Kessler Thermometer Corp

Kessler Thermometer Corp, doing business as Kessler Thermometers Corp, manufactures precision measurement instruments—pressure gauges, thermometers, hydrometers, and related laboratory equipment—and sells them as a prime contractor exclusively to the Defense Logistics Agency across multiple components on firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, with recurring small business set-aside designations on indefinite delivery contracts but not on the majority of individual task orders.

Based in West Babylon, New York, Kessler Thermometer Corp is a for-profit, small business manufacturer specializing in scientific and laboratory test equipment. The vendor holds three active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation: a $1,999,999.99 single-award IDC for pressure dial gauges (National Stock Number 6685-00-816-4146) awarded November 12, 2024 and extending through November 11, 2029; a $250,000 single-award IDC for self-indicating thermometers awarded May 3, 2024 through May 2, 2029; and a $250,000 single-award IDC for self-indicating thermometers awarded December 18, 2024 through May 2, 2029. All three IDCs carry total small business set-aside designations and serve as parent vehicles for delivery orders and purchase orders issued as operational requirements demand.

DLA Aviation dominates the vendor's footprint—306 awards out of 847 total (36% by count) representing $8.6 million of the combined $10 million potential value (86%)—followed distantly by DLA Troop Support Medical with 470 awards valued at $474 thousand. The two rankings diverge sharply: Medical generates nearly half the award volume but accounts for less than 5% of potential value because individual medical supply line items (hydrometers, centrifuge tubes, urineometers, graduated cylinders, laboratory stirring rods) carry values under $1,000 each, whereas DLA Aviation orders carry ceilings in the $3,000 to $48,800 range for pressure gauges and thermometers. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment issued 33 awards ($506 thousand) for hand oilers, weather belt kits, and psychrometers. Concentration is acute: the top five customers account for 98% of awards.

Recent activity shows seasonal or demand-driven volatility rather than growth or decline. The vendor recorded 121 awards in 2022, declining to 95 in 2023, rising to 101 in 2024, then dropping to 88 in 2025 and 27 through mid-April 2026. The source material spans back to 2002 and includes 847 total awards. In the next twenty-four months, thirteen awards (combined potential value $135 thousand) reach ultimate completion and face recompete, representing modest near-term recompete exposure given the established IDC vehicles.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on off-the-shelf precision measurement instruments: pressure dial gauges (PSC 44 category 44-16, primary driver), self-indicating thermometers, compound pressure gauges, thermometer sets, vacuum indicator gauges, water-indicating paint, petroleum hydrometers, graduated hydrometers, centrifuge tubes, laboratory stirring rods, oilers, weather belt kits, and refractometers. Representative awards include a $430,686 delivery order from DLA Aviation for self-indicating thermometers (March 26, 2025, with completion March 13, 2026), a $50,730 purchase order for pressure dial gauges under total small business set-aside (October 28, 2024), a $70,900 weather belt kit order from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (July 17, 2024), and a $69,600 weather belt kit purchase order (May 14, 2025). Medical Supply Chain awards are granular: hydrometers at $60–$275 each, centrifuge tubes at $100–$500 each, and stirring rods at $1,000–$1,846.

Kessler operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontractor relationships or sub-award activity in the source data. Place of performance is consistently Babylon, New York, the vendor's manufacturing facility. The company has maintained federal registration since February 2004. Top parent vehicles are five indefinite delivery contracts designated by contract numbers, with the largest carrying $250,000 in combined potential value across 17 task orders. The vendor qualifies for and receives small business set-aside designations on IDC parent awards but competes without set-aside protection on the majority of task orders issued against those vehicles.