Standard Calibrations Inc.

Standard Calibrations Inc., a Chesapeake, Virginia-based small business subchapter S corporation, manufactures and supplies NIST-traceable calibration services, specialized electronic components, and precision instrumentation to the Department of Defense and federal maritime agencies as a prime contractor on recurring purchase orders and indefinite-delivery contracts, with secondary activity as a subcontractor on ship repair and overhaul programs.

Standard Calibrations competes across full-and-open and total small business set-aside procurements, with set-asides anchoring roughly one-third of recent prime awards. The vendor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Naval supply channels. By award count, DLA Aviation leads with 2,023 awards ($35.4 million combined potential value), followed by DLA Land and Maritime with 1,034 awards ($19.9 million), Naval Sea Systems Command with 495 awards, and Naval Supply Systems Command with 460 awards ($15.1 million). The ranking by potential value diverges sharply: Naval Sea Systems Command anchors $73.56 billion in combined potential value across 495 awards, driven by a small number of large-dollar ship repair and maintenance contracts rather than high transaction volume. DLA Aviation and Land and Maritime rank second and third by dollars, at $35.4 million and $19.9 million respectively across their much larger award counts. This pattern reflects Standard Calibrations' core business: high-volume transactional supply of off-the-shelf electronic components and instruments through DLA's supply chains, with secondary participation in naval-yard docking and restricted-availability work through prime shipbuilders.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on liquid-level transmitters, pressure transmitters, flow switches, liquid level switches, cable assemblies, and control panels for maritime and defense logistics applications. NAICS concentration is tightly distributed across measuring and controlling device manufacturing (1,197 awards), instruments and related products manufacturing (600 awards), and other electronic component manufacturing (346 awards), reflecting the breadth of sensor and instrumentation work. PSC coding shows 1,697 awards under Liquid and Gas Flow, Liquid Level, and Mechanical Motion Measuring Instruments (PSC 66), 713 under Switches (PSC 65), and 447 under Pressure, Temperature, and Humidity Measuring and Controlling Instruments (PSC 68). Representative recent prime work includes a $218.6 million total small business award from DLA Aviation (May 26, 2026) for 70 units of liquid transmitters (NSN 6680014913571), a $195.975 million total small business award from DLA Aviation (May 28, 2026) for 15 receiver, liquid-level units (NSN 6680010982479), and a $142.76 million order from Naval Supply Systems Command (May 1, 2026) for transmitter and liquid level measurement equipment. Smaller-dollar orders dominate the transaction mix; the majority of individual purchase orders fall in the $3,000 to $50,000 range.

Standard Calibrations holds three active single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA: a $350,000 ceiling IDIC with DLA Aviation for cable assemblies (NSN 6150014560153), awarded June 24, 2026, running through June 24, 2027; a $350,000 ceiling IDIC with DLA Land and Maritime for flow switches (NSN 5930000077781), awarded May 28, 2026, running through May 28, 2027; and a $350,000 ceiling IDIC with DLA Land and Maritime for pressure indicators (NSN 6685016706709), awarded May 5, 2026, running through May 5, 2027. Each contract carries a total small business set-aside and guarantees a minimum annual order volume with an estimated three to twelve orders per year depending on the line item.

The vendor operates as a prime on the vast majority of its federal work (95% of awards) and subcontracts secondarily to large shipbuilders on Navy vessel maintenance contracts. Sub-award activity surfaces partnerships with BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk and San Diego on USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Green Bay (LPD 20), and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) docking and restricted-availability work; with Vigor Marine LLC on USS John S McCain (DDG 56) repairs; and with VT Milcom and QED Systems on component-level supply. Sub-awards are typically small-dollar parts and materials orders appended to major ship maintenance primes.

Activity has grown from 415 awards in 2022 to 764 in 2024, with 2025 and 2026 showing moderation to 638 and 349 awards respectively (the 2026 figure reflects partial-year capture as of September 15, 2026). Awards completing in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $6.4 million across 256 orders, presenting moderate recompete exposure concentrated in DLA and Naval Supply recurring orders. SCI-reported federal service-contract activity is minimal: the vendor reported 0.3 FTEs on SCI-covered service contracts in FY2025, a single subcontractor record, reflecting Standard Calibrations' primary posture as a product and component supplier rather than a services contractor. Combined potential value across all 4,534 awards in the source data reaches $73.66 billion, though only $89 million has been obligated, indicating the portfolio is dominated by large ceiling-value ship maintenance contracts with minimal drawdown status.

SCI is a sales and service center for instrumentation. This ranges from pressure gauges to complex propulsion control consoles and tank level. We provide in house and on site calibration (metrology) services world wide. NAVSEA AND ISO CERTIFIED!