Coast To Coast Calibrations, Inc.

Coast To Coast Calibrations, Inc. operates as a prime contractor delivering ISO 17025-accredited calibration, maintenance, and repair services for laboratory precision instruments to federal civilian agencies, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on purchase orders under $150 thousand.

The company is a for-profit corporation headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, operating under the doing-business-as name Coast To Coast Calibrations and also appearing in federal awards records as Northern Balance & Scale, Inc. doing business as Coast To Coast Calibrations. The vendor qualifies as a small business and has competed under Total Small Business set-asides on the majority of its recent awards, with non-set-aside work appearing episodically across EPA and Army Test and Evaluation Command contracts. Primary NAICS framing centers on 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and related precision-equipment repair categories; PSC coding emphasizes Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equipment—Instruments And Laboratory Equipment and Laboratory Equipment And Supplies.

Coast To Coast Calibrations' service portfolio concentrates on preventative maintenance, calibration certification, and repair for laboratory pipettes, balances, weight sets, pH meters, thermometers, and related precision instruments. Representative work includes a $130.9 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from the Food and Drug Administration for onsite preventative maintenance and calibration of approximately 303 pipettes at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research facility in Silver Spring, Maryland, extending through July 2030; a $289.6 thousand no-set-aside purchase order from Army Test and Evaluation Command for ISO 17025-accredited calibration services through June 2031; a $38.6 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for laboratory pipette calibration and repair at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, running through July 2029; and a $64.9 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from EPA Region 8 for lab support equipment calibration services in Denver, Colorado, awarded September 2026.

Customer concentration is distributed across eleven federal agencies. The top five customers by potential value account for 80% of combined dollars: the Department of the Army Test and Evaluation Command (1 award, $290 thousand), EPA Office of Research and Development (8 awards, $136 thousand), FDA (1 award, $131 thousand), EPA Region 8 (3 awards, $102 thousand), and Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (4 awards, $56 thousand). By award count, the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Plains Area leads with 12 awards ($50 thousand combined potential value), followed by EPA Office of Research and Development (8 awards, $136 thousand) — reflecting a single high-value outlier driving the dollar ranking. The vendor holds only one named parent vehicle: Indefinite Delivery Contract AG6612C160002 under USDA, supporting 4 task orders with $10 thousand combined potential value.

Over the past five years, award volume has grown from one award in 2022 to seven in 2025, declining slightly to five in 2026. The combined potential value across all 64 awards totals $889 thousand, with $498 thousand obligated to date (56% realization). Four awards carrying combined potential value of $85 thousand reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor; no subcontract work appears in the award portfolio. Work is performed at multiple federal facility locations, including EPA regional offices in Denver, EPA research centers in Duluth, Minnesota, the National Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, USDA's National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, and Naval Sea Systems Command facilities in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with administrative headquarters in Blaine, Minnesota.