Zurich Instruments AG
Zürich, ZH Part of Rohde & Schwarz GMBH & CO. Kommanditgesellschaft
- UEI
- WXNAU91NVWB6
- CAGE
- SHA62
- Primary NAICS
- 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Rohde & Schwarz GMBH & Co. KG, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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Parent
Rohde & Schwarz GMBH & CO. Kommanditgesellschaft · München, BY
TMB8RWMAADP5
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Parent
Rohde & Schwarz GMBH & CO. Kommanditgesellschaft · München, BY
TMB8RWMAADP5
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- Technoparkstrasse 1, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland
- Website
- zhinst.com
- Founded
- 2008
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Industrial Conglomerates
- Industrials & Manufacturing
- SIC code
- 38 Instruments & Related Products
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $170,590 |
| FY2025 | $136,081 |
| FY2024 | $423,740 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | $170,590 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | HR001122F0017 | $45,850 |
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About the company
Zurich Instruments AG, doing business as Zurich Instruments LTD, sells high-precision electronic test and measurement equipment—lock-in amplifiers, impedance analyzers, quantum system controllers, and arbitrary waveform generators—to federal research and defense agencies as a prime contractor on purchase orders. The company is a foreign-owned Swiss manufacturer headquartered in Zürich and operates entirely in full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.
Zurich Instruments is a child entity of parent Rohde & Schwarz GMBH & CO. Kommanditgesellschaft, a German manufacturer of test and measurement equipment. The company's federal award portfolio spans 92 purchases over the past seventeen years, with combined potential value of $3.7 million and 99% of awards as prime contracts. Recent awards include a $93,550 lock-in amplifier model SHFLI for NIST awarded September 2, 2026, a $77,390 ultra-high frequency lock-in amplifier for the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command awarded September 17, 2024, and a $109,210 microwave lock-in amplifier for NIST awarded March 21, 2024. Capabilities are concentrated in laboratory instrumentation for precision measurement, signal detection, and quantum research applications across NAICS codes 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals) and 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).
Customer concentration is extreme: NIST accounts for 60 of 92 awards (85% of award count) and $2.3 million of $3.7 million combined potential value (62% of dollars). The Department of the Navy, including the Office of Naval Research and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, represents the second tier with 14 combined awards and $557 thousand. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Army RDECOM, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency round out the active set. This concentration reflects Zurich Instruments' specialized position as a sole-source or sole-capable supplier of advanced scientific instrumentation to federal research laboratories; all awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders issued without competition or set-aside designation, indicating uncontested procurements for equipment only Zurich Instruments manufactures to federal specification.
Activity has averaged roughly three to eleven awards per year across 2021–2026, with a notable contraction in 2025 (four awards) and 2026 to date (three awards). Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and total $117 thousand in recompete exposure. The subcontractor footprint is negligible: one sub-award from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory under a DARPA research support services contract. Work is performed entirely in Switzerland. The relationship with NIST spans at least sixteen years and reflects Zurich Instruments' role as a specialized scientific-equipment supplier rather than a systems integrator or service provider; the small average award size ($40 thousand) and high purchase-order velocity suggest equipment replenishment and incremental research-system upgrades rather than development contracts.
Quick answers
Is Zurich Instruments AG registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Zurich Instruments AG's SAM.gov registration is active through June 30, 2027.
How much has Zurich Instruments AG received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $136,081 to Zurich Instruments AG in fiscal year 2025 and $730,411 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Zurich Instruments AG rank among federal contractors?
Zurich Instruments AG's parent company, Rohde & Schwarz GMBH & Co. KG, ranked #2 in NAICS 33421, #2 in PSC 7G21 and #5 in PSC L066 in FY2025.
What is Zurich Instruments AG's most recent federal award?
Zurich Instruments AG's most recent federal contract award is Lock-in electronics (1333ND26PNB670530), from National Institute of Standards and Technology, on September 15, 2026.
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