Richardson Electronics, LTD.

Richardson Electronics, LTD, doing business as Swc-Richardson Technology Systems L, is a for-profit manufacturer and global distributor of specialized electronic components — electron tubes, magnetrons, power amplifier tubes, capacitors, relays, and related hardware — headquartered in Geneva, Illinois with operations in La Fox, Illinois. The vendor operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) on firm-fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders, competing under full-and-open solicitations with no characteristic set-aside posture, though total small business set-asides appear on roughly 20% of awards.

Richardson's customer base concentrates heavily on two civilian agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounts for 180 awards valued at $6.9 million combined potential value, anchoring the vendor's volume. The U.S. Agency for Global Media Office of Technology Services and Innovation places 82 awards worth $7 million combined potential value, including delivery orders against two indefinite delivery contracts valued at $1 million and $2.5 million respectively, through May 2028. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard places 50 awards worth $1.6 million, followed by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation division (19 awards, $3.3 million) and the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (10 awards, $601 thousand). These five customers account for 76% of combined potential value across the portfolio. Richardson supplies electron tubes, magnetrons, and associated components to maintain Coast Guard radar systems (AN/SPS-50, AN/SPQ-8, NSC-420), Defense Logistics Agency spare-parts inventories, and USAGM's international broadcasting stations in Botswana, Germany, the Philippines, and other locations.

The vendor sits on multiple indefinite delivery vehicles but places the majority of work through spot purchase orders. The GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS-35F0501L carries 48 task orders valued at $492 thousand. USAGM-issued indefinite delivery contracts BBGCON3600Q5101 (27 task orders), BBGCON3603Q5385 (24 task orders, $817 thousand), and BBGCON3607Q6536 (17 task orders, $273 thousand) represent the primary recurring vehicles. A Defense Logistics Agency indefinite delivery contract (95170018D1096) carries 9 task orders valued at $653 thousand. These vehicles enable standing-order relationships rather than compete-every-time spot buys, but the award count — over 800 across a five-year window — reflects the transactional, high-velocity nature of spare-parts procurement.

Award activity has grown from 18 in 2022 to 26 in 2024, with 24 awards in 2025 and only 3 visible so far in 2026. The portfolio spans 369 awards classified under PSC Electron Tubes and Associated Hardware, with secondary strength in capacitors (52 awards), semiconductors (42 awards), and relays (38 awards). Top NAICS codes cluster around Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (157 awards), Electron Tube Manufacturing (137 awards), and electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesaling (67 awards). Recent representative awards include a $157.5 thousand delivery order for transmitting tubes to USAGM Philippines (September 2024), a $162 thousand Defense Logistics Agency purchase order for electron tubes under total small business set-aside (June 2025), a $105.7 thousand DLA purchase order for electron tubes also under small business set-aside (January 2025), and multiple Coast Guard purchase orders for X-band magnetrons ($45.5 thousand, $46.2 thousand, $26 thousand, $21.6 thousand) to support fleet radar modernization and maintenance.

Richardson acts as a subcontractor on RF component and specialized tube work under primes including BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (Instrumentation Range Support Program III tube supply), Valkyrie Enterprises LLC (DOD RF components), V2X Systems LLC (MUOS operations and maintenance Hawaii), and American Electronic Warfare Associates Incorporated (electromagnetic environmental effects technical support). These engagements represent less than 1% of the portfolio and appear to be supplier relationships where Richardson fills commodity component needs on larger defense programs.

The vendor maintains a subsidiary, Richardson Electronics K.K., suggesting international operations support. The source characterizes Richardson as "registered in SAM.gov since 2002" and a "longstanding provider" with "substantial expertise" in high-power tubes and magnetrons for defense and civilian government sectors. Combined obligated dollars ($39 million) exceed combined potential value ($25.5 million), indicating realized invoicing and contract completion across an active, mature customer base.