Keyence Corporation Of America

Keyence Corporation Of America, a subsidiary of Japan-based Keyence Corp., supplies precision optical measurement, microscopy, and imaging equipment to the federal government as a prime contractor (87% of recent awards) competing on full-and-open, unrestricted basis across defense, civilian, and research agencies. The company is based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, structured as a for-profit organization registered with SAM.gov since 2002, and competes without SBA set-aside designations.

Keyence's federal portfolio centers on equipment sales — high-resolution digital microscopes, 3D optical profilometers, laser-based elemental analyzers, laser markers, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), and confocal sensors. Representative prime awards include a $128,784 purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center in June 2026 for a Keyence WM6000 Wide Area Coordinate Measurement Machine for the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory; a $157,439 order from NASA in June 2024 for a Keyence microscope to serve as a ground control unit for biological and physical sciences research on the International Space Station; a $311,276 award from the Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center in July 2023 for a 3D scanning and coordinate measuring machine system; and a $243,392 order from the Army Research Laboratory in January 2024 for an optical profilometer system. The company also holds a $7.5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) running through October 2029, enabling federal agencies to procure Keyence optical and measurement equipment on an as-needed basis.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Department of Homeland Security procurement channels — a single customer (DHS Chief Procurement Officer) anchors 96% of the combined potential value across all awards at $501 million, driven by a 53-task-order position on the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9307S valued at $502.8 million. This represents a dramatic departure from award-count distribution: by number of awards, the top five customers (Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing, NASA Shared Services Center, NAVSEA, Naval Air Warfare Center, and Army Research Development and Engineering Command) account for only 28% of awards and a combined $15.4 million in potential value. The portfolio spans 105 distinct customer agencies but is operationally dominated by a single vehicle and customer relationship.

Activity has remained consistent over the past five years — 27 awards in 2022 growing to 49 in 2024, then declining to 44 in 2025 and 15 year-to-date in 2026 through mid-June. Only two awards (combined potential value $189 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Recompete risk is concentrated in the Federal Supply Schedule vehicle, which carries the $502.8 million ceiling.

Keyence subcontracts to major primes including Fluor Marine Propulsion (naval nuclear laboratory operations and management); Lockheed Martin (industrial engineering services for weapons systems modernization, Trident strategic deterrent sustainment); Northrop Grumman (deployed systems support); General Atomics (inertial confinement fusion target research and development); and University of Dayton, Johns Hopkins APL, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory on research and development work. Sub awards often involve delivery of 3D scanners, digital microscopes, elemental analyzers, and laser profiling systems in support of materials testing, reverse engineering, manufacturing quality control, and research applications. The company also received a federal grant sub-award from National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in December 2023 for advanced manufacturing process research supporting maintenance and sustainment environments.

The source data identifies Keyence Corp. (UEI ND7DTJ18YXU8) as the parent, but the source does not detail subsidiary structure beyond this relationship. Keyence Corporation Of America operates as the registered federal contractor entity. The award portfolio reflects a hardware-driven business model with minimal services or labor components — purchases are almost exclusively for equipment, components, spare parts, repairs, and occasional software or training. NAICS concentration sits in Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing (153 awards) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (94 awards), with PSC concentration in Laboratory Equipment And Supplies (175 awards) and Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components And Accessories (107 awards). The vendor competes across both production and research environments, supporting quality assurance, metrology, forensics, additive manufacturing validation, and scientific research across NASA, DoD, civilian agencies, and the intelligence community.