Kinemetrics Inc.

Kinemetrics Inc., a Pasadena, California–based manufacturer of seismic monitoring equipment owned by Tokyo-based OYO Corporation, operates as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal contracts and idiosyncratic delivery orders, competing without set-aside designations. The company is foreign-owned, for-profit, and classified under NAICS 334513 (measuring and controlling industrial process variables) and PSC 6655 (geophysical instruments), with a primary capability footprint centered on seismic digitizers, data loggers, accelerometers, sensors, cables, and integrated seismic systems.

Kinemetrics' federal customer concentration is extreme and durable: the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants accounts for 209 of 464 total awards (45% of award count) and $96.3 million of the $209.3 million combined potential value (46% of dollars). This dominance reflects Kinemetrics' specialized niche in earthquake and volcano monitoring instrumentation. The next four customer agencies—NOAA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Army, and the Air Force Space Command—together represent 68 awards but only $1.8 million in combined value; concentration by customer volume and by customer dollars diverge sharply, signaling that USGS places many small orders while Kinemetrics' larger vehicle positions anchor the potential-value picture. NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is a recurring customer for ANTELOPE environmental monitoring software renewals and seismic recorders; the Army Corps of Engineers procured $611.7 thousand in seismic equipment from Kinemetrics' Sacramento District in September 2022 under a sole-source FAR 13.5 purchase order.

Kinemetrics holds five active IDIQ vehicles with USGS, the two largest being a $20 million single-award five-year seismic equipment contract awarded May 1, 2025 (contract 140G0325D0004, running through April 30, 2030) and a $2,999,999 single-award contract for National Strong Motion Project professional services awarded September 16, 2024 (contract 140G0319D0003, running through September 15, 2029). The $20 million vehicle has produced five delivery orders to date: DO#1 ($79,965, May 1, 2025), DO#2 ($33,300, May 23, 2025), DO#3 ($236,005, July 9, 2025), DO#4 ($173,670, August 5, 2025, for data loggers and cables), and DO#5 ETNA2 ($100,385, March 23, 2026, for seismic monitoring equipment in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). Two legacy IDIQs—ING10PC00066 and 03CRCN0039—carry 73 and 34 task orders respectively but predate the recent source window and likely reflect historical work. Kinemetrics also delivers against smaller named IDIQs with lower task-order velocity.

Recent activity shows decline: six awards in 2022 falling to two in 2026 (the latter representing only partial-year visibility). Only one award with ultimate completion date in the next twenty-four months ($23 thousand) faces recompete, indicating mature contract vehicles with extended periods of performance that defer recompete exposure beyond the near horizon. The combined dollars obligated ($61.6 million) represent 29 percent of combined potential value, typical for IDIQs with unexercised ordering capacity.

Kinemetrics operates with a subsidiary, Quanterra Inc., which the source identifies as a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of goods but does not detail operationally. The company holds one subcontract: a 2023 sub-award to Reid Middleton Inc. for developing a post-earthquake rapid evaluation and assessment program with seismic monitoring systems for the U.S. Embassy building in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, performing data acquisition, real-time processing, and remote monitoring services.

The firm's award portfolio spans forty-six years (first award April 15, 1980) and includes twenty-eight distinct federal agencies, yet the footprint is heavily concentrated—USGS-OAG alone represents two-thirds of award count and nearly half of potential value. Kinemetrics' competitive posture is full-and-open across all named awards with no set-aside designations, reflecting its role as a specialized manufacturer of proprietary seismic equipment with limited domestic competition and incumbent supplier status on USGS's mission-critical monitoring networks.