Leco Corp

Leco Corp, doing business as Tem-Press Division, manufactures and sells analytical laboratory instrumentation — elemental analyzers, gas chromatographs, mass spectrometry systems, thermogravimetric analyzers, hardness testers, and related equipment — to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The company competes exclusively without SBA designations across all of its federal prime awards.

Leco is a for-profit corporation headquartered in St. Joseph, Michigan, with continuous federal contracting registration since 2001. The vendor's federal footprint reflects its position as an original equipment manufacturer and sole-source provider of specialized analytical equipment where proprietary knowledge and manufacturer support are essential. Recent representative prime awards include a $312.3 million GD-OES (Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometer) to NASA Kennedy Space Center; a $586.1 million 2D gas chromatograph to Naval Air Warfare Center; a $535.6 million LECO GC-HRT+ 4D High Resolution Time of Flight mass spectrometry system to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division; a $466.4 million chemical analyzer and five-year maintenance package to Naval Sea Systems Command; a $250.1 million gas chromatograph time-of-flight mass spectrometer to FDA; and a $210.4 million five-year annual service plan for laboratory equipment at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland to the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command.

Leco's customer base is heavily concentrated in defense and civilian research agencies, with the top five funding agencies by potential value accounting for 85% of combined potential value. Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer anchors the portfolio at $600.2 million (13 awards), followed by FDA at $2.7 million (28 awards), Naval Sea Systems Command at $2.4 million (91 awards), Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command at $1.4 million (25 awards), and USDA Agricultural Research Service at $1.3 million (26 awards). By award count, Naval Sea Systems Command leads with 91 awards, but the dollar concentration is dramatically skewed toward the DHS CPO relationship, suggesting large-value, infrequent awards rather than numerous task orders.

Leco maintains two primary parent vehicles: Federal Supply Schedule GS24F7549D (158 task orders, $610 million combined potential value) and Multiple Award Schedule (80 task orders, $5.2 million combined potential value). These represent the primary contracting vehicles through which the company delivers equipment and services to federal customers. The company also holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Air Force Materiel Command Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex for maintenance, repair, and rebuild services, valued at $45.8 million through September 2028, with one task order issued to date.

Activity has remained stable across the past five years at 16 to 28 awards annually, with recent years showing 24 awards in both 2025 and 2026. Combined potential value across all 1,014 awards stands at $711.6 million, though only $43.4 million (6%) has been obligated, indicating substantial pipeline value in unexercised options and future delivery orders. Twenty-one awards (combined potential value $1.7 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the vendor's total portfolio.

The vendor operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (99% of awards), with minimal sub-award activity. Named sub relationships include work on Consolidated Nuclear Security nuclear complex management-and-operating contracts, Fluor Marine Propulsion Naval Nuclear Laboratory services, Astrion Group labor task orders, and Joint Technical Solutions Redstone test and engineering support. Sub-award scope centers on analytical equipment maintenance, calibration, and service contracts where Leco provides equipment or consumables as a component of larger prime efforts.

Category concentration reflects the vendor's core business: Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing dominates at 449 awards, followed by Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (160 awards) and equipment repair and maintenance categories (90 to 30 awards each). PSC coding mirrors this pattern — Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (339 awards), equipment maintenance and repair (171 awards), and Chemical Analysis Instruments (148 awards) account for the plurality of work. The vendor competes full-and-open across all segments with no recurring set-aside participation.