Medical research implants.

The Defense Health Agency awarded a $23,697.13 firm fixed-price call order to Harvard Bioscience Inc. (operating as Data Sciences International) on December 5, 2024, for medical research implants, with performance scheduled to conclude by September 30, 2025. This contract call is issued under Harvard Bioscience's existing $4.8 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Defense Health Agency, which was established on May 4, 2022, and remains active through May 3, 2027. The BPA serves as an indefinite delivery vehicle enabling the Defense Health Agency, Army Medical Command, and other military health system partners to efficiently procure specialized biomedical research solutions. Harvard Bioscience, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in New Brighton, Minnesota, operates through its Data Sciences International division and specializes in manufacturing wireless implantable telemetry transmitters, physiological monitoring systems, and related research instrumentation for preclinical studies.

Harvard Bioscience's contract portfolio under the DHA BPA encompasses telemetry acquisition equipment, pre-implanted research animals with telemetry devices, hardware and software systems, data analysis services, equipment refurbishment and calibration, and surgical implantation procedures. The company maintains performance locations in Mounds View, Minnesota; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; San Antonio, Texas; and Frederick, Maryland. As of the award date, task orders issued under this BPA have generated cumulative procurement value exceeding $1.5 million, with individual call orders typically ranging from approximately $8,320 to $235,556. No set-aside designation was applied to this particular call order. Harvard Bioscience has demonstrated extensive federal contracting experience across multiple agencies including the National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and Department of Agriculture.