Pamas Partikelmess- UND Analysesysteme GMBH

Pamas Partikelmess- UND Analysesysteme GMBH, doing business as Pamas, is a Germany-based manufacturer and service provider of laser particle-counting and fluid-contamination measurement systems operating primarily as a direct prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense on full-and-open purchase orders, with a narrower subcontracting presence on defense programs.

Pamas is a for-profit international organization headquartered in Rutesheim, Germany, with no SBA certifications and no small-business set-aside posture; all recent awards flow through full-and-open competition on simplified acquisition contracts and blanket purchase orders. The company specializes in the development, manufacturing, distribution, and servicing of particle counters—instruments critical to measuring particulate contamination in hydraulic fluids and other liquid systems used in naval vessels, aircraft, and weapons systems. Pamas does not hold a government-wide acquisition contract vehicle or federal contract IDV; instead, the company generates awards through direct purchase orders issued by contracting offices at individual military installations.

DoD concentration dominates the customer base. The Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command (3 awards, $107 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy's United States Fleet Forces Command and Naval Sea Systems Command (3 awards combined, $292 thousand) account for the majority of recent activity and dollars. The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration round out the identified customer set. The rankings by award count and potential value track closely, with Fleet Forces Command anchoring the largest single award—a $237 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order for ship and marine equipment delivered to Norfolk, Virginia in 2023.

Recent representative work includes a $47,797 firm fixed-price purchase order from Air Mobility Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for calibration and preventive maintenance of particle counter systems and consumables (ultimate completion July 2030), a $24,190 order from Naval Sea Systems Command for ISO 11171 calibration of two Pamas SBSS particle measurement systems at Kittery, Maine (July 2026), and a $31,193 order from Naval Sea Systems Command for particle measurement systems supporting the Mid-Atlantic Regional Materials Test organization (July 2031). Activity averages fewer than one award per year over the past five years, with two awards in both 2020 and most recently in 2026. Pamas subcontracts on defense nuclear and propulsion programs; it served as a sub to Lockheed Martin Corporation in 2023 on a naval launch device modification involving a Pamas S40 GO Lube particle counter and to Fluor Marine Propulsion LLC in 2024 on the Naval Nuclear Laboratory management and operation contract. The combined potential value of awards in Pamas' portfolio ($586 thousand) is modest relative to the company's invoiced obligation base ($918 thousand), indicating that executed work and repeat business exceed contract ceiling values on file.