Koehler Instrument Company, Inc.

Koehler Instrument Company, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Bohemia, New York, supplies specialized petroleum and petrochemical testing equipment and laboratory instrumentation to the federal government as a prime contractor, competing predominantly through small-business set-asides on purchase orders. The company delivers flashpoint testers, viscosity baths, oxidation vessels, grease testers, water washout devices, and related calibration and maintenance services across defense logistics, Navy operations, and civilian research agencies. Koehler operates across NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC Laboratory Equipment and Supplies, with a footprint of 212 total awards spanning from 1986 to August 2026.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated in defense logistics and Navy operations. The top five funding organizations by award count account for 42% of recent awards: Defense Logistics Agency Energy leads at 27 awards worth $1 million combined potential value, followed by Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (23 awards, $218 thousand), Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (15 awards, $486 thousand), Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hardware (13 awards, $2 thousand), and Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (11 awards, $195 thousand). By potential value, the rankings shift slightly — DLA Energy remains dominant, but DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment ranks second at $486 thousand, and Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command ranks third at $408 thousand across eight awards. Civilian agency exposure includes the Department of Agriculture (multiple agricultural research service awards for cloud point testers, grease corrosion testers, and RPVOT replacement parts) and the Department of the Air Force (flashpoint testers and maintenance contracts). Recent concrete awards include a $44,657 Total Small Business corrosion grease tester for USDA Agricultural Research Service (September 2025), a $36,856 high-temperature wheel bearing grease tester and related instruments for an unnamed Northeast Area civilian agency (September 2025), a $21,836 flashpoint analyzer and igniter assembly for the Coast Guard (August 2026), and a $12,000 Navy repair and calibration services contract at Portsmouth (September 2025).

Activity has contracted sharply: six awards in 2022, ten in 2023, two in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026. Combined potential value across all 212 awards stands at $3.9 million, with combined dollars obligated at $4.7 million (120% of potential value), indicating that many of these are small purchase orders. The vendor carries minimal recompete exposure — only two awards (combined potential value $60 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Koehler holds seats on four Defense Logistics Agency indefinite delivery contracts (DLA12086C4779, DLA12087C4220, DLA12088C4477) and an Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract, each carrying one task order. The vendor's sole identified subcontract relationship is a materials purchase for Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center ground system technology and laboratory development under Booz Allen Hamilton, awarded October 2021. Set-aside posture splits roughly evenly across the prime footprint — approximately half of named awards carry Total Small Business designations, and half are full-and-open competitive awards with no set-aside used.