supply Schedule GS00S86822 (4 task orders), IDC N6523611D3230 (3 task orders, $2.5 million), and IDC N6523623D8015 (3 task orders). Activity has remained steady — six awards in 2022, seven in 2023, eleven in 2024, and nine in 2025 — with only one award facing completion in the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete pressure. The vendor's subcontractor footprint is minimal (nine sub-awards, 3% of total). Recent sub work includes logistics support for the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System fielded and in-service systems under Serco Inc. (January 2026), SBIR Phase III engineering development under General Dynamics Mission Systems (June 2025), and Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division support services under American Systems Corporation (December 2024). Product NAICS codes cluster around miscellaneous electrical equipment manufacturing (83 awards), radio and wireless communications equipment manufacturing (31 awards), and electronic equipment repair and maintenance (24 awards); PSC codes reflect amplifiers (32 awards), miscellaneous electrical and electronic components (34 awards), and electrical equipment maintenance/repair (29 awards).