Symetrica Inc.

Symetrica Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of radiation detection and related security systems, operates as a prime contractor on federal contracts for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and the Department of the Army, competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. The company is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, and specializes in radiation portal monitors, handheld passive radiation detection systems, and related maintenance and engineering support, with primary NAICS classifications under Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing and research and development in physical and engineering sciences.

Symetrica's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Homeland Security's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) office, which accounts for 9 awards (41% of the prime footprint) with $15.9 million in combined potential value. However, the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense dominates the dollar picture with 3 awards carrying $8.3 billion in combined potential value—a stark divergence that signals one or more large indefinite delivery contracts or IDC-related ceiling awards in the Army portfolio. The Department of State Bureau of Administration represents six awards worth $911 thousand, primarily renewal purchase orders for portal maintenance and support services issued annually on July 1. The Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and Customs and Border Protection round out the customer set. Recent prime awards include a $1.73 million delivery order from DHS CWMD for the Basic Handheld Service Life Extension Project (September 2021), a $2.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from DHS CWMD for development of Thallium-Bromide handheld passive radiation detection systems (September 2023), and recurring annual State Department maintenance purchase orders ranging from $44 thousand to $51 thousand (most recently July 2026).

Activity in recent years has been modest—four awards in both 2023 and 2024, then three in 2025 and one in 2026—with two awards (combined potential value $21.4 million) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. The top parent vehicles include an indefinite delivery contract (70RWMD20D00000001) with three task orders worth $6.6 million, a Joint Enterprise Research Development Acquisition and Production-Procurement vehicle with two task orders worth $21.4 million, and several other IDCs under DHS CWMD and Army programs with one to four task orders each.

Symetrica operates as a subcontractor to Leidos Security Detection & Automation, Inc., and Leidos, Inc., delivering radiation portal monitor engineering change proposals, software upgrades, and installation support across multiple task orders and modifications dating from 2021 through August 2025. Service Contract Inventory data shows minimal SCI-reportable federal services work: $1.5 million invoiced across FY2023 and FY2024 (FY2023 $1.1 million, FY2024 $419 thousand), with government-paid rates on prime contracts spanning a median of $1,740/hr, indicating heavy concentration in specialized engineering and technical labor. The vendor employs roughly 1.4 FTEs on SCI-reportable federal services as of FY2024, with no material subcontractor labor share on those primes. The company's federal footprint centers on hardware manufacturing, maintenance, and embedded engineering for radiation detection systems rather than on broad professional services delivery.

Symetrica is a world leader in the development and manufacture of ionizing radiation detection and radio-nuclide identification.