Berthold Technologies U.s.a., LLC

Berthold Technologies U.s.a., LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit limited liability partnership based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, manufactures and sells analytical laboratory instruments—microplate readers, luminometers, flow-cytometry radioactivity monitors, and in-vivo plant imaging systems—to federal health and defense agencies as a prime contractor (99% of awards). The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation; a single total small business set-aside purchase order from the Food and Drug Administration in September 2026 represents the exception across the recent footprint.

Berthold's customer concentration centers on health and life-sciences agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA holds the largest share by potential value ($300 thousand across 5 awards), followed by the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute ($88 thousand across 2 awards), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute ($85 thousand across 3 awards), National Institute on Drug Abuse ($83 thousand across 3 awards), and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ($70 thousand across 3 awards); together, these five customer nodes account for roughly 25% of combined potential value. Award count rankings show the CDC and FDA each holding 5 awards, with NIAID, Army Medical Command, and NHLBI following at 3 to 4 awards each. Recent concrete examples include a $215.2 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from the FDA (August 2024) for a BERTHOLD NIGHTSHADE IN VIVO PLANT IMAGING SYSTEM plus four years of preventative maintenance through September 2029, a $30.2 thousand NIAID purchase order (September 2024) for a TRISTAR 3 multimode microplate reader with completion in September 2025, and a $26.8 thousand FDA purchase order (September 2026) for a BERTHOLD CENTRO 96-well microplate luminometer under total small business set-aside.

Berthold's primary vehicle is the Federal Supply Schedule GS24F0001N, which carries 48 task orders totaling $941 thousand in combined potential value. The vendor's product mix concentrates in NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), which accounts for 70 of 84 total awards; supporting NAICS categories include precision measuring and controlling device manufacturing. PSC coding reflects the product portfolio: Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (50 awards), Medical and Surgical Instruments (8 awards), and Maintenance/Repair services for laboratory equipment (8 awards). Activity has been sparse in recent years—one award each in 2024, 2025, and 2026—following three awards in 2022 and one award in 2019. The vendor carries a single subcontract sub-award (1% of the portfolio), dating to September 2025 under the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for radiation-testing device support to Triad National Security LLC. Across 84 total awards spanning 2002 to September 2026, combined potential value stands at $2.5 million, with $1.9 million (74%) obligated.

Our knowledge and experience in physics and in the techniques of highly sensitive detection of light, nuclear radiation and microwave frequencies, together with the use of modern electronics and software, allows us to maintain our excellent and longstanding reputation as a competent partner in solving diverse and difficult measurement problems, and as a supplier of innovative and up-to-date instruments of the highest quality and reliability. To be on such a high level of knowledge and experience, more than 10 % of our sales revenues are spent on research and development, assisted by close ties with several European universities and research institutes in Germany and abroad. This ensures that innovation for the benefit of our customers continues to be the focus of our attention.