International Met Systems Inc.

International Met Systems Inc., doing business as Intermet Systems, manufactures specialized meteorological instruments — primarily radiosondes, weather balloon systems, and upper air training equipment — and supplies them to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open (non-set-aside) contracts, with no SBA designations. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a SAM.gov registration dating to 2001 and a primary NAICS classification in measuring and controlling device manufacturing (NAICS 334514). The company competes on the open market; none of its federal awards carry set-aside designations.

Customer concentration is extreme and geographically narrow. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dominates Intermet's footprint by both volume and value: 100 of the company's 184 recent prime awards (54% of the prime portfolio) flow to NOAA, carrying $3.4 million in combined potential value. The top five customer agencies account for 66% of recent awards by count, but the dollars tell a different story — GSA Federal Acquisition Service's single award accounts for $4.6 million, nearly equal to NOAA's 100 awards combined, signaling a major vehicle placement. NASA operations across Langley Research Center, the Shared Services Center, and Glenn Research Center together represent 19 awards with $344 thousand in combined potential value. The Navy and Air Force round out the active agency set with smaller volume and value footprints. This concentration — NOAA by frequency, GSA by single-award magnitude — reflects Intermet's specialization in atmospheric monitoring equipment rather than broad federal demand.

Intermet's vehicle position centers on NOAA's Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), where 41 task orders carry $1.1 million in combined potential value. The company also holds seats on several NOAA Indefinite Delivery Contracts, including IDC 50DGNW090121 (9 task orders), IDC DOC50DGNW090121 (6 task orders, $24 thousand), and IDC DOCWC133W09CQ0001 (4 task orders, $326 thousand). Recent representative prime work includes a $46.5 thousand delivery order from NASA's Shared Services Center on July 30, 2026, for 255 Intermet radiosondes supporting the SHADOZ atmospheric observation network (performance at Greenbelt, Maryland), a $119.4 thousand NOAA purchase order from May 7, 2026, for train regulators (performance at Grand Rapids), and a $59.8 thousand NOAA MAS delivery order from August 28, 2025, for IMET-4RSB radiosondes. The company's subcontractor exposure is minimal: one recent award visible in the source, dated September 4, 2026, places Intermet as a sub to Southwest Research Institute on a classified drone-manufacturing and assembly effort.

Activity has been flat to declining year over year — four awards in 2022, five in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and three through September 2026 — across a 185-award footprint spanning back to 1997. Combined potential value sits at $53.3 million with $18.7 million obligated (35% utilization), indicating substantial uncalled capacity on standing agreements. The company's capability portfolio is narrowly defined: radiosondes in multiple configurations (IMET-4RSB, IMET-54-AS, IMET-4C), weather balloon systems, train regulators, balloon inflation kits, and related upper air equipment for meteorological observation, weather forecasting, and atmospheric research missions. Work is performed primarily at the company's Grand Rapids headquarters or at customer sites including NOAA's National Logistics Support Center in Grandview, Missouri, and various NASA field centers.