Nikon Metrology, LLC

Nikon Metrology, LLC, a foreign-owned subsidiary of Nikon Corporation operating as Nikon Metrology, Inc. and doing business as Metris USA Inc., supplies precision measurement and imaging equipment—X-ray systems, computed tomography scanners, optical and infrared microscopes, laser radar metrology systems, and associated calibration and maintenance services—to federal research, development, and quality assurance programs as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) competing on unrestricted terms as a large business.

Based in Brighton, Michigan, Nikon Metrology is a child entity under parent Nikon Americas Inc. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across its 268 recent federal awards. Primary NAICS categories are Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (61 awards), Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing (34 awards), and Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (34 awards). The company's service footprint spans the United States and, where performance requires overseas manufacturing or assembly, includes international locations such as Japan.

Nikon Metrology's customer base is distributed across 45 federal agencies with concentration in defense and civilian research organizations. The top customer by award count is the Naval Sea Systems Command (27 awards, $1.6 million combined potential value), followed closely by NASA's Langley Research Center (26 awards, $614 thousand) and NASA's Shared Services Center (24 awards, $1 million). By dollar value, the National Institute of Standards and Technology anchors the top tier (13 awards, $2.3 million combined potential value), followed by Air Force Materiel Command (4 awards, $2.2 million) and Naval Sea Systems Command. These five customers account for 39 percent of awards by count and 42 percent of combined potential value. The vendor maintains recurring relationships with the Office of Naval Research, the Food and Drug Administration, the Air Education and Training Command, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Department of the Interior.

Representative prime work includes a $769,742 computed tomography scanner delivered to the FDA's Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center for electronic nicotine delivery and medical device analysis (May 2022), a $365,788.50 laser radar metrology system for NASA Goddard Space Center (September 2023), a $125,000 X-ray computed tomography service and maintenance agreement with NIST spanning base plus four option years through 2029 (March 2024), and a $110,945 preventative maintenance and software upgrade contract with the FDA for an XTH225ST X-ray machine through 2029 (April 2024). Recent awards include a $108,760.31 infrared microscope for NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory (July 2025), a $58,000 sole-source delivery order with NASA Shared Services Center for source and detector modification to a Large Volume Computed Tomographic system supporting the Mars Sample Return Earth Entry Vehicle (April 2026), and a $74,798.30 optical microscope with near-infrared CCD optics and accessories for the Office of Naval Research (January 2026). The company frequently wins sole-source justifications based on original equipment manufacturer status and existing maintenance relationships, as documented in NASA and Navy awards.

Nikon Metrology places task orders under five named federal vehicles: the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0399X (5 task orders, $529 thousand combined potential value), Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract (5 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract 47QFLA18D0006 (4 task orders), Special Operations Equipment–Tailored Logistics Support (4 task orders), and the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (1 task order). The vendor does not hold seats on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) or major civilian IDIQs; its presence is primarily through agency-specific vehicles and purchase orders.

Activity has grown from eight awards in 2022 to a peak of twenty-one in 2024, with fifteen awards in 2025 and five recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Six awards with a combined potential value of $318 thousand face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating modest recompete exposure relative to the vendor's installed base of long-term maintenance contracts running through 2028 and 2029.

Nikon Metrology operates as a subcontractor in a secondary role on twenty-three sub-awards (9% of total). Named prime contractors include University of Dayton (sustainment and combat readiness capabilities for CT systems), Booz Allen Hamilton (ground system technology and vulnerability research programs), Leidos (infrared/radio frequency systems development for NAVAIR), Atlantic Diving Supply (X-ray inspection equipment for multiple NAVSEA programs), Raytheon, Amentum Services, CACI Federal, Fluor Marine Propulsion (Naval Nuclear Laboratory operations), and Dynetics. Sub work centers on provision of X-ray inspection systems, CT reconstruction computing and software, metrology products, and equipment components supporting defense research and naval nuclear operations.

The vendor's combined potential value across all awards totals $20.3 million, though combined dollars obligated stand at $25.4 million, indicating that some individual awards have drawn down obligated funds exceeding their stated potential values—a common pattern in multi-year maintenance contracts with option periods. The award portfolio reflects a steady supplier relationship with federal laboratories and defense metrology programs rather than a high-volume transactional footprint.