Controlled Environment Certification Services, Inc.

Controlled Environment Certification Services, Inc. Life Sciences Division, headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, provides federal agencies with biological safety cabinet certification, cleanroom inspection and certification, IV hood certification, and related environmental compliance testing services as a prime contractor across multiple agencies with no set-aside designation. The company operates as a for-profit manufacturer specializing in infection prevention and contamination control product and service delivery to medical, pharmaceutical, research, and laboratory facilities, competing in full-and-open procurements.

The vendor's customer base centers on the Department of Veterans Affairs and specialized federal laboratory and prison facilities. The top five customer entities account for 79% of awards by count and 89% of combined potential value. VA dominates the dollar ranking, with five awards totaling $115 thousand from Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 and two awards totaling $133 thousand from Veterans Integrated Service Network 9 leading the portfolio; the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Office of Administrative Services Procurement Management Branch follows with five awards worth $104 thousand, and the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood accounts for five awards valued at $15 thousand. The Office of Naval Research and Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood together represent smaller but recurring customer relationships.

Controlled Environment Certification Services operates exclusively as a prime contractor — 100% of recent awards are prime contracts with no subcontract footprint. The vendor's recent work includes a $49,415 definitive contract from the USDA Office of Administrative Services Procurement Management Branch for Class II biological safety cabinet maintenance and BSL-3 lab certification through June 2028 (exercising option year 3), a $49,349 purchase order from VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 for cleanroom inspection and certification at VA facilities in Birmingham, Alabama, and a $18,692 purchase order from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for HEPA filter certification at the Pennsylvania Lamar National Fish Hatchery. All recent awards are firm-fixed-price purchase orders with no set-aside designation.

Award activity has been sporadic — 29 total awards across the past twelve years with only two awards in each of 2024 and 2025 and one award in 2026. Combined potential value stands at $484 thousand across all awards, with $400 thousand obligated (83% execution rate). One award worth $49 thousand reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. The vendor's work is categorized predominantly under NAICS 811310 (Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), with PSC classification concentrated in maintenance, repair, and rebuild of medical and laboratory equipment.