CDC Spokane Research Laboratory

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Spokane Research Laboratory is a civilian sub-agency that procures goods and services in support of epidemiological research, laboratory operations, and disease surveillance activities. The laboratory operates as a regional research and testing facility within CDC's national disease-control infrastructure.

The Spokane Research Laboratory recorded 1,602 federal contract awards from 2005 through 2016, the most recent of which closed on March 29, 2016. Award activity declined sharply in recent years: the laboratory issued 153 awards in 2012, 134 in 2013, 128 in 2014, 109 in 2015, and 11 year-to-date in 2016. Combined award potential value stands at $40.7 million, with $30.7 million obligated as of the latest portfolio snapshot. The laboratory engaged 808 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio history.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented. No single prime contractor dominates the award portfolio; the largest vendors by combined potential value and by award count remain unreported in the source data, a pattern consistent with the laboratory's reliance on purchase orders, small task-order calls, and below-threshold procurements that do not carry aggregated value reporting in federal contract databases.

The set-aside mix is heavily skewed toward unrestricted competition. Ninety-one percent of awards carried no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides accounted for 5 percent of awards, with an additional 4 percent designated as total small business. 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and competitive small-business awards each represented a single contract or fewer than one percent of the portfolio.

No recent federal contract opportunities are on file against the Spokane Research Laboratory. Activity ceased as of mid-2016, and no subsequent procurement activity is recorded in the federal contract opportunity or award pipelines. Organizations pursuing work with the CDC's Spokane facility should determine whether contracting authority has shifted to a parent CDC office or whether this sub-agency is currently inactive in federal contracting.