Vitalant
Scottsdale, AZ Doing business as Vitalant Research Institute VRI - Vitalant Research Institute
- UEI
- GKT4L2JZJ622
- CAGE
- 42091
- Primary NAICS
- 621511 Medical Laboratories
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- The Institute For Transfusion Medicine TANKYDWC66F8
- H2KFR7NT3UN7
- J62ZFT6L9JX1
- MQ3MEBNUAS66
- EZFLLYF8CZ17
- HNBXLSP2K6W9
- K2RMWQNQH9F9
- San Bernardino, CA KLXGB46K7SL5
- Blood Systems, Inc. F7GBKWAFLM54
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 9305 East Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, USA
- Website
- vitalant.org
- Founded
- 1943
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Health Care Equipment & Services
- Health Care Providers & Services
- Health Care Services
- SIC code
- 80 Health Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $1,281,896 |
| FY2026 | $9,585,147 |
| FY2025 | $8,370,133 |
| FY2024 | $14,296,960 |
| FY2023 | $7,136,292 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $6,860,539 | |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $4,324,655 | |
| 3 | Defense Health Agency | $598,367 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Univ Of | 75A50123C00052 | $404,479 |
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University | R01DK134509 | $70,000 | |
| University Of Maryland, Baltimore | R01HL098032 | $107,726 | |
| Trustees Of Boston College | R56AI186789 | $102,375 | |
| The Regents Of The University Of California. San Francisco | P30AI027763 | $64,808 | |
| The Regents Of The University Of California. San Francisco | R01AI141003 | $583,499 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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| Versiti Wisconsin Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | 621991 Blood and Organ Banks |
| Puget Sound Blood Center And Program | Seattle, WA | 621991 Blood and Organ Banks |
| Stbtc | San Antonio, TX | 621991 Blood and Organ Banks |
| The American National Red Cross | — | 621991 Blood and Organ Banks |
| American Assc Of Blood Bank | Bethesda, MD | 813920 Professional Organizations |
About the company
Vitalant Research Institute, the research and specialized services division of Vitalant—the nation's largest independent nonprofit blood services provider—operates as a prime contractor and grant recipient delivering blood collection, processing, testing, and transfusion medicine research services to federal healthcare agencies across approximately 900 hospitals nationwide in 28 states. The organization competes in open, unrestricted federal procurement with no set-aside designations, generating $568.3 million in combined potential value across 1,205 prime awards and 24 sub-awards since the mid-1980s.
Vitalant Research Institute's core federal capability spans blood product supply and specialized laboratory services. Representative recent work includes a $10.4 million cost-no-fee delivery order from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the REDS-V Brazil Transfusion Safety Research Program (base period September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027, ultimate completion September 29, 2033); a $9.99 million definitive contract with the Food and Drug Administration for the Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (base plus three option years, completion September 24, 2029); and a $7 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 for blood products and services to VA medical facilities in Phoenix, Prescott, and Albuquerque (completion September 30, 2029). Delivery orders and task orders under these vehicles cover whole blood, red blood cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, therapeutic apheresis treatments, heparin testing, and pre-transfusion laboratory services including ABO grouping, antibody screening, and HLA typing.
Customer concentration is pronounced and split between operational blood supply contracts and research grants. The Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute anchors 39 awards valued at $152.8 million combined potential value and dominates the dollar ranking. The Indian Health Service places the highest award volume with 486 awards ($49.7 million combined potential value), followed by Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (76 awards, $53.1 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (67 awards, $53.1 million), the FDA (6 awards, $92.5 million), the Defense Health Agency, the Air Combat Command, and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. These five agencies account for approximately 71% of combined potential value across the portfolio. Indian Health Service work concentrates on blood supply to tribal health facilities across Arizona, New Mexico, and South Dakota; VA work spans multiple VISN regions nationwide. Top parent vehicles include five indefinite-delivery contracts (38 to 35 task orders each) and one blanket purchase agreement (26 calls), collectively representing a mix of single-award and multiple-award vehicles.
SCI-reported federal service contract invoicing shows a declining trajectory. In FY2022, Vitalant Research Institute invoiced $18.8 million across 63.2 FTEs; by FY2025, invoicing dropped to $6.7 million across 44.8 FTEs—reflecting both lower contract volume and reduced per-contract labor deployment. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts run around $132/hr, with rates ranging from roughly $22/hr (10th percentile) to $221/hr (90th percentile), indicating a skilled labor mix from entry-level lab technicians to senior research scientists and medical directors. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors perform approximately 39% of total contractor hours on average, with 69 named subcontractors recorded, suggesting reliance on specialized lab and research subs to supplement in-house delivery capacity.
Vitalant Research Institute operates primarily as a prime contractor (98% of awards by count), with sub-award exposure limited to two contract subs (Cincinnati University for red blood cell kinetics validation) and ten grant subs including Emory University, University of Maryland Baltimore, University of California San Francisco, Stanford University, The Wistar Institute, and Kephera Diagnostics LLC, working on HIV persistence, transfusion medicine precision, viral infections, and diagnostic development under NHLBI and NIAID grants. The organization maintains a corporate structure encompassing nine named subsidiaries—Lifestream Blood Bank, The Institute For Transfusion Medicine, Blood Systems Inc., Central Blood Bank, and itxm Diagnostics—that collectively extend its operational footprint across blood banking and transfusion diagnostics.
Recent activity shows modest contraction. Awards per year declined from 52 in 2023 and 50 in 2024 to 43 in 2025 and 23 year-to-date in 2026 (through September 30). Twenty-two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $8.8 million and face recompete risk, though the larger VISN 22 and NHLBI research contracts extending through 2029–2033 anchor the medium-term pipeline. The organization does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) in the traditional sense; instead, it competes for task orders under agency-specific indefinite-delivery vehicles and blanket purchase agreements managed by the VA, Indian Health Service, NHLBI, and FDA. Blood Systems Inc. and related subsidiaries are retained within the corporate family structure, signaling integrated operations rather than holding company distance.
Quick answers
Is Vitalant registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Vitalant's SAM.gov registration is active through February 24, 2027.
How much has Vitalant received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $8,370,133 to Vitalant in fiscal year 2025 and $40,670,429 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Vitalant rank among federal contractors?
Vitalant ranked #3 in NAICS 621991, #22 in NAICS 62199 and #22 in NAICS 621511 in FY2025.
What is Vitalant's most recent federal award?
Vitalant's most recent federal contract award is Blood products (36C26227N0140), from Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (VHA), on October 19, 2026.
On GovTribe
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