Standard Imaging Inc.

Standard Imaging Inc., a Middleton, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of specialized radiation measurement equipment and software, operates as a prime contractor selling electrometers, ionization chambers, scintillation detectors, and related quality-assurance instruments to federal medical, research, and defense agencies. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and small business, competing across full-and-open and total small-business set-aside purchase orders. Over the past five years, Standard Imaging has secured 16 federal awards worth $4.7 million in combined potential value, with most work flowing through small purchase orders under simplified acquisition procedures rather than larger IDIQs or vehicles.

Standard Imaging's capability footprint centers on precision radiation dosimetry and quality control equipment for medical, research, and nuclear applications. Representative recent work includes a $1.2 million SBIR Phase II contract from the National Cancer Institute (awarded September 2024) for development of a novel NIST-traceable ionization chamber for flash dosimetry; a $397,626 SBIR Phase I contract from NCI (also September 2024) for a scintillation detector system for flash radiation therapy; a $23,326 sole-source purchase order from the Defense Health Agency (March 2025) for a MAX 4000 Plus Electrometer at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii; and multiple SUPERMAX and MAX 4000 electrometers sold to Department of Veterans Affairs VISNs ranging from $11,444 to $35,724 per unit. The company also supplies ionization chambers to the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration for nuclear science research.

Customer concentration runs across federal medical and research agencies rather than a single dominant customer. The top customer by award count is the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (22 awards, $94 thousand combined potential value), followed by VA VISN 6 (10 awards, $91 thousand) and VA VISN 10 (9 awards, $161 thousand); these three account for 30% of awards. By dollar value, the ranking shifts: the National Cancer Institute leads with 5 awards worth $2 million combined potential value, reflecting the two SBIR contracts, while VA VISN 10 and the DOD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences anchor additional million-dollar tiers. Across 33 distinct customer agencies, Standard Imaging sells almost entirely through small purchase orders with no named parent vehicles or IDIQs in its recent footprint.

Standard Imaging operates as a pure prime contractor — 100% of recent awards are prime contracts, with zero subcontractor engagements. The company manufactures goods in-house rather than reselling or integrating third-party systems; the product portfolio spans surgical and medical instrument manufacturing (74 awards by NAICS category), other measuring and controlling devices (25 awards), analytical laboratory instruments (8 awards), and irradiation apparatus (4 awards). Sole-source justifications recur across purchase orders, reflecting Standard Imaging's original-manufacturer status and lack of interchangeable alternatives — for example, VA's replacement electrometers are paired only with Standard Imaging ionization chambers, and government procurement records cite this compatibility lock-in as the basis for sole-source awards.

Activity has remained flat in recent years — 3 awards in 2022–2023, 4 awards in both 2024 and 2025, with 1 award already recorded in 2026 — suggesting a steady stream of small replenishment orders rather than growth trajectory. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying $1.2 million in potential value and representing minimal recompete exposure. The National Cancer Institute SBIR Phase II contract (with ultimate completion September 2026) is the largest active award and the only multi-year R&D vehicle in the recent footprint; all other work consists of sub-$100,000 equipment purchases with completion dates ranging from immediate to quarterly intervals.