Research International Inc.

Research International Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Monroe, Washington, supplies specialized detection and monitoring equipment to federal law enforcement and civilian research agencies as a prime contractor (99% of awards), competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The vendor manufactures mail interdiction systems, air sampling equipment, radiation detection devices, and chemical analysis instruments for drug enforcement and scientific research applications.

Research International's customer base is heavily concentrated by dollar value around a single massive award. The top customer by potential value is the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense, which accounts for two awards worth $8.28 billion combined potential value — a dominant ceiling that represents the entirety of the vendor's combined potential-value coverage. By award count, concentration is more distributed: the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration leads with 23 awards ($1.6 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Navy (19 awards), the FDA within the Department of Health and Human Services (10 awards, $370 thousand), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (8 awards), and the Department of the Army (8 awards). The five-agency cluster accounts for 69% of all awards. This divergence signals that Army dollar exposure masks a much smaller per-award footprint at DEA and Navy, where Research International operates as a consumables and maintenance vendor rather than a platform provider.

Recent activity has contracted sharply. The vendor placed four awards in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — a decline trajectory across five years. DEA work dominates the recent slice: a $179,239.50 base-plus-four-option purchase order for ASAP III mail suite system maintenance running through March 31, 2029 (awarded March 28, 2024); a $23,188.50 purchase order for ASAP consumables (awarded January 15, 2025); a $4,715 purchase order for deflector equipment (awarded January 12, 2026); and multiple prior-year consumables and maintenance orders under $50 thousand each. The FDA awarded a $52,037.50 purchase order for air samplers and accessories in July 2022. All named awards carry firm fixed-price purchase order contract types with performance at Monroe, Washington. Research International subcontracts minimally — one sub-award to Arcticom, LLC for National Guard-mission equipment acquisition in August 2024. The vendor operates across primary NAICS categories including Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (20 awards) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (19 awards), with top PSC categories spanning Laboratory Equipment and Supplies, Warehouse Building Repair and Alteration, Office Supplies, and Combination Instruments.

R&D Services. Biosensors, electro-optic instrumentation, custom portable electronics & optics. Machine shop and injection mold services.