Companies with Recent Laboratory Management Contract Awards

The federal government has numerous types of laboratories that require private sector support. In this blog post, AlphaBrook is spotlighting the following small and otherwise socioeconomically classified businesses that have secured highly competitive contracts to provide laboratory management, laboratory support, and research support services to federal agencies such as VA, HHS, DOT, and others. Firms seeking to break into this contracting sphere should keep an eye on these companies for strategic partnership opportunities.

Chesapeake Toxicology Resources – In a triumph for small businesses, Chesapeake Toxicology Resources won a $1.2M laboratory services contract providing scientifically sound and legally defensible toxicological analyses to DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as recently as September 2023. This award offers the firm the opportunity to showcase its forensic drug chemistry, controlled and dangerous substance identification, blood and urine screening, blood quantitations, and laboratory supply ordering capabilities to key federal stakeholders. As such, it would be wise to remain abreast of this firm’s next moves.

Rogue Space Systems – Making use of its key laboratory testing and feasibility demonstration, laboratory hardware development, data simulations, and algorithm development capabilities, Rogue Space Systems is currently supporting a laboratory hardware testing system development and integration contract within USAF. This effort was awarded in July 2023 and has a ceiling value of $1.3M, positioning this small business well to continue to win similar awards across government. Having already wowed USAF with its prowess, other agencies will surely favor Rogue Space Systems in future laboratory support competitions.

Summit Pathology – Summit Pathology is a small business capable of providing pivotal laboratory support services. In October 2023, the firm was awarded a contract by VA Veterans Health Agency (VHA) to provide anatomic pathology services that has a ceiling value of $2.6M. Through this contract, Summit Pathology will be able to demonstrate its microbiology, clinical chemistry, surgical pathology, breast pathology, gastrointestinal pathology, hematopathology, cytology and cytopathology, and other patient services. With this repertoire, Summit Pathology is a well-positioned partner to consider teaming with to ensure success.

Apro International – This small business is concurrently supporting two Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL) services contracts within USAF. One was awarded in July 2023 with a $12.7M ceiling value and supports Wright-Patterson AFB, while the other was awarded in July 2023 with a $10M ceiling value and supports Cannon AFB, Peterson SFB, and Pituffik SB. These awards clearly demonstrate Apro International’s unparalleled capability to provide laboratory support, particularly given its calibration laboratory operation, laboratory management, Test Measurement and Diagnostic (TMDE) equipment, test platform support, quality control, inventory control, and pickup and delivery services. Provided the company’s recent wins, Apro International will be one to keep tabs on.

Gnathodontics – Gnathodontics is a small business that offers pertinent capabilities to agencies seeking full-service dental laboratory support, restorative dentistry, intraoral scans, and orthodontics services. Within October 2023, VHA awarded the company a dental laboratory services contract worth $1M, demonstrating the vendor’s ability to support such contracts. Thus, prospective bidders of future laboratory services contracts, particularly those that involve dental services, should consider partnering with Gnathodontics.

Peers and Partners (Peers) – This 8(a) small business, which maintains its certification until 2030, was deemed the sole business capable of providing professional and laboratory research support services to HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in July 2023. The contract awarded to Peers possesses a ceiling value of $4.2M. Undoubtedly contributing to the company’s win, Peers offers pivotal research and health sciences, laboratory support services, evaluation research, data science, epidemiology and surveillance, and qualitative and quantitative research. Be sure to keep an eye out for this firm’s next moves in the laboratory management and support contracting sphere.

Histo-Tec Laboratory – Histo-Tec Laboratory, a small business, is positioned well to support government’s laboratory research efforts. With its specimen preparation, laboratory and research facilities support, and immunohistochemical staining, this vendor is sure to be coveted by federal players. This is evidenced by the contract awarded to Histo-Tec Laboratory in early-November 2023 by VHA for histology slide processing services that has a ceiling value of $1.5M. The firm is unquestionably making a name for itself in the federal contracting environment.

Macrogen – A small business within multiple NAICS classifications, Macrogen was awarded a $3.9M neurodegenerative disease research support contract by HHS in July 2023. Bolstering its unparalleled ability to provide such services to the laboratory within this agency, Macrogen offers solutions to include whole genome sequencing, clinical study support, and analysis services. With this specialty, Macrogen is sure to continue winning similar contracts across federal government and is thus a noteworthy option to partner with.

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