Scanlab America Inc.

Scanlab America Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of galvanometer scanners and laser scanning solutions based in St. Charles, Illinois, sells specialized optical scanning equipment and engineering services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (85% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The vendor operates in the full-and-open competitive space with no set-asides across its federal footprint, competing on technical specifications and sole-source authority tied to equipment compatibility with federal research testbeds.

Scanlab's capability portfolio centers on galvanometer scanner systems, INTELLISCAN digital scanning heads, and repair services for laser-processing equipment. Representative prime awards include a $70,200 firm fixed-price purchase order from NIST for a Scanlab Galvanometer Scanner system supporting metals-based additive manufacturing research (September 2026, completion August 2027); a $49,065 sole-source order from NIST for a galvanometer scanner system for the Laser Processing Diffraction Testbed, upgrading an existing system to dual-laser configuration (May 2025); a $31,065 NIST order for a galvo scanner system (July 2025); and a $12,760 Office of Naval Research purchase order for an INTELLISCAN III 10 digital SL2-100 HC scanning system (September 2025). A $2,000 Naval Research repair order for a Hurryscan 10 galvo head (October 2022) illustrates Scanlab's service-and-sustainment positioning. Performance on prime awards occurs primarily in Germany with some domestic repair work at Campton Hills, Illinois.

Customer concentration is dual-anchored: NIST leads by potential value with five awards totaling $246 thousand, while the Office of Naval Research leads by award count with ten orders totaling $111 thousand, together representing 95% of recent awards. Air Force Materiel Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Ogden Air Logistics Complex, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Air Force Research Laboratory round out the active customer set. Scanlab places work under one identifiable parent vehicle, an Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA865017D5650), which has generated one task order.

Recent activity is sparse but consistent: one award in 2021, two in 2022, three in 2023, and one in 2025–2026, with combined potential value across all 20 awards totaling $432 thousand. Two awards (combined potential value $83 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. In its subcontractor role, Scanlab performs engineering services and supplies to the University of Dayton on a Composites, Adhesives, Specialty Technologies and Elastomers Research (COASTER) sub-award supporting bomber manufacturing and maintenance (November 2022), and engineering services support on two EPSE III Robotics and Lasers sub-awards (December 2023). Scanlab's federal footprint reflects specialization in optical instrumentation for research and testing, with dominant reliance on NIST and Naval Research purchasing patterns for scanning and laser-processing equipment.