Spectral Labs Incorporated

Spectral Labs Incorporated, doing business as Spectral Labs, is a San Diego-based small business manufacturer that designs and produces radiation detection systems, specialized electronics, instrumentation, and engineering services for defense and homeland security agencies, operating exclusively as a prime contractor across 196 federal awards with a combined potential value of $8.38 billion. The vendor competes across full-and-open and small business set-aside categories, with Total Small Business designations recurring across roughly half its recent awards.

Spectral Labs' capability portfolio centers on radiation detection, indication and computation (RADIAC) systems; custom cable and connector assemblies for legacy probe interfaces; handheld and vehicle-mounted radiation sensors; virtual reality training environments for radiological and nuclear hazard scenarios; thermal radiometric screening systems; battery chargers and power distribution equipment; and electronics manufacturing and assembly services. Representative work includes a $2.47 million delivery order from the Washington Headquarters Service for SRM-50 radiation detectors under the Radiac Spectral IDIQ (awarded April 2026, completion April 2027); a $1.999 million cost-plus-fixed-fee R&D contract from the Office of Naval Research for research and development supporting RADIAC systems (awarded November 2025, completion November 2027); a $2.87 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate for advanced thermal radiometric handheld screening systems (awarded September 2024, no-cost extension through November 2027); and a $999 thousand cost-plus-fixed-fee Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for virtual reality radiological and nuclear environment training simulation (awarded July 2023, completion March 2025).

Customer concentration is asymmetric by volume and value. By award count, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads with 55 awards ($5.5 million combined potential value), followed by DLA Aviation (45 awards, $210 thousand), Naval Sea Systems Command (17 awards, $20.4 million), and DHS Science and Technology Directorate (9 awards, $15.4 million) — these four agencies represent 69% of all awards. By potential value, however, the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense dominates with three awards carrying $8.28 billion in combined potential value, driven by a single large indefinite delivery vehicle; Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (2 awards, $39.3 million) and Naval Sea Systems Command (17 awards, $20.4 million) anchor Navy exposure. The disparity reflects Spectral Labs' position on high-ceiling Navy RADIAC production and sensor IDIQs alongside numerous low-value DLA consumables and components.

Spectral Labs holds position on two significant single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $39.1 million IDIQ with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command for RADIAC production running through December 2029, under which two task orders totaling $639 thousand have issued to date; and a $2.95 million IDIQ with Naval Sea Systems Command for radiological detection system legacy probe interface cables extending through March 2030, with a $479 thousand delivery order issued at contract award. The vendor also places work against five other named IDIQs (N6554014D0022, N6600125D0013, SPE7LX20D5044, and Seaport Next Generation), with combined task-order activity totaling roughly $6 million. Five awards carrying combined potential value of $8.6 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting near-term recompete exposure.

Activity trajectory is moderate and variable. The vendor received four awards in 2022, nine in 2023, eleven in 2024, and nine in 2025, with one award so far in 2026. NAICS concentration aligns with product focus: Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (30 awards), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (24 awards), and Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (21 awards) dominate the award portfolio, with corresponding PSC concentration in cable and cord assemblies (24 awards), connectors and electrical equipment (16 awards), and hazard-detecting instruments (14 awards).

SCI-reported service-contract invoicing totaled $2.2 million across three fiscal years (FY2022–FY2024), with $1.2 million in FY2022 declining to $549 thousand in FY2024; federal FTE delivery on SCI-reportable prime contracts averaged 4.7 FTEs in FY2022, then fell to 1.4 FTEs in FY2023 and remained at 1.3 FTEs in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $18.72/hr (labor-heavy assembly work) to a 90th percentile of $287.21/hr (senior engineering and R&D), with a median of $152.38/hr. The vendor operates with minimal subcontractor engagement, averaging 1% of total contractor hours performed by subs across prime contracts, with only two named subcontractors reported in the SCI dataset. Spectral Labs carries no federal grant activity as a prime recipient and holds no observed subcontractor positions in the source data — the vendor's federal footprint is entirely prime contracting.

Electrical, mechanical and software design, instrument and radiation detection design, manufacturing, computer based training using virtual and augmented reality