Light Conversion-Usa, Inc.

Light Conversion-Usa, Inc., a for-profit corporation headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, manufactures specialized advanced laser systems and optical parametric amplifiers for federal research agencies as a prime contractor, competing exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across an eleven-award portfolio worth $2.7 million. The vendor operates in NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and related optical-instrumentation classifications, delivering mid-wave infrared ultra-short-pulse laser sources, femtosecond amplified laser systems, ultraviolet light sources, and broadband ultrafast spectrometer systems to the federal research and development community.

Light Conversion-Usa, Inc. serves a narrow, research-focused customer base concentrated in two agencies. The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) anchors the portfolio by potential value, holding three awards worth $1.1 million combined, including a $410,750 firm-fixed-price purchase order for a high-power, high-repetition-rate near-infrared femtosecond laser system for terahertz spectroscopy (awarded September 2023), a $287,790 purchase order for a pulsed ultraviolet light source for atom probe tomography under the CHIPS R&D initiative (August 2024), and a $380,040 purchase order for laser and optical parametric amplifiers for multiphoton microscopy also under CHIPS R&D (April 2026). The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research accounts for five awards worth $934 thousand combined, spanning ultrafast laser systems, wavelength-tunable amplified laser equipment, and spectrometer systems with installation and training (orders placed October 2022 through September 2024). The Naval Air Warfare Center, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) round out the customer set with single awards each, representing $275 thousand, $248 thousand, and $174 thousand respectively. No customer diversification beyond these five agencies is present in the source data.

Recent activity shows consistent but modest volume — one award in 2020, then a gap until 2022, followed by three awards each in 2023, 2024, and 2026. Four awards (combined potential value $1.1 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, surfacing recompete exposure in that window. The vendor holds no federal contract vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, IDIQs) and operates as a pure 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Performance locations span Bozeman, Montana (manufacturing and assembly) and overseas sites (Lithuania), with delivery to federal customer locations in Maryland, Washington, DC, and elsewhere. All awards are firm-fixed-price purchase orders with no set-asides, indicating Light Conversion-Usa, Inc. competes on technical merit and specialized capability rather than small-business designations or federal vehicle advantage.