Large federal prime contractors must adopt a small-business subcontracting plan on contracts above $900,000 ($2 million for construction) under FAR 19.702, with goals for small, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. SBA's directory lists 15 primes with such plans on 30 contracts in NAICS 541711 (FY2023 and FY2024), 2 of them still active, with $200,444,721 in total contract value. These are the companies to approach about subcontracting work in this industry.
| Prime contractor | Location | Contracts (active) | Contract value | Main agencies | Latest end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Whitehouse Station, New Jersey | 1 (1) | $33,000,550 | Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response | Sep 27, 2027 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Galveston, Texas | 2 (1) | $10,190,493 | National Institutes of Health | Jun 24, 2027 |
| Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. | Gaithersburg, Maryland | 1 (0) | $104,999,936 | Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response | Aug 31, 2025 |
| Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | Fort Detrick, Maryland | 10 (0) | $28,082,230 | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Columbus, Ohio | 5 (0) | $5,684,612 | Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response | Sep 30, 2025 |
| American Type Culture Collection | Manassas, Virginia | 1 (0) | $4,039,721 | National Institutes of Health | Aug 4, 2023 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio | San Antonio, Texas | 2 (0) | $2,791,522 | National Institutes of Health | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts | 1 (0) | $2,592,643 | National Institutes of Health | Jun 23, 2023 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 1 (0) | $2,221,849 | National Institutes of Health | Aug 13, 2024 |
| American Foundation for Biological Research | Rockville, Maryland | 1 (0) | $1,729,597 | National Institutes of Health | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Sri International | Menlo Park, California | 1 (0) | $1,469,307 | National Institutes of Health | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1 (0) | $988,196 | National Institutes of Health | Nov 3, 2024 |
| Utah State University | Logan, Utah | 1 (0) | $963,318 | National Institutes of Health | Mar 31, 2024 |
| Fisher Bioservices, Inc. | Rockville, Maryland | 1 (0) | $867,995 | National Institutes of Health | Jul 14, 2023 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Boston, Massachusetts | 1 (0) | $822,752 | National Institutes of Health | Jul 10, 2025 |
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