Russells Technical Products Inc.

Russells Technical Products Inc., a Holland, Michigan–based manufacturer of environmental test chambers and related systems, operates as a small business prime contractor (98% of recent awards) selling specialized conditioning and simulation equipment to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies. The company competes predominantly under small business set-asides (total small business and competitive designations appear across roughly half the named prime awards), with secondary full-and-open procurement activity concentrated in the Navy and Army research and test communities.

Russells Technical Products manufactures equipment spanning four primary NAICS categories: Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516; 43 awards), Instruments for Industrial Process Variables (20 awards), Air-Conditioning and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment (11 awards), and equipment repair and maintenance services (6 awards). Its PSC footprint centers on Environmental Chambers and Related Equipment (110 awards of 206 total), Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (25 awards), and Pressure/Temperature/Humidity measurement and control instruments (13 awards). Representative prime work includes a $599,446 total small business purchase order from the Army Materiel Command (awarded September 2024) for design, fabrication, and installation of an altitude chamber with MIL-STD 810 rapid decompression capability at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, with delivery by January 2026; a $3.9 million total small business walk-in chamber award from Naval Air Warfare Center (April 2022) at Patuxent River, Maryland; a $1.38 million walk-in controlled environment test chamber from the Air Force delivered to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (September 2022); and a $310,677 total small business environmental simulation system for the FAA (August 2023) supporting electrical propulsion unit testing at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Customer concentration skews heavily toward naval and Army research, development, and test organizations. The top five customer breakdowns account for 48% of award count and 67% of combined potential value, led by Naval Air Warfare Center (16 awards, $8.9 million), Army RDT&E Command (11 awards, $2.3 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (19 awards, $2.1 million), Army Test and Evaluation Command (10 awards, $1.9 million), and the Air Force (7 awards, $1.8 million). The Navy represents 31 awards across multiple components; the Army, 22 awards.

Russells Technical Products holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Naval Sea Systems Command valued at $250,000 through December 2027 for 8 cubic foot basic temperature chambers (NAICS 334516, FAR Part 13 simplified acquisition). Against this IDC, the company has issued multiple delivery orders and task orders for chamber delivery and upgrade work in 2024 and 2025. It also operates under a basic ordering agreement with the Army (DAAD0188D0046; 3 task orders) and maintains positions on several other Navy IDCs (N6833519D0152, N0016425DS001) carrying task order activity in the $179 thousand to $185 thousand range. Recent subcontract work includes thermal and humidity test chamber provision to Booz Allen Hamilton (February 2024) on the EDITS program and environmental testing support to ManTech TSG-2 Joint Venture (May 2025) for Special Operations Command weapon systems capabilities.

Activity volume has been episodic but remains active. Awards per year fluctuated from two (2022) to eight (2024), with six awards in 2025 and two in 2026 to date. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months ($111 thousand potential value), indicating minimal recompete urgency in the near term. Combined obligated dollars across all awards ($30.7 million) exceed combined potential value ($25.2 million), reflecting scope adjustments and modifications on larger contracts. The vendor's 206-award portfolio spans forty-five years of federal contracting, with concentration in specialized environmental test chamber design, manufacturing, delivery, and maintenance for defense R&D and civilian testing missions.

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