Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC
Vernon Hills, IL Part of Thermo Electron Corporation
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- ETKVKAJYK8V9
- CAGE
- 05668
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., ranks #6 in NAICS 325413
Its parent company, Thermo Electron Corporation, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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Parent
Thermo Electron Corporation
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- Cole-Parmer Instrument Company KWBBJ7ZDF913
- Charleston, SC HVBLJKMBEZ96
- Cole-Parmer Instrument Co LLC · Ocala, FL LY1NDJ5ZNJP3
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Parent
Thermo Electron Corporation
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 625 Bunker Ct, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, USA
- Website
- coleparmer.com
- Founded
- 1955
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Tools & Services
- SIC code
- 38 Instruments & Related Products
- Profiles
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 | $0 |
| FY2026 | $189,879 |
| FY2025 | $51,485 |
| FY2024 | $348,945 |
| FY2023 | $333,035 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | $190,925 | |
| 2 | Department of State | $2,302 |
Contract awards
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About the company
Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation, supplies laboratory and industrial instrumentation and equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor on purchase orders. The vendor operates exclusively through direct prime awards (100% of recent activity) with no subcontract footprint, competing full-and-open without set-aside designation across all recent transactions. Cole-Parmer is headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois and has maintained a federal contracting presence since its SAM.gov registration in October 2001.
Cole-Parmer's capability portfolio centers on laboratory instrumentation, analytical and measuring devices, medical and surgical equipment, and industrial supplies — concrete examples include a $697,890 Naval Research Program test-equipment order from Naval Supply Systems Command in July 2024, a $190,925 delivery of seven Geno/Grinder 2010 high-throughput homogenizers to FDA laboratories in September 2026, and a $321,279 NRP test-equipment purchase order from NAVSUP in March 2023. Recent work also encompasses a $54,331 Jenway conductivity cell for NAVSUP in April 2025 and a $11,756 CO2 incubator for the Veterans Health Administration in September 2023. The vendor's award history spans 1,033 purchase orders dating to March 1981, with combined potential value of $3.9 million and combined obligated dollars of $4.3 million.
Customer concentration is fragmented across 116 distinct federal agencies, consistent with a vendor serving as a direct supplier of specialized scientific equipment. The Department of the Navy (Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and Office of Naval Research) accounts for 21% of award count across its three offices, though Navy's dollars are concentrated in NAVSUP's eight awards worth $1.1 million combined potential value. The Environmental Protection Agency, FDA, NOAA, and the U.S. Mint round out the active customer set, each with small order volumes and sub-$300 thousand potential values. Award activity has remained flat to declining — two awards in 2026 to date, three in 2024, two in 2025, two in 2023 — with only two awards (combined potential value $193 thousand) facing recompete completion inside the next twenty-four months. Cole-Parmer's primary NAICS categories are Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (149 awards) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (97 awards), with primary PSC codes Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (439 awards) and Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies (163 awards). The vendor participates in one named BPA vehicle — HHS Blanket Purchase Agreement HHSN263199800049665B — and several Naval indefinite-delivery contracts dating to the 1980s–1990s, though recent activity flows through spot purchase orders rather than standing vehicle task orders.
Quick answers
Is Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through September 28, 2027.
How much has Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $51,485 to Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $923,344 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC rank among federal contractors?
Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC's parent company, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., ranked #6 in NAICS 325413 in FY2025.
What is Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC's most recent federal award?
Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC's most recent federal contract award is Cole-parmer supplies (19AQMM26P1296), from Office of Acquisition Management, on September 28, 2026.
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