Medtherm Labs LLC

Medtherm Labs LLC, operating as a division of Medtherm Corporation, manufactures precision temperature measurement instrumentation—thermocouples, heat flux transducers, and radiometers—and delivers calibration and repair services to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards), competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation, though it holds eligibility as a small business.

Medtherm is a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. The company's capability portfolio centers on NIST-traceable coaxial thermocouples (primarily type-E chromel-constantan), Schmidt-Boelter heat flux transducers and radiometers, and calibration and repair services for precision temperature measurement devices. Representative prime work includes a $641,040 single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center, established October 2022 and extending through October 2025, under which Medtherm has received 22 task orders totaling $567 thousand for coaxial thermocouples supporting testing at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Tunnel 9 in Huntsville; a $250,000 single-award blanket purchase agreement with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, running through September 2026, under which eight BPA calls totaling $187 thousand cover calibration and repair of heat flux gauges; and a $118,295 purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center in September 2021 for heat flux sensors and radiometers for ground-based testing in support of the Mars 2020 mission.

Customer concentration is moderate and defense-tilted. The top five customer agencies account for 51% of awards by count. The Air Force Materiel Command Test Center dominates volume with 31 awards and $1.3 million in combined potential value, followed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (20 awards, $629 thousand), NASA's Shared Services Center (12 awards, $375 thousand), NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (12 awards, $145 thousand), and the Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (12 awards, dollar value not specified). By potential value, the Air Force and its subordinate offices anchor 70% of the portfolio across both the Materiel Command Test Center and parent Materiel Command organization.

Medtherm holds two primary contract vehicles: the Air Force IDIQ FA910117D0021 (22 task orders, $567 thousand combined potential value) for coaxial thermocouples, and the ATF BPA 15A00021AAQA00494 ($250 thousand ceiling, running through September 2026). A second Air Force IDIQ, FA910123DB001, carries ten task orders valued at $319 thousand. All three vehicles are non-set-aside, single-award instruments reflecting the vendor's position as a specialized supplier without competition on these established vehicles.

Activity has grown modestly—from eight awards in 2022 to a peak of sixteen in 2024—with only one award recorded through June 2026 to date. In the next twenty-four months, only one award (combined potential value $34 thousand) reaches ultimate completion, indicating minimal recompete urgency in the near term.

In its subcontractor role, Medtherm supplies heat flux transducers across multiple production and sustainment programs. Lockheed Martin is the predominant prime, receiving multiple subcontract awards since July 2022 for transducers ranging from 0–200 BTU through 0–800 BTU capacity supporting the MK21A re-entry vehicle, Navy acoustic and sonar systems, and weapon system development. Beyond New Horizons LLC and unnamed primes hold additional sub awards for Space Launch System booster production. The subcontract footprint is 11% of total awards by count and reflects demand for Medtherm's sensors in missile, re-entry vehicle, and space launch applications where precise thermal measurement is mission-critical.

Medtherm's NAICS concentration is tight: 108 awards fall under Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, with 17 under Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. Primary Service Code classification reinforces the same profile: 33 awards in Pressure, Temperature, and Humidity Measuring and Controlling Instruments (PSC 6630), 23 in Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (PSC 6620), and 18 in maintenance and repair of laboratory instruments.