Taylor Hobson Inc.

Taylor Hobson Inc., doing business as Taylor Hobson Precision, is a subsidiary of Ametek Inc. that supplies precision measurement equipment and optical instruments to the federal government as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation. The company is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois and operates across multiple NAICS categories anchored by Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (17 awards) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (13 awards), with primary product categories spanning laboratory equipment, electrical and electronic test instruments, and optical instruments for aerospace and defense applications.

Taylor Hobson Precision's customer base is highly concentrated in defense and civilian research agencies. The top five funding entities account for 46% of award volume and 57% of combined potential value, led by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Warfare Center (14 awards, $407 thousand combined potential value), the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (2 awards, $500 thousand combined potential value), GSA Federal Acquisition Service (1 award, $500 thousand combined potential value), and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (5 awards, $341 thousand combined potential value). The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology rounds out the top tier with 4 awards and $320 thousand in combined potential value. The Navy concentration is significant — Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Sea Systems Command together account for 28 of the 85 total awards in the source dataset.

Representative recent work includes a $290 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from the Air Force Sustainment Center (awarded February 25, 2026) for a Large Roundness Machine with precision geometry measuring capability; a $199 thousand purchase order from NIST (awarded September 22, 2025) for a Stylus Profilometer system with calibration standards for surface measurement, delivered to the Gaithersburg, Maryland facility with performance in Great Britain; and recurring autocollimator and Talysurf LASER system orders from Naval Air Warfare Center and Naval Sea Systems Command valued between $26 thousand and $100 thousand per unit. A $69 thousand annual provisioning order from Naval Air Systems Command for precision measurement equipment carries an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2027, representing one of the few recompete exposures in the next twenty-four months.

Activity has declined modestly — four awards in 2022 dropping to one in 2026 — although the source captures a twenty-nine-year award history beginning in 1997, indicating longstanding federal customer relationships. Taylor Hobson Precision maintains minimal subcontract exposure; recent sub work includes a 3D metrology measurement system sub-award under Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (awarded February 5, 2024) and an Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract autocollimator sub-award (June 23, 2025). The company places task orders under the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F012CA (4 orders, $52 thousand combined potential value) and maintains broader federal customer access through its Ametek parent, which holds active federal contract vehicles and prime awardee status across both contract and grant programs.