Ralph A. Felice, Inc.

Ralph A. Felice, Inc., doing business as Far Associates, manufactures and sells high-precision non-contact spectropyrometers and temperature-measurement systems to federal agencies as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards), operating from Macedonia, Ohio as a veteran-owned manufacturer competing full-and-open with no set-aside designation across its federal footprint.

Far Associates' federal work centers exclusively on spectropyrometry hardware — non-contact infrared temperature measurement instruments used in aerospace testing, materials research, and extreme-environment characterization. The vendor's recent representative contracts include a $87.4 thousand sole-source purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center (awarded August 2024) for a non-contact spectropyrometer to measure metal temperatures up to 2,000 degrees Celsius during mechanical testing at Glenn Research Center; a $47.2 thousand sole-source purchase order from the Army Research Development and Engineering Command (awarded May 2024) for one FMP 2/2X SpectroPyrometer System to support aeronautics research at Aberdeen Proving Ground; and a $41.8 thousand sole-source purchase order from NASA (awarded August 2023) for a multispectral pyrometer and installation/maintenance services to measure high temperatures in a hot hydrogen furnace supporting spacecraft component testing. All named contracts are firm fixed-price purchase orders under FAR Part 12 and 13 procedures, with ceiling values ranging from $33.9 thousand to $87.4 thousand.

Customer concentration is dominated by NASA. The top five customer agencies account for 61% of awards by count and 76% of combined potential value, led by NASA's Shared Services Center (6 awards, $332 thousand combined potential value). Secondary customers include the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (1 award, $47 thousand), NASA Johnson Space Center (1 award), and the Department of the Navy Naval Air Warfare Center (1 award). The vendor's primary NAICS alignment is 338513 (Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables), which represents 14 of the 18 total awards in the source.

Activity has averaged fewer than two awards per year over the past five years — one in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — with combined potential value across all recent federal awards totaling $499 thousand. One award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $49 thousand). Far Associates holds one seat on Indefinite Delivery Contract FA865020D5211. In its subcontractor role, the vendor delivered FAR spectropyrometers to support engineering and scientific services at NASA's Johnson Space Center Exploration Integration and Science Directorate and provided metals engineering services to the University of Dayton on a February 2024 task order. The vendor's federal footprint reflects a specialized, narrow-spectrum product line with recurring sole-source awards from NASA's research centers and subordinate commands seeking non-contact temperature measurement capability for high-temperature materials testing.