Collaborative Testing Services, Inc.

Collaborative Testing Services, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, delivers forensic laboratory proficiency testing and interlaboratory testing programs to federal law enforcement, defense, and civilian agencies as a prime contractor on 214 full-and-open federal awards with no set-aside posture or subcontract footprint.

The company's capability portfolio centers on forensic testing services—DNA proficiency testing, drug analysis, latent fingerprint examination, digital evidence analysis, and laboratory accreditation support—grounded in a two-decade track record with federal forensic operations. Recent representative work includes a $287,268 single-award blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (effective through September 2029) that has generated six task orders for DNA proficiency testing ($15,295), forensic biology services ($10,863), and drug analysis testing ($7,655); a $41,648 total small business set-aside indefinite delivery contract with Naval Sea Systems Command (running through November 2027) supporting laboratory subscription services; and a $100,000 single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Health Agency (through October 2026) for DNA and forensic biology proficiency testing that has issued three delivery orders totaling $40,725. These three parent vehicles form the bulk of the company's indefinite delivery infrastructure. The company also holds scattered purchase orders across civilian agencies: the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has issued three purchase orders for collaborative testing services ($2,560 to $3,660 each), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives awarded a $125,000 purchase order covering proficiency testing across all ATF forensic laboratories through fiscal years 2022–2026.

Customer concentration sits heavily with federal law enforcement and defense forensic operations. The top five agencies account for 79% of awards by count and 83% by combined potential value: the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Command leads dollars ($1.3 million across 25 awards), the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division ($699 thousand across 26 awards), Naval Sea Systems Command ($517 thousand across 94 awards), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ($269 thousand across 7 awards), and the Defense Health Agency ($254 thousand across 6 awards). The Navy's count concentration (94 awards) reflects high-volume, low-dollar task-order activity under Navy laboratory subscription contracts, while Army CID and FBI anchor the larger individual transactions. The company has served 18 distinct federal agencies overall.

Activity has declined year over year—nine awards in 2022 declining to one award in the first quarter of 2026—with seven awards (combined potential value $239 thousand) reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across all 214 awards stands at $3.6 million, with $2.8 million obligated (78% execution rate). The company's work classifies primarily under NAICS 541712 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; 136 awards) and 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services; 42 awards), with PSC coding split between Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (46 awards) and Reference Laboratory Testing (29 awards).