Bruker Scientific LLC

Bruker Scientific LLC, a for-profit limited liability corporation and subsidiary of Bruker Corporation headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, manufactures and supplies advanced analytical instrumentation—mass spectrometers, Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance systems, and detection equipment—to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchases and maintenance agreements, with no SBA set-aside activity.

Bruker Scientific operates predominantly as a prime contractor, holding 601 of 610 recent awards (99%), with a portfolio concentrated in analytical laboratory instrumentation manufacturing and equipment repair and maintenance. The vendor competes on technical merit and as the original equipment manufacturer of specialized systems that often qualify for sole-source procurement. Core federal capability work spans three categories: equipment procurement (mass spectrometers, FTIR and Raman spectrometers, NMR systems, and infrared detectors delivered to research and healthcare facilities), maintenance and preventive service agreements on installed systems across five-year terms, and application training and on-site technical support. Representative equipment sales include a $2.19 million timsTOF fleX MADLI 2 mass spectrometry imaging system to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; a $1.30 million timsTOF flex mass spectrometer to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases supporting vaccine production research; and a $1.03 million LC-MS system to the USDA Agricultural Research Service for Grand Forks, North Dakota. Maintenance work examples include a $1.09 million five-year service and maintenance agreement with the USDA for three Food Safety and Inspection Service laboratories in St. Louis, Missouri; a $812 thousand five-year mass spectrometer service agreement with the CDC running through June 2029; and a $641.7 thousand blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs covering MALDI Biotyper LabScape 24 systems and associated maintenance across New England VA medical centers through February 2029.

Customer concentration is moderate and dispersed across the federal research and healthcare enterprise. The CDC Pittsburgh location leads by award count (45 awards, $4.9 million combined potential value), followed by the Office of Naval Research (27 awards, $1.4 million), NIST (23 awards, $4 million), and the FDA (23 awards, $3.1 million), with these four agencies accounting for roughly 23% of all awards. By dollar value, the top five customers—CDC Pittsburgh ($4.9 million), USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service ($4.6 million), NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ($4.5 million), NIST ($4 million), and VA VISN 1 ($3.1 million)—represent approximately 32% of combined potential value across the entire portfolio. No single customer dominates; the distribution reflects Bruker's position as the incumbent supplier of mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy systems across multiple civilian research and healthcare agencies.

Bruker holds a single named IDV: a $641.7 thousand blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 through February 2029 covering MALDI Biotyper LabScape 24 systems and maintenance services. Additional vehicle activity flows through GSA Federal Supply Schedules and various department-specific indefinite delivery and BPA vehicles under which Bruker places task orders. The top five parent vehicles are GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS24F9021H (13 task orders, $82 thousand), BPA 36C24125A0037 (9 task orders, $344 thousand), GSA Supply Schedule GS07F5453P (7 task orders, $274 thousand), and two indefinite delivery contracts. Bruker's position on these vehicles enables efficient re-ordering of equipment and services across multiple federal agencies without individual competitive solicitations.

Activity has remained steady year over year: 38 awards in 2022, 48 in 2023, 48 in 2024, 45 in 2025, and 23 year-to-date in 2026 (which covers only the first seven months). Bruker faces recompete exposure on 48 awards carrying a combined potential value of $8.2 million that reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reflecting the typical pattern of five-year maintenance agreements cycling into renewal.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, Bruker invoiced $247 thousand in FY2024 against an estimated 0.1 FTEs delivered to the federal government. SCI is a partial view of the vendor's federal services activity and excludes goods sales, which form the majority of Bruker Scientific's federal revenue. On the limited SCI contracts captured, median government-paid hourly rates run approximately $1,047 per hour, with rates ranging from around $692 per hour at the low end to $1,310 per hour for senior labor. The vendor performs all contract work with its own staff; subcontracting is negligible at 0% across SCI-reportable primes.

Bruker's sub-award footprint is minimal: nine sub-awards out of 610 total awards (1%), representing specialized deliveries under larger defense and research management contracts. Named prime contractors include Battelle National Biodefense Institute (maintenance services for mass spectrometry equipment at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland), Triad National Security LLC (maintenance services at Los Alamos National Laboratory), General Dynamics Information Technology (global security engineering and supply chain services), KBR Wyle Services (optoelectronic technology research for the Air Force Research Laboratory), and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (engineering and technology support). Bruker supplies equipment and maintenance capabilities rather than operating as a feeder subcontractor; the sub role is secondary to its dominant prime posture.

Bruker Scientific LLC operates as a manufacturer and vendor of proprietary analytical instrumentation, competing in full-and-open federal procurements without set-aside positioning. The company's federal business model relies on technical differentiation, original equipment manufacturer status, and established relationships with civilian research, healthcare, and defense agencies. With 610 awards concentrated in NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC codes covering laboratory equipment, maintenance, and chemical analysis instruments, Bruker anchors its federal footprint in the supply of sophisticated mass spectrometry and spectroscopy systems where it holds incumbent or preferred-supplier status, yielding recurring maintenance revenue and high dollar-per-transaction contract values despite limited SCI-reportable services activity.