RBD Instruments, Inc.

RBD Instruments, Inc., a veteran-owned manufacturer of scientific instrumentation and equipment-maintenance services based in Bend, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) providing maintenance, calibration, and technical support for specialized research equipment to federal laboratories and research agencies across the Department of Energy, NASA, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Army. The company competes full-and-open without set-aside designations; recent awards span sole-source and competitive purchase orders in the $19 thousand to $54 thousand range, with no SBA certifications active in the current award footprint.

RBD Instruments' customer base concentrates in federal research infrastructure. The top five customer agencies account for 60% of awards by volume, led by the Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (17 awards, $295 thousand combined potential value), followed by the Office of Naval Research and NASA Shared Services Center (seven awards each, $286 thousand and $135 thousand respectively), the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (seven awards, $79 thousand), and NASA Glenn Research Center (five awards, $120 thousand). The potential-value ranking adds the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (five awards, $440 thousand), which anchors the largest dollar concentration across the portfolio. Fifteen distinct customer agencies are served, reflecting broad federal research presence rather than concentration with a single buyer.

RBD Instruments' capability portfolio centers on maintenance and technical support for ultra-high vacuum systems, electron microscopy and spectrometry instrumentation, and precision laboratory equipment. Representative recent work includes a $54,244.80 sole-source purchase order from DOE NETL (September 2025) for maintenance of Physical Electronics PHI SAM 590 and PHI 548 systems with one on-site visit and unlimited technical support; a $36 thousand purchase order from DOE NETL (September 2026) for PHI 5600ci instrument maintenance and calibration through September 2027; and a $41,265 purchase order from the Office of Naval Research (September 2025) for a MICROCMA package. Work is performed at customer sites, primarily Bend, Oregon and Washington, DC. The company's sole-source justifications, which appear across multiple awards, cite proprietary hardware and software components specific to RBD Instruments' manufacture — a posture that recurs in DOE and NASA contracts. RBD Instruments has been registered in SAM.gov since 2002 and identifies itself as the original equipment manufacturer or exclusive service source for several instrument lines, particularly Physical Electronics ultra-high vacuum systems.

Activity has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2021, gaps in 2022, then one in 2023, three in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026 — with combined potential value of $1.9 million across all recent awards. Only one award (valued at $36 thousand) is scheduled for completion inside the next twenty-four months, posing minimal recompete exposure in that window. RBD Instruments subcontracts to Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC on the Y-12 National Security Complex and Pantex Plant management and operations contract (December 2024 and January 2024 sub-awards), representing 3% of the portfolio. The company's category concentration spans NAICS 333413 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, 21 awards), 811219 (Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, 16 awards), and related manufacturing and repair classifications; PSC coding reflects its specialization in laboratory equipment maintenance and repair (PSC 4932, 24 awards) and laboratory supplies and equipment (PSC 6730, 14 awards).

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