United Mineral & Chemical Corp

United Mineral & Chemical Corp, doing business as UMC, supplies high-purity materials and ultra-high vacuum (UHV) research equipment to federal science and research agencies as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders and definitive contracts, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designation, though holding a small business status on a small subset of awards.

UMC, based in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, operates as a for-profit corporate entity specializing in advanced materials and precision scientific instrumentation. Primary NAICS categories are Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (30 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (13 awards), with secondary strength in Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing (8 awards). The vendor's federal footprint spans purchase orders for high-purity source materials (antimony, indium, gallium, nickel), specialized components for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems (effusion cells, substrate manipulators, silicon sublimation sources), ultra-high vacuum deposition equipment, and equipment repairs. Representative prime work includes a $395 thousand small business set-aside definitive contract awarded by Army Materiel Command in September 2022 for one ultra-high vacuum thin metal film deposition system to the Adelphi Laboratory Center, with ultimate completion in July 2025; a $233 thousand Office of Naval Research purchase order in September 2023 for a 4-inch substrate manipulator for MBE; and a $135 thousand National Institute of Standards and Technology purchase order in September 2026 for UHV suitcase equipment tariff modifications, with performance in Eswatini.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to the Office of Naval Research, which accounts for 46 awards (56% of the total award count) and $1.6 million in combined potential value. The National Institute of Standards and Technology holds 14 awards worth $683 thousand, and the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command holds 9 awards worth $612 thousand. Together, these three agencies represent 90% of all awards and 99% of combined potential value. The vendor also holds sub-awards from HRL Laboratories and Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC on Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR-FISH) advanced research announcements and DOD line-funding chemical orders, supplying gallium ingots, antimony material, nickel pieces, and battery electrolyte material.

Activity has declined in recent years—five awards in 2022 tapering to two in 2026—with only one award carrying ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $136 thousand). The vendor maintains a single named parent vehicle, an Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0014004D0011), through which two task orders were placed. UMC's sub footprint is minimal (7% of recent awards, six sub-awards total) and routed through research primes HRL Laboratories and Valkyrie Enterprises rather than prime systems integrators. The combined potential value across all eighty-two prime and sub awards is $3.1 million, though cumulative dollars obligated total $4.2 million, indicating frequent modifications and scope additions to existing awards.

From our HEADQUARTERS in LYNDHURST, NJ and over the first 75 years of our existence, it has always been our business model to provide quality products, from stock when possible, with quick turn-around time, and at a superior price. We also realize the importance of Technical Service and have taken the steps to insure that our personnel from Management to Sales to Customer Service are highly skilled in their area of expertise.