Starlims Corporation

Starlims Corporation, doing business as Abbott Informatics Corp, is a foreign-owned subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories Inc. that sells laboratory information management system (LIMS) software licenses, maintenance, upgrades, and professional services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no set-aside posture. The vendor operates from Hollywood, Florida, and competes almost entirely through its proprietary STARLIMS platform, which generates sole-source procurement awards across forty distinct federal customer agencies.

Starlims' federal footprint centers on LIMS software and informatics — a narrow but dense capability. The vendor holds a $1 billion GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract (awarded December 2021, expiring December 2026) that anchors most federal ordering. Representative prime work includes a $4.4 million sole-source definitive contract with the Drug Enforcement Administration for STARLIMS maintenance and support running through June 2028; a $3.3 million delivery order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for STARLIMS licenses (September 2023); a $1.9 million sole-source purchase order from the Defense Health Agency for Enterprise Laboratory Information Management System (ELIMS) maintenance at Defense Centers for Public Health facilities (September 2024, running through September 2029); and a $477.7 thousand delivery order from the Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center for STARLIMS maintenance and support (August 2025, running through August 2029). The vendor also holds a $679.4 thousand definitive contract with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for STARLIMS maintenance, upgrades, and support running through March 2027.

Customer concentration is pronounced and tilted toward health and law enforcement agencies. The Drug Enforcement Administration commands $47.2 million (39% of combined potential value) across eleven awards, predominantly the multi-year maintenance contract. The CDC Pittsburgh and CDC Office of Acquisition Services combined represent $24.6 million across thirty-three awards. The Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey places the most orders by count (34 awards) but at lower unit values ($4.9 million combined). The four highest-value customers (DEA, GSA Federal Acquisition Service, CDC Pittsburgh, and CDC Office of Acquisition Services) account for 77% of combined potential value across the source dataset. Activity has remained flat to declining — five awards in 2025 and three so far in 2026 versus a historical norm of five to eight per year — with only eight awards (combined potential value $7.8 million) reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.

The vendor's vehicle portfolio reflects its MAS-centric strategy. Fifty-one task orders placed under Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0660P carry $24 million in combined potential value. The Information Technology Schedule 70 (IT-70) hosts eight task orders worth $8.5 million. A $1.5 million indefinite delivery contract (ING15PC00015) received twenty-seven task orders. Starlims also operates as a sub-recipient under federal grants through the Indiana Department of Health, delivering STARLIMS services on Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) and Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure grants (six sub-award records spanning 2023–2025). As a subcontractor, the vendor delivers STARLIMS maintenance and upgrade services under Battelle Memorial Institute's National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) contract with the Department of Homeland Security.

SCI-reported federal service-contract invoicing totaled $2.9 million (FY2022–FY2024), with $119 thousand in FY2022 and $2.8 million in FY2024; no reportable invoicing appeared in FY2023. The SCI dataset shows minimal direct labor delivery: 0.3 FTEs in FY2022 and zero FTEs in FY2023 and FY2024, consistent with a vendor model in which most federal value flows as software licensing and maintenance rather than on-site labor. Government-paid hourly rates on the few SCI-reportable labor records ran uniformly at $225.00 per hour across the 10th, median, and 90th percentiles, suggesting limited rate variation and likely reflecting specialized technical support or consulting at flat rates. The vendor performed all reported work without named subcontractors on SCI-reportable prime contracts.

Starlims operates as a proprietary-platform specialist with a 95% prime award share (201 of 211 total awards) and negligible sub engagement on federal service contracts. The five sub-awards in the source dataset break down as four STARLIMS maintenance obligations under the Battelle NBACC FFRDC contract (Department of Homeland Security) and sub-recipient status on CDC-grant programs flowing through the Indiana Department of Health. The vendor competes in full-and-open procurements but enjoys inherent sole-source positioning because it is the sole authorized provider of the STARLIMS intellectual property, a structural advantage that has sustained relatively stable federal revenue despite flat or declining award counts in recent years.