Sciaps, Inc.

Sciaps, Inc., a small business based in Woburn, Massachusetts, manufactures and sells portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzers to federal agencies as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards), competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on individual purchase orders rather than holding seats on government-wide vehicles. The company is a for-profit corporation with a 12-year federal contracting history spanning 57 awards valued at $5 million in combined potential value, of which $3.1 million has been obligated.

Sciaps' capability portfolio centers on handheld elemental-analysis instrumentation — the X-550 and X-505 XRF analyzers for lead paint detection, soil and metal analysis, and hazardous-material screening; the Z-902C+ and Z-903 LIBS analyzers for wood species identification, geological surveys, and elemental composition testing; and specialized variants such as carbon analyzers and geochem analyzers. Representative awards include a $212.7 million purchase order from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Real Estate Assessment Center for portable XRF equipment for lead-based paint testing (completion target September 2025); a $548.4 thousand purchase order from the Consumer Product Safety Commission for up to 12 handheld XRF analyzers with on-site training (awarded September 2023); a $114.1 thousand delivery order from the USDA Forest Service for two Z-903 LIBS analyzers to the Wood Identification and Screening Center in Ashland, Oregon (September 2024); and a $128.8 thousand purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for two Z-902C+ Premium LIBS analyzers to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (July 2024).

Customer concentration is diffuse across 35 federal agencies, with the top five accounting for 40% of award count. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office dominates by potential value — $2.2 million across three awards — anchored by a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $1.998 million running through August 2029 for Z-903 LIBS analyzers supporting wood analysis and identification at USDA shipment sites. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, Naval Sea Systems Command, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and USGS Office of Acquisitions each contribute materially, but no customer beyond USDA represents more than single-digit award volume. Award velocity has declined: eight awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, ten in 2024, four in 2025, and one in early 2026. Sciaps holds two parent IDVs — the single-award $1.998 million USDA Forest Service contract noted above and a second indefinite delivery contract with one task order, both carrying minimal future task-order pipeline visibility in the source data.

Subcontract exposure is negligible — Sciaps operates as a prime on 95% of awards. The company serves as a subcontractor to Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics (Z-901 CSI Analyzer package, December 2024), Consolidated Nuclear Security (Y-12 National Security Complex management and operating contract work, July 2024), and Department of Energy waste program work (January 2024), but sub revenue represents fewer than 3 awards and is not material to revenue trajectory. The company's federal footprint clusters in NAICS 334515 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC Laboratory Equipment and Supplies, reflecting its hardware-centric business model and absence of significant systems-integration or service work. Set-aside posture shows split behavior: roughly 45% of awards carry Total Small Business designations; the remainder compete full-and-open. Sciaps has not been awarded work on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) or agency-wide IDIQs, limiting vehicle-based teaming or task-order volume plays.

SciAps designs, manufactures, and sells durable, field tested handheld Raman and LIBS analyzers that analyze alloys, environmental contaminates, explosives and precursors including IEDs and HME's, illegal narcotics and hazardous materials.

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