Biodot, Inc.

Biodot, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit corporation based in Irvine, California, manufactures automated high-throughput ultra-low-volume fluid dispensing systems and related scientific equipment for federal civilian agencies, operating entirely as a prime contractor on purchase orders with no subcontract work. The vendor competes full-and-open across all named awards, with no set-aside designations.

Biodot's core capability is precision fluid dispensing technology for advanced diagnostics manufacturing and laboratory automation. The vendor supplies both complete systems—including the Lyobeads Production System for micro-bead manufacturing, automated reagent dispensers for lateral flow assay development, protein spotters for sample preparation, and dispenser-cutter-laminate modules for assay kit fabrication—and field maintenance services. Representative work includes a $130,291 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Food and Drug Administration awarded September 2024 for a Lyobeads Production System capable of producing 10,000 customizable frozen beads per hour; a $105,215 CDC Pittsburgh purchase order from June 2022 for a BioDot dispenser, cutter, and laminate module; and ongoing preventative maintenance contracts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for protein spotter systems and PM-1 equipment, ranging from $7,700 to $10,754 per task.

Customer concentration centers on diagnostic and public health agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh leads by combined potential value ($422 thousand across eleven awards), followed by the CDC Office of Acquisition Services ($197 thousand, seven awards) and the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($163 thousand, seventeen awards). These three customers account for 76% of the vendor's combined potential value. The NOAA relationship is characterized by high-frequency, low-dollar maintenance tasks; the CDC Pittsburgh relationship anchors larger equipment procurements. Top five customers by award count or value coverage represent 78% of all awards and include the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Pacific West Area, each at $162 thousand and $144 thousand respectively.

Activity has been modest and flat: four awards in 2021, four in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, and one recorded award in 2026 (April). The vendor's combined potential value across all fifty-five federal awards is $1.4 million, with obligated dollars totaling $1.6 million, indicating that executed work has exceeded contract ceiling values slightly. Only one award ($11 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. Awards are predominantly categorized under Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (NAICS 334516, forty-two awards) and Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (PSC 6630, thirty awards), with some work classified under diagnostic substance manufacturing and maintenance-and-repair services.