Animal Specialties And Provisions South, LLC

Animal Specialties And Provisions South, LLC Animal Specialties And Provisions, LLC Division, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, supplies specialized laboratory animal feed, bedding, enrichment items, and related provisions to federal biomedical research institutions as a prime contractor (100% of awards), competing without set-aside designation across full-and-open procurements. The vendor operates across multiple performance locations including Elkridge, Arlington, Bethesda, and Quakertown in support of federal research animal colonies.

The vendor's concrete capability portfolio centers on PMI-certified irradiated rodent diets, specialty research formulations for primates and other species, precision bedding materials (corn cob, paper-based, hardwood), fresh produce, and enrichment feed tailored to regulated research protocols. Recent representative awards include a $9 million purchase order from the National Institutes of Health (awarded May 1, 2026) for animal feed and bedding across multiple NIH facilities through April 30, 2031; a $2.74 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the National Eye Institute (awarded September 21, 2026) for laboratory animal feed, bedding, produce, enrichment items, and offsite emergency/disaster reserve support at NIH Building 49 Central Animal Facility through September 20, 2031; and a $1.66 million purchase order from the Food and Drug Administration (awarded May 3, 2024) for animal feed and bedding supplies to the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research through May 5, 2029.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular within HHS. The top five customer entities account for 89% of awards by count and 91% by combined potential value. The NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations dominates the footprint at 77 awards and $23.9 million combined potential value, followed by the NIH Office of the Director (62 awards, $965 thousand), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (28 awards, $10.4 million), the National Eye Institute (25 awards, $6.5 million), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (12 awards, $6.3 million). The National Institutes of Health as a monolithic customer anchors roughly $56 million of the vendor's $61.8 million combined potential value across all awards. No other federal department or agency appears among the top five by either ranking.

The vendor holds multiple indefinite delivery vehicles across HHS. The top parent vehicles by task-order count include a Blanket Purchase Agreement (HHSN263201500178B) with 66 task orders valued at $1.4 million combined potential, a NIH Animal Feed and Bedding IDIQ (2014–2016) with 49 task orders valued at $444 thousand, and three single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts valued at $5.2 million, $2.3 million, and $2.3 million respectively. The vendor also holds a $10 million Blanket Purchase Agreement from HHS Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (awarded June 12, 2024, through June 30, 2026) with two task orders issued to date, a $600,000 single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Health Agency (awarded April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027, set aside as Total Small Business), a $4.02 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with NINDS (awarded March 8, 2022, through November 7, 2026) supporting rodent colony supplies, a $3.11 million single-award IDC from the National Eye Institute (awarded September 21, 2021, through September 20, 2026), and a $200,000 single-award BPA from the Smithsonian Institution (awarded March 25, 2025, through March 24, 2026).

Award activity has declined substantially. The vendor received 21 awards in 2022, declining to 11 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 4 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 year-to-date through mid-September. Four awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $4.5 million, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in the NINDS and National Eye Institute vehicles. Combined potential value across all 232 awards stands at $61.8 million with $26.3 million obligated to date (43% funding ratio), indicating substantial performance volume remains outstanding on existing vehicles and active purchase orders. The vendor does not operate as a subcontractor; its entire award portfolio reflects prime contractor positioning on full-and-open federal procurements within the HHS research mission. Category concentration within the award data is acute: 209 of 232 awards (90%) fall under NAICS 311119 (Other Animal Food Manufacturing), and 201 awards (87%) carry PSC 8415 (Forage and Feed), confirming pure-play focus on laboratory animal nutrition and husbandry supplies.