Pacific Instruments, Inc.

Pacific Instruments, Inc., a Concord, California-based manufacturer of specialized data acquisition and instrumentation hardware, operates as a prime contractor (98% of awards) on full-and-open federal procurements, with no SBA set-aside designations across its recent footprint. The company is a for-profit subsidiary of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., and competes primarily through GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicles and agency-specific IDIQs rather than through set-aside categories.

Pacific Instruments' capability portfolio centers on digital voltage scanners, signal conditioning transducer amplifiers, data acquisition bricks, strain-bridge-position filters, and enclosures designed for aerospace and defense testing and measurement environments. Representative work includes a $6.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Air Force Materiel Command (awarded July 2022, running through July 2027) for digital voltage scanners, amplifiers, and enclosures supporting the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee; a $396 thousand delivery order from NASA in June 2026 for data acquisition system hardware at John C. Stennis Space Center; and a $134.5 thousand purchase order from the Army Research Development and Engineering Command in September 2023 for on-site calibration services of Pacific Instruments equipment at Fort Eustis, Virginia (completion date September 2028).

Customer concentration is fragmented across defense test centers and civilian agencies. The top five customer segments by potential value account for 85% of combined dollars: GSA Federal Acquisition Service (3 awards, $54 million potential), the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center (33 awards, $24.3 million), the Air Force Materiel Command (16 awards, $12.1 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (25 awards, $11.9 million), and NASA Stennis Space Center (12 awards, $11 million). By award count, the Department of the Army leads (81 awards), followed by the Department of the Air Force (45 awards), the Department of the Navy (43 awards), and NASA (34 awards), though many Army and Air Force awards are sub-$100 thousand purchase orders. The divergence between count and value rankings reflects Pacific Instruments' role as an original equipment manufacturer supplying replacement parts and repair services to multiple agencies via high-volume, low-dollar orders alongside larger data system procurements.

Pacific Instruments holds active positions on five principal parent vehicles. The Federal Supply Schedule GS24F1480C carries 93 task orders ($3.1 million combined potential); the Multiple Award Schedule hosts 27 task orders ($8.5 million combined potential); Federal Supply Schedule GS00F01920 includes 25 task orders; the Indefinite Delivery Contract FA910114D0002 carries 17 task orders ($7 million combined potential); and Federal Supply Schedule GS00F2421A includes 17 task orders. The concentration on GSA schedules and a single large Air Force IDIQ reflects Pacific Instruments' positioning as a supplier of specialized test equipment rather than a systems integrator or services provider.

Activity has declined modestly in recent years: three awards in 2022, twelve in 2023, eight in 2024, eight in 2025, and four through November 2026. Combined potential value across all 466 awards totals $133.1 million, with $75.6 million obligated (57% of potential value). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — only two awards with ultimate completion dates before October 2028 and combined potential value of $162 thousand — indicating Pacific Instruments faces no near-term cliff from expiring large vehicles.

Pacific Instruments operates almost entirely as a prime contractor; sub-award work accounts for only 2% of the portfolio and is routed through primes including Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC (test operations and research support), Northrop Grumman Systems Corp (B-2 standard parts hardware), Beyond New Horizons LLC (signal conditioner and amplifier repair), and Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. (transducer amplifier components). The subcontract relationships are tactical supply-chain engagements rather than strategic partnerships, reflecting Pacific Instruments' role as a parts supplier to larger defense contractors.