Colonial Scientific, Inc.

Colonial Scientific, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Richmond, Virginia, supplies laboratory and analytical equipment, chemicals, reagents, and medical supplies to federal defense and civilian health agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides and full-and-open procurement with a 1,325-award prime footprint and essentially no subcontract exposure (1 sub award of 1,326 total).

Colonial Scientific's core capability sits in analytical laboratory instruments and scientific consumables. The vendor supplies thermal gravimetric analyzers, benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance instruments, energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers, incubators, centrifuges, environmental chambers, anion and cation suppressors, and laboratory reagents to federal customers. Representative recent awards include a $145,475 low-field benchtop NMR instrument for the Food and Drug Administration's Human Foods Program to support food safety screening and PFAS detection (September 2025), a $408,824 delivery of simultaneous thermal analyzers with mass spectrometry capabilities to the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate for explosives and contraband detection research (September 2023), and a $102,956 benchtop energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (August 2021). The vendor also executes a high-volume transactional business: the portfolio shows 840 awards from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical alone, predominantly in the sub-$100K range for consumables and routine equipment procurement.

Customer concentration is extreme and defense-medical focused. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical accounts for 78% of award count (840 of 1,073 awards in the top-five segment) and 34% of combined potential value ($1 million of $8.7 million total), reflecting the vendor's primary role as a consumables supplier into the military medical supply chain. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ranks second by count (109 awards, $410 thousand) and fourth by potential value, while the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime sits third by potential value ($647 thousand across 22 awards). The top five customers by count and value together cover 78% to 34% respectively, signaling a transactional base with many small orders anchored by the DLA Troop Support Medical relationship.

Colonial Scientific holds a single-award $200,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Defense Health Agency through September 2028, under which it executes routine medical and laboratory supply calls. The vendor also operates under an Indefinite Delivery Contract (SPE2DH18D5013) with 241 task orders (combined potential value $17 thousand) and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (M0026417A0016) with 28 task orders ($79 thousand combined potential value), indicating a role as a pre-qualified supplier on multiple government medical and supply vehicles. The fragmented order values across these vehicles ($17K across 241 orders, $79K across 28 orders) confirm a consumables-and-small-equipment operational model rather than system-level or large engineering delivery.

Activity shows significant decline. The vendor received ten awards in 2022, six in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026, representing a trajectory from moderate volume to minimal recent capture. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $234 thousand, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The 1,326-award portfolio spans 1,325 prime contracts and a single sub-award (a 2024 Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering, and Test contract modification), rendering the vendor operationally a pure prime with no meaningful subcontractor footprint.

Colonial Scientific has registered in SAM since 2003 and competes across 88 distinct federal agencies. Its capability set spans Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (444 awards), All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (217), Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (124), and related NAICS categories, with primary PSC activity in Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (558 awards) and Chemical Analysis Instruments (377 awards). The vendor's set-aside posture mixes total small business designations with full-and-open procurement, with approximately 88% of combined potential value obligated across the portfolio, indicating reliable contract performance and cash flow against a low-dollar transactional base.

We distribute laboratory supplies and equipment, medical supplies and equipment, and chemicals.