Tescan USA Inc.

Tescan USA Inc., a foreign-owned Czech subsidiary of Tescan ORSAY HOLDING based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, sells scanning electron microscopes (SEMs), focused ion beam systems, micro-CT scanners, and related installation, maintenance, repair, and technical support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards). The company competes on full and open basis across all awards reviewed, with no SBA set-aside designations; sole-source and competitive procurements reflect Tescan's positioning as the original equipment manufacturer for proprietary systems.

Tescan's federal footprint spans 49 distinct customer agencies with a $32.6 million combined potential value across 271 awards (260 prime, 11 sub) since 1989. The customer base concentrates in research and defense sectors. NASA's Shared Services Center leads by award count with 37 orders ($1.2 million), followed by Naval Air Systems Command (29 awards, $1.4 million) and the Office of Naval Research (19 awards, $1.7 million). By potential value, the National Institute of Standards and Technology anchors the portfolio with 14 awards worth $4.1 million, the Food and Drug Administration contributes $3.1 million across four awards, and the Office of Naval Research delivers $1.7 million. The top five customers account for 41% of awards by count and 36% of dollar value. NIST and FDA contracts tend toward large equipment procurements (a $1.1 million x-ray tomography SEM in 2024 and a $1.8 million Clara field emission SEM with ion milling system in 2024), while NASA and Navy awards split between equipment sales and recurring annual maintenance contracts ($17–37 thousand typical renewal values).

NAICS concentration sits with Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (130 awards) and Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (56 awards), with PSC codes aligning to maintenance and repair of instruments (78 awards) and laboratory equipment (53 awards). Recent representative work includes a $1.08 billion NIST purchase of a Mira4 SEM with automated particle analysis capability (July 2024), a $1.8 million FDA order for Clara multivac FESEM with ion milling (September 2024), and a $691 thousand Office of Naval Research delivery of a Clara multivac FESEM with glancing-angle chamber (November 2024). Installation, training, and multi-year service agreements bundle with equipment sales. A $1.2 million NIH FIB-SEM electron optics system (August 2022) and a $1.4 million Air Force Research Laboratory Unitom XL micro-CT system (April 2024) exemplify the high-end analytical equipment mix. Maintenance and service renewal contracts ($15–290 thousand range) run annually or multi-year and concentrate with NIST, NASA, Naval facilities, Air Force installations, and the EPA.

Activity has grown modestly over five years — twelve awards in 2023 to eighteen in 2026 — with nineteen awards (combined potential value $4.3 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and thereby facing recompete exposure. Top parent vehicles are sparse; Indefinite Delivery Contract N0024408D0013 carries four task orders worth $55 thousand combined, reflecting Tescan's reliance on direct purchase orders rather than IDIQ task-order structures. In its subcontractor role, Tescan provides microscopy systems and particle analysis services to Triad National Security LLC on Los Alamos National Laboratory management work, to Fluor Marine Propulsion on Naval Nuclear Laboratory support, to UT-Battelle on Oak Ridge National Laboratory diagnostics and surface analysis stations, and to Astrion Group and Gryphon Technologies on laboratory support and analytical services. The sub footprint (11 awards, 4% of total) represents specialized equipment and technical analysis nested within large lab-management and research-support primes.

Tescan maintains continuous SAM.gov registration since October 2001 and operates as a non-SBA certified for-profit entity, competing on technical merit and proprietary equipment capability. The company's federal presence is demand-driven by agency capital equipment budgets and recurring maintenance renewal cycles rather than set-aside vehicles or teaming relationships.