Micromeritics Instrument Corporation

Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, a Georgia-based manufacturer of advanced analytical and material characterization equipment, supplies specialized scientific instruments to federal agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) competing in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The company operates as a for-profit organization with a named subsidiary, Freeman Technology Inc. (foreign-owned), and has maintained federal contractor registration since 2000.

Micromeritics' capability portfolio centers on high-precision analytical instruments for material characterization and particle analysis. The company manufactures surface area analyzers, particle size analyzers, gas pycnometers, chemisorption systems, physisorption analyzers, powder rheometers, and breakthrough analyzers, typically sold to federal laboratories and research facilities via purchase orders. Representative prime awards include a $260.8 thousand sole-source delivery of a Breakthrough Analyzer 8100 with installation to the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (April 2022), a $207 thousand sole-source AutoChem 2950 High Pressure Chemisorption Analyzer to DOE's Office of Fossil Energy (January 2023), and a $49.9 thousand Sedigraph III PLUS Particle Size Analyzer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh (July 2023). Recent activity spans warranty services ($9.3 thousand to CDC Pittsburgh, March 2026), equipment diagnostics and repair ($10.7 thousand to Shared Services Center, June 2025), and instrument delivery ($247.5 thousand Dynamic Adsorption Breakthrough Analyzer to NIST, September 2025).

Customer concentration is distributed across defense and civilian research agencies. The top five federal customers by award count account for 32% of recent awards: the Army Research Development and Engineering Command leads with 24 awards worth $1 million combined potential value, followed by the Office of Naval Research (16 awards, $827 thousand), Naval Sea Systems Command (11 awards, $362 thousand), CDC Pittsburgh (10 awards, $183 thousand), and the U.S. Geological Survey (9 awards, $258 thousand). By potential value, the Army RDECOM and ONR dominate, with the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy placing seven awards ($798 thousand). Activity has remained modest in recent years—ten awards in 2022, four in 2023, ten in 2024, four in 2025, and one in early 2026—with a combined potential value of $6.7 million across 216 total awards since 1979. The recompete cliff is minimal; only two awards worth $20 thousand in combined potential value complete within the next twenty-four months.

Micromeritics places task orders on the GSA Federal Supply Schedules (GS00F03624 and GS00S23545) and occasionally sits on agency-specific blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery contracts. In its limited subcontractor role (3% of recent awards), the company has delivered energetics research and development support to Leidos under an Office of the Undersecretary of Defense contract (September 2024) and has subcontracted to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies and Consolidated Nuclear Security on Department of Energy national security campus and complex management awards. The company also served as a sub-recipient on a University of Dayton federal grant in 2022, providing engineering supplies and services. Primary NAICS classification centers on Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (123 awards), with secondary work in process-variable instrumentation, equipment repair and maintenance, and testing laboratory services; PSC coding aligns to Laboratory Equipment And Supplies (73 awards), Chemical Analysis Instruments (29 awards), and maintenance/repair of laboratory equipment (24 awards).