Plasma Etch, Inc.

Plasma Etch, Inc., a Carson City, Nevada–based for-profit Subchapter S corporation and manufacturer of plasma etching and processing equipment, sells benchtop vacuum plasma systems, low-temperature ashers, plasma cleaning systems, and plasma etch calibration and maintenance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively — the vendor holds no subcontract awards and operates across a geographically distributed customer base with no set-aside posture across its recent prime footprint.

Plasma Etch's capability portfolio centers on precision plasma equipment manufacturing and field maintenance services. Representative recent work includes a $16,430 benchtop vacuum plasma system delivered to the Food and Drug Administration in August 2026 (work performed in Mound House, Nevada, completion by October 2026), a $33,500 low-temperature asher supplied to the Office of Acquisitions and Grants (ultimate completion November 2024), a $12,410 low-temperature asher delivered to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Gaithersburg facility under total small business set-aside (November 2022), and a $51,006 plasma etching system supplied to the Washington Headquarters Service (September 2022). The vendor also provides recurring maintenance and calibration services — a $4,525 annual calibration and preventative maintenance contract for the MK II plasma system at the 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, awarded by the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (October 2024).

Customer concentration is diffuse. The top five customer organizations by award count account for 44% of recent awards, with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex leading at six awards ($35 thousand combined potential value), followed by the Office of Naval Research (three awards, $53 thousand), and three Air Force entities at two to three awards each. By dollar value, concentration shifts: the Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer anchors 33% of the top-customer dollar ranking at one $63 thousand award, with the Office of Naval Research and Naval Air Warfare Center holding $53 thousand and $50 thousand respectively. Across the portfolio, 27 distinct customer agencies have placed awards over the vendor's tracked history, reflecting thin customer concentration despite three decades of federal work.

Activity has declined substantially. The vendor received three awards in 2021, then fell to two awards per year in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and one award in 2026. Only one award faces completion in the next twenty-four months ($16 thousand potential value). Combined potential value across the full portfolio sits at $753 thousand, though obligated dollars across all awards total $1.2 million — indicating actual invoicing has exceeded initial award ceilings on certain contracts. The vendor's NAICS and PSC footprint skews heavily toward laboratory equipment manufacturing and miscellaneous maintenance services, with Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (NAICS 334413) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (NAICS 334516) each accounting for seven awards, and Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (PSC 6640) dominating the top PSC category at eighteen awards across the full history.

The only manufacturer of Systems with Patented Process Temperature Control and Patented Electrostatic Shielding, ensuring a repeatable process with a uniform etch unequaled elsewhere. www.plasmaetch.com