Younger Mfg. Co

Younger Mfg. Co, operating as Younger Optics, is an optical lens manufacturer based in Torrance, California, that supplies ophthalmic lens blanks to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor, with no subcontract activity across its federal footprint. The vendor holds a five-year multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 (VISN 20), established October 2, 2025, with a $5.4 million ceiling, and has received two BPA calls totaling $1.05 million since award.

Younger Optics operates a highly specialized supply business centered on ophthalmic goods manufacturing (NAICS 326113, based on 79 of 196 awards) and optical instrument manufacturing (12 awards). The vendor's product portfolio includes single vision, bifocal, trifocal, and progressive adaptive lenses in various materials and coatings, delivered to support federal healthcare and correctional vision services. The five-year VISN 20 BPA, the largest and most recent vehicle in the source data, calls for annual lens demand ranging from 30,000 to 82,600 units, with 95 percent availability requirements and one-business-day order response, two-business-day delivery service levels. Recent BPA calls include a $805.6 thousand order issued January 21, 2026 (completion October 1, 2026) and a $248.8 thousand call from October 21, 2025 (completion January 20, 2026).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the VA. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration VISN 20 accounts for 15 awards and $12.4 million in combined potential value — 53% of the vendor's total federal potential value across 196 awards. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons accounts for 144 awards but carries minimal dollar value ($63 thousand combined across all Bureau of Prisons awards), reflecting a historical supply relationship of small, frequent orders predating the recent VISN 20 buildup. Four distinct federal agencies serve as customers across the vendor's lifetime federal footprint since 1996.

The vendor holds seats on multiple VA BPAs in addition to the VISN 20 primary vehicle: Indefinite Delivery Contract V531P3145 (9 task orders, $10.5 million), Blanket Purchase Agreement VA260BP0120 (7 task orders, $3.4 million), Blanket Purchase Agreement VA26015A0010 (2 task orders, $1.5 million), and Blanket Purchase Agreement 36C26026A0005 (2 task orders, $1.1 million). The Bureau of Prisons IDC DJU4600004384 carries 45 task orders but only $2 thousand in combined potential value, indicating supplier status on a legacy vehicle with minimal recent activity.

Activity has been episodic — two awards in 2025 and one in 2026 following nine-year gaps in source data visibility — reflecting the vendor's emergence as a significant federal supplier through recent VA BPA selection. Combined potential value across all 196 awards (prime only) is $23.8 million, with $8.1 million obligated. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four-month recompete window ($806 thousand potential value). Younger Optics operates a named subsidiary, Indizen Optical Technologies of America, LLC, a limited liability company, which may carry additional optics manufacturing or design capabilities, though the source does not detail its role or scope within the parent structure.