Nsca, LLC

Nsca, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Alexandria, Virginia, supplies calibration services, test and measurement equipment, and specialized software to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of awards). The vendor operates as a limited liability company focused on supporting scientific, technological, and research-oriented government organizations, with work concentrated in equipment calibration to ISO/IEC 17025 and NIST-traceable standards, plus instrumentation procurement for metrology and communications testing.

Nsca's customer base is diffuse across seven federal agencies with no dominant customer. The top five by potential value account for 98% of recent awards, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (one award, $648,659 combined potential value) for Keysight Advanced Design System software licenses and annual support supporting CHIPS metrology programs through October 2027, followed by the U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa (one award, $155,742) for three Keysight FieldFox analyzers delivered to Aviano Air Base in Italy, and the Federal Communications Commission (two awards, $62 thousand) for calibration of FCC OET Laboratory test equipment including Keysight analyzers and Anritsu radio communications test stations. The Department of the Navy and Defense Logistics Agency round out the active set with smaller purchases. Award distribution by count skews toward FCC (two awards) and NIST (one), while NIST dominates the dollar ranking; the gap signals that Nsca's typical order size to civilian research agencies ($649 thousand to NIST) dwarfs its typical order size to military and communications customers (roughly $6 thousand to $42 thousand per order). Nsca does not sit on any federal IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide vehicles in the source data — all awards are direct purchase orders under simplified acquisition procedures or spot solicitations.

Recent activity shows modest growth: three awards in 2024, one in 2025, four in 2026. Three awards totaling $678 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. Nsca's capability mix spans electronic equipment repair and maintenance (three awards), instrument manufacturing (two awards), and software licensing (one award). Work is performed across multiple locations including Alexandria and Montgomery Village, Virginia; St. Inigoes, Maryland; and overseas at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The vendor competes without set-aside protection on most awards (five of eight), with Total Small Business set-asides used for NIST software ($648,659) and Navy radio test set calibration ($10,678). All obligated dollars equal potential values across the portfolio, indicating these are complete procurements with no ongoing funding extensions tracked in the source.