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 16 primes with such plans on 20 contracts in NAICS 541713 (FY2023 and FY2024), 3 of them still active, with $119,811,236 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State University Research Foundation | North Logan, Utah | 1 (1) | $12,430,865 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mar 31, 2027 |
| Ues Inc | Dayton, Ohio | 1 (1) | $11,997,825 | Dept of the Air Force | Aug 1, 2029 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | Orlando, Florida | 1 (1) | $1,391,962 | Departmental Offices | Oct 16, 2027 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Redondo Beach, California | 2 (0) | $24,011,689 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa); Departmental Offices | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Emmes Company, LLC, the | Rockville, Maryland | 1 (0) | $13,731,948 | National Institutes of Health | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Linthicum Heights, Maryland | 1 (0) | $13,608,992 | Departmental Offices | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Columbus, Ohio | 4 (0) | $12,146,337 | National Institutes of Health | Sep 5, 2026 |
| Nanobiosym Inc | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1 (0) | $8,100,000 | Food and Drug Administration | Sep 28, 2023 |
| University of Iowa, the | Iowa City, Iowa | 1 (0) | $4,730,506 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | May 31, 2025 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | Winston Salem, North Carolina | 1 (0) | $4,500,000 | Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Sri International | Menlo Park, California | 1 (0) | $4,072,446 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1 (0) | $3,789,098 | Dept of the Army | Mar 31, 2024 |
| Health Research, Inc. | Menands, New York | 1 (0) | $1,865,211 | National Institutes of Health | Sep 15, 2024 |
| Washington University, the | Saint Louis, Missouri | 1 (0) | $1,671,692 | National Institutes of Health | Aug 14, 2026 |
| University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, Texas | 1 (0) | $902,748 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Dec 31, 2022 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1 (0) | $859,917 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Nov 30, 2024 |
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