Mount Sopris Instrument Company, Inc.

Mount Sopris Instrument Company, Inc., a Denver-based manufacturer of specialized geophysical and borehole logging equipment, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) on purchase orders and definitive contracts for hydrogeological research and subsurface characterization tools across federal civilian and defense agencies. The company is foreign-owned and for-profit, with a mixed set-aside posture — roughly half its recent prime awards carry total small business set-aside designations, while the remainder compete full-and-open, often as sole-source awards reflecting Mount Sopris's specialized technical position in borehole instrumentation.

Mount Sopris's capability portfolio centers on slimline borehole geophysical logging systems and associated data acquisition hardware: digital borehole cameras, optical and acoustic televiewers, gamma-ray and spectral-gamma probes, electromagnetic-induction tools, matrix logging systems, wireline winches with data logging integration, and portable field instruments. Representative recent work includes a $30.4 thousand USGS New York Water Science Center borehole winch system award in April 2026 (total small business set-aside), a $33.6 thousand USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center digital borehole camera system in December 2025 (total small business set-aside), a $45.4 thousand Air Force definitive contract for water well testing and geophysical logging services supporting the Homeland Defense Over-the-Horizon Radar program at Hanscom Air Force Base in September 2025 (full-and-open), and a $106.7 thousand USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center optical televiewer purchase in September 2023 (full-and-open, non-competitive sole-source).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of the Interior. The U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants dominates the portfolio with 55 awards valued at $1.5 million combined potential value, accounting for 57% of award count coverage; the USGS as a whole, including the USGS proper (21 awards, $12 thousand), represents the agency's overwhelming customer focus. The Bureau of Reclamation contributes 8 awards ($247 thousand), the Army Corps of Engineers 4 to 3 awards depending on the metric ($26 thousand to $186 thousand), the Air Force 2 awards ($119 thousand), and the Environmental Protection Agency 3 awards ($76 thousand). The top five customers account for 66% of combined potential value, signaling high concentration risk. Mount Sopris places work under the USACE Northwest & EPA Region 2 Remediation Services vehicle (3 task orders), though the bulk of its portfolio consists of individual purchase orders rather than IDIQs or GWACs.

Activity has remained sparse and episodic over the past five years, with seven awards in 2022, five in 2023, nine in 2024, three in 2025, and one so far in 2026 — suggesting a transactional, project-by-project sales model rather than sustained standing task-order volume. Combined potential value across the 160-award portfolio is $3.3 million against $4.9 million obligated, indicating awards are typically fully funded at or above ceiling. In its minimal subcontractor role, Mount Sopris has supplied gamma-logger and borehole-instrumentation support to EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC on Department of Defense Air Force remediation work (Tinker AFB, Altus AFB, Little Rock AFB, Vance AFB) and Phase II remedial action (Puchack) between 2022 and 2023. The vendor's product-centric, specialized-equipment business model — reflected in its PSC footprint dominated by Geophysical Instruments (62 awards) and NAICS concentration in Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (93 awards) — positions it as a sole-source or near-sole-source provider to agencies with existing Mount Sopris systems or compatible legacy data-collection infrastructure.

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICAL WELL LOGGING EQUIPMENT, ULTRA PORTABLE AND TRUCK MOUNTED; SINGLE AND MULTI CONDUCTOR, MANUFACTURE, SALES, SERVICE AND TRAINING. WELLCAD SOFTWARE. BOREHOLE VIDEO, BOREHOLE GYRO.