Morrell Instrument Co., Inc.

Morrell Instrument Co., Inc., doing business as Morrell Instrument Co Inc., is a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Melville, New York, that supplies Nikon-brand microscopes, microscope systems, cameras, and related optical and laboratory instrumentation to federal agencies as a prime contractor on purchase orders. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards), competing predominantly full-and-open rather than under set-aside vehicles, though it qualifies as a self-certified small disadvantaged business and holds veteran-owned small business status. Morrell functions as a Nikon Authorized Microscope Dealer and has held federal contracting registration since 2001.

The company's federal capability footprint centers narrowly on optical microscopy and imaging equipment procurement. Representative work includes a $66,643 purchase order from Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (Department of Veterans Affairs) for Nikon pathology microscopes with on-site installation and training at Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (awarded June 2024); a $118,357 purchase order from Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 for microscopes and cameras supporting VA healthcare programs (awarded July 2023); a $44,192 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Defense Health Agency for two pathology microscopes delivered to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, including installation and operator training (awarded July 2025); and a $53,365 purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center for a Nikon SMZ18 stereomicroscope (awarded October 2024). Recent awards trend toward smaller individual orders—five purchase orders in 2026 averaging roughly $10 thousand each—reflecting a shift from larger multi-unit procurements in prior years.

Customer concentration clusters around VA medical center networks and defense medical facilities, with secondary exposure to National Institutes of Health institutes and the United States Mint. The top five funding agencies account for 48% of combined potential value, led by Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (12 awards, $607 thousand combined potential value), the Department of the Army's West Point Military Academy (10 awards, $468 thousand), and Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (8 awards, $444 thousand). The National Cancer Institute places the highest number of individual orders (16 awards, $252 thousand) but trails in dollars per award. GSA's Federal Acquisition Service represents the largest non-VA civilian customer (15 awards, $128 thousand), handling smaller microscope and optical equipment purchases.

Morrell holds a single position on a GSA Federal Supply Schedule vehicle (GS24F1140B). The company's award portfolio spans 46 distinct federal agencies, though 35% of awards concentrate in the top five customers—a narrow customer base typical of specialized equipment dealers. Over the past five years, award volume has declined: seven purchase orders in 2022, ten in 2023, seven in 2024, three in 2025, and five year-to-date in 2026. Combined potential value across 184 total awards stands at $4.2 million, with $4.1 million obligated (98% execution rate). The company does not subcontract; all work is performed in-house from facilities in Melville and Huntington Station, New York. Recent awards reflect procurement of new, authentic original equipment manufacturer products only, with explicit prohibition of used, refurbished, gray-market, or counterfeit items, and include factory-authorized installation, operator training, and instruction manuals as standard elements.

MICROSCOPES, IMAGE ANALYSIS, VIDEO CAMERAS, VIDEO MONITORS, TELEPATHOLOGY, FLUORESCENCE. FIBER OPTIC ILLUMINATORS, MICROMANIPULATION, PHOTOMETRY. STEREO MICROSCOPES, OPTICAL COMPARATORS, TOOL MAKERS MICROSCOPES, GAGES, VIDEO PRINTERS, PRINTER PAPER, IMAGE