Metrex Research LLC

Metrex Research LLC, doing business as Orascoptic, a manufacturer of surgical and dental loupes, surgical headlight systems, and ergonomic seating solutions, operates as a prime contractor supplying specialized medical visualization equipment to federal defense and veterans' healthcare agencies on full-and-open delivery orders with no set-aside posture. Metrex is a child entity of Kerr Corporation and a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, based in Madison, Wisconsin.

The vendor's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in medical device delivery to Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical (Medical Supply Chain division), which accounts for 3,425 awards (95% of recent award volume) and $93.5 million of the combined $116.5 million potential value across the entire portfolio. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 anchors the second-largest customer relationship by dollar value at $17.1 million across 12 awards, while the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery places 230 orders totaling $2.8 million. Metrex serves 46 federal agencies in aggregate, but delivery to DLA Medical Supply Chain drives the business at over 87% of potential value.

Metrex holds two primary vehicle positions. The largest is an indefinite-delivery multiple-award IDIQ contract (SPE2DH20D0040) with the Defense Logistics Agency, under which 1,800 task orders have been placed, generating $8.5 million in combined potential value. A second DLA vehicle—the Medical Capital Equipment Program—carries 1,388 task orders worth $6 million. The vendor also holds a $5.6 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs under the GSA Schedule Medical Equipment and Supplies (FSS-65-II-A, Special Item Number A-38), which has generated 136 task orders worth $1.7 million and enables procurement of dental loupes, powered loupes, headlights, and related accessories across VA healthcare facilities. A Federal Supply Schedule contract (V797P4989A) carries 296 task orders valued at $3.8 million.

Recent work exemplifies the vendor's core capability: fixed-price delivery orders from DLA Medical Supply Chain for specialized loupes (HDL ERGO 3.5 Traditional Frame, HDL ERGO 5.0 Dragonfly Pro Gen 2, RDH ERGO series, EYEZOOM models) ranging from $1,270 to $35,000, surgical headlight systems (Endeavour TruColor XL, Endeavour MD TruColor, Spark TTL Light System), and accessories such as batteries and optical components. A June 8, 2026 delivery order from the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 awarded $42,724.29 for dental loupes. An April 2026 sequence of nine DLA Medical Supply Chain delivery orders totaled $28,832 for various loupe and headlight configurations. All recent awards employ firm fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment; none use socioeconomic set-asides.

Activity remains robust at 215 awards in 2025 and 103 in 2026 year-to-date (through June), down from 406 in 2024, reflecting the seasonal and order-driven nature of medical device procurement. The recompete cliff in the next 24 months shows only one award expiring, valued at $43 thousand, indicating limited near-term contract restructuring pressure on this vendor. Awards per year have held steady between 382 and 406 from 2022 through 2024 before the 2025 slowdown.

Metrex operates primarily as a prime contractor (3,930 of 3,944 awards). Two named subcontract relationships appear under Cardinal Health 200, LLC as the prime—one for tactical medical kits, another for oxygen sensor and pulse oximetry equipment—indicating Metrex flows medical equipment through larger healthcare supply distributors when procured as a subordinate line item rather than as a standalone visualization-equipment prime.

NAICS and PSC concentration reveal the vendor's equipment-manufacturing and wholesale posture: Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (2,023 awards), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (1,710 awards), and Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (125 awards) dominate category coding. PSC codes align with procurement need—Hospital Furniture, Equipment, Utensils, And Supplies (2,012 awards) and Laboratory Equipment And Supplies (1,373 awards) reflect DLA's broad ordering patterns for clinical equipment across military medical treatment facilities and VA centers.