Morehouse Instrument Company

Morehouse Instrument Company, doing business as Morehouse Instrument Co Inc., manufactures precision force and torque measurement equipment, load cells, calibration standards, and universal calibrating machines sold as firm-fixed-price purchase orders to the Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force — 99% of recent awards are prime contracts with no set-aside designation, competing in full-and-open competitive and sole-source procurements.

Morehouse is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in York, Pennsylvania, with no SBA set-aside certifications. The company manufactures goods across five primary NAICS categories: Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing dominates the portfolio with 98 awards, followed by Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (25 awards) and Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (22 awards). Product Service Code concentration mirrors this mix: Physical Properties Testing and Inspection (54 awards), Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments (44 awards), and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Instruments and Laboratory Equipment (35 awards). The company's concrete capability set centers on universal calibrating machines (UCM models ranging from UCM-60K to UCM-1125K), automation packages that retrofit existing Navy machines with load cell calibration and display systems, precision load cells across multiple capacity ratings (1K to 600K lbf), calibration and certification services for measurement equipment, and mechanical adapters and components including clevis grips, ball seat adapters, alignment plugs, and quick-change tension members.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to Navy technical commands. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) leads with 87 awards ($3.1 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center with 41 awards ($2.7 million). These two Navy commands account for 67% of all awards in the source data. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command contributes a secondary stream with 8 awards ($2.5 million combined potential value), primarily for force press tension adapters and calibration repair services. The portfolio spans 35 distinct customer agencies, but Navy technical commands (NAVSEA, Naval Air Warfare Center, Strategic Systems Programs) dominate both award volume and dollar value. Five Air Force indefinite delivery contracts and one basic ordering agreement appear in the top parent vehicles, each carrying one or two task orders; the structure suggests Morehouse competes task-order-by-task-order rather than as a standing supplier on large multi-award vehicles.

Recent prime work includes a $248 thousand purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for five automation packages (capacity ratings 30K to 1125K) delivered to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina (April 2026); a $158.1 thousand award from Army Aviation and Missile Command for a UCM-200K automated calibration machine with automation retrofit (June 2025); a $132.9 thousand Naval Air Warfare Center order for Morehouse brand-name parts for V-22 Osprey weapon systems calibration procedures (October 2025); and a $129.7 thousand Naval Air Warfare Center purchase order for a universal calibrating machine (May 2025). Calibration and certification services represent a secondary stream: a $77.4 thousand load cell calibration contract with NAVSEA running through September 2029 (September 2025), a $12.9 thousand annual dynamometer calibration award (July 2025), and multiple smaller single-run calibration orders ranging from $3.5 thousand to $10.9 thousand.

Subcontract activity is minimal (1% of recent awards). Morehouse subcontracts to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. as a supplier of load ball adapters, precision load cells, and calibration kit components under a Navy Warfare Center Fleet Maintenance (NWCF) tasking (April 2026), and to unnamed DOE prime contractors supporting Waste Isolation Pilot Plant operations as a supplier of crane scales and load cells (March and December 2023). Activity has been flat to modest over five years—five to eight awards annually between 2022 and 2026—with combined potential value holding at approximately $10.2 million across the 294-award portfolio. The source shows only one award completing within the next twenty-four months ($5 thousand potential value), indicating minimal near-term recompete cliff pressure. The company has worked continuously with NAVSEA since at least 1981 and maintains long-standing relationships across Navy technical commands and Air Force Materiel Command, competing overwhelmingly as a sole-source or limited-competition supplier of specialized measurement equipment where Morehouse brand-name or original-equipment-manufacturer authorization requirements drive procurement.

Morehouse Instrument Company, founded in the 1920's, is a family owned, veteran friendly small business. We manufacture small and large batches of force and torque application machines, measuring instruments, and provide calibrations services. We offer:

Calibrating Machines

Deadweight Machines

Aircraft Scale Calibrator

Deadweight Tensiometer

Proving Rings

Load Cells

Calibration Adapters

Force Calibration

Torque Calibration

Training