Smiths Detection Inc.

Smiths Detection Inc., Edgewood Division, doing business as Smiths Detection Inc Casc, manufactures and leases X-ray inspection systems, explosive trace detection devices, and related security screening equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open competitive awards with no small-business set-asides. The company is a foreign-owned subsidiary of UK-based Smiths Group PLC and operates as the Edgewood Division of parent entity Smiths Detection US, LLC, competing exclusively on unrestricted federal procurements across 279 customer agencies.

The company's federal footprint centers on advanced threat detection and security screening technologies. Recent representative work includes a $366 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Transportation Security Administration (awarded September 2025) for explosive detection systems Type 1 and Type 2, with a $32.7 million delivery order issued in September 2025 for purchase and installation of an explosive detection system in Springfield, Virginia; a $72.5 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (awarded August 2026) for X-ray multi-year procurement spanning fiscal years 2026 through 2031; and a $2.037 million indefinite-delivery contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Quarantine division for full-service maintenance, parts, and repair of Scan-Ray machines throughout Hawaii (July 2025 through July 2030). The company also holds recurring X-ray machine leasing delivery orders totaling hundreds of millions in combined potential value through the Office of Procurement Operations' indefinite-delivery contract 70RFP321DEH000001, supporting Federal Protective Service operations across multiple regions nationwide.

Customer concentration is acute and asymmetric by volume versus dollar value. The Department of Homeland Security Office of Procurement Operations dominates by order count (711 awards, $313.2 million combined potential value, 43% of recent awards), followed by the Department of the Army (189 awards, $70.9 million), the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (171 awards, $152 million), Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (134 awards, $19.8 million), and the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (118 awards, $3.95 billion). By combined potential value, the Department of the Army's Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense anchors 83% of the portfolio across all top customers ($8.66 billion across 56 awards), reflecting a small number of massive contract vehicles; TSA ranks second ($3.95 billion across 118 awards). The Office of Procurement Operations' high order volume masks its smaller per-order dollar magnitude — while it accounts for 43% of recent awards by count, it represents only 3% of combined potential value. This divergence signals Smiths Detection's dual posture: high-frequency small-to-medium lease and maintenance orders through OPO, offset by very large single-award indefinite-delivery vehicles with Army CBRNE programs and TSA.

The company places significant work through the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule (483 task orders, $90.3 million) and Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9597G (474 task orders, $96.8 million), both government-wide vehicles that enable federal agencies to procure detection and screening equipment on pre-negotiated terms. Additional vehicles include indefinite-delivery contracts HSHQEC16D00007 (286 task orders, $50.8 million) and 70RFP321DEH000001 (281 task orders, $50.7 million), the latter being the Office of Procurement Operations' X-ray machine leasing IDIQ supporting Federal Protective Service nationwide operations.

Activity has grown from 154 awards in 2023 to 195 in 2025, then contracted to 84 in 2026 and 3 in 2027 (a partial-year snapshot as of early March 2027). Within the next twenty-four months, 139 awards carrying combined potential value of $598.1 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete exposure. The portfolio clusters heavily in alarm and security detection systems procurement (775 awards, predominantly X-ray equipment leases and repairs) and miscellaneous detection apparatus sales (409 awards), with a secondary concentration in engineering services (125 awards) and professional support (94 awards).

SCI-reported invoiced revenue for federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $74.5 million across FY2022–FY2025 (a strict subset excluding goods, products, and non-federal activity). Invoicing grew from $9.4 million in FY2022 to $23.3 million in FY2025. Reported FTE workforce trajectory on SCI-reportable prime contracts fluctuated between 133 FTEs (FY2022) and 229 FTEs (FY2024), settling at 211 FTEs in FY2025, reflecting variable labor intensity across service contract mix. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI prime contracts ran a median of $830.39 per hour, with the 90th percentile at $7,874.20 per hour, indicating a broad span from junior technical support through senior engineering leadership. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 3% of total contractor hours, with 32 named subcontractors identified over the period, signaling that Smiths Detection primarily builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on subcontract labor.

Subcontract engagement targets general dynamics information technology, inc. (recurring global security engineering and supply-chain services work), bering straits professional services, llc (consequence management support), and m.c. dean, inc. (lifecycle support services for electronic security systems), indicating secondary roles in defense and security infrastructure modernization efforts where Smiths Detection provides detection equipment, components, or specialized technical support subordinate to larger systems integrators. The company's posture as a 97% prime contractor (2,990 of 3,068 awards) underscores its position as an original equipment manufacturer and direct supplier to federal agencies rather than a feeder for larger defense contractors.