Hamilton Company

Hamilton Company, doing business as Hamilton Co, A Nevada Corp, manufactures and sells robotic liquid handling workstations, automated laboratory equipment, maintenance services, and associated consumables to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The company is a for-profit Nevada corporation headquartered in Reno, Nevada, operating as a subsidiary of Hamilton Technologies LLC (also Reno-based). Hamilton competes across analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (NAICS 334516), electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance (NAICS 811210 and 811212), and laboratory equipment supply (PSC codes for laboratory equipment and supplies, and maint/repair/rebuild of instruments and lab equipment).

Hamilton's capability footprint centers on the design, manufacture, and support of liquid handling automation platforms. Core product lines include the Microlab STAR, Microlab VANTAGE, Microlab Prep, Hamilton Starlet, Hamilton NGS STAR (next-generation sequencing preparation), and Hamilton VANTAGE II systems. Recent representative work spans equipment procurement, maintenance agreements, and consumables supply. A $115.1 million firm-fixed-price definitive contract with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (awarded February 17, 2022, extending through April 30, 2024) funded manufacturing capacity expansion for COVID-19 testing and diagnostics supplies. A $7.08 million definitive contract with the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (September 30, 2025) procured Starlet specimen analyzers. A $3.065 million definitive maintenance and service agreement with the CDC Pittsburgh (August 7, 2024, through June 30, 2029) covers liquid handler system upkeep. Hamilton also supplies consumables including pipette tips (CO-RE pipette tips, $99.4 thousand order from NIAID, September 2024), sensor packages (pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen sensors, $42.9 thousand from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, July 2025), and sterile test tubes ($225 thousand from VA, September 2024).

Customer concentration reflects Hamilton's deep footprint across civilian health and research agencies. The top five funding agencies (by award count) account for 31% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service dominates volume with 38 awards ($902 thousand combined potential value), followed by the CDC Pittsburgh with 28 awards ($11.9 million), the CDC Office of Acquisition Services with 15 awards ($617 thousand), the National Institute of Standards and Technology with 13 awards ($1.5 million), and the Army Research Development and Engineering Command with 12 awards ($896 thousand). By potential value, the CDC Pittsburgh leads at $11.9 million across 28 awards, followed by the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ($10.8 million, 6 awards), the Defense Health Agency ($4.5 million, 10 awards), the Army Medical Command ($2.7 million, 9 awards), and NIAID ($2.6 million, 4 awards). The two rankings diverge: USDA places numerous small task orders (high volume, lower dollars per award), while CDC Pittsburgh and Navy Medicine anchor substantial dollars in equipment, systems, and multi-year maintenance agreements. Combined, these sources represent 19% of Hamilton's $172.6 million combined potential value across 345 awards spanning 55 distinct customer agencies.

Hamilton holds positions on the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS24F1220C (5 task orders) and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (2 task orders), providing steady-state procurement vehicles but representing a small share of the company's total activity. The vast majority of Hamilton's work flows through direct purchase orders and definitive contracts issued by individual agencies rather than through government-wide IDIQs or GWACs.

Award volume has grown substantially, from 16 awards in 2022 to 28 in 2024, with recent activity moderating to 10 awards in 2026 (year-to-date through October 15, 2026). Within the next twenty-four months, 15 awards (combined potential value $5.2 million) reach ultimate completion and face recompete exposure, representing modest recompete pressure relative to Hamilton's total portfolio.

In its subcontractor role, Hamilton provides robotic workstation support and equipment supply to Triad National Security (Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations contract, August 2026, Microlab STAR equipment), Becton Dickinson (MD NET service maintenance agreement renewal for a robotic workstation, June 2025), and Netcomm Inc. (Center for Serological Sciences Network liquid handling equipment procurement, September 2023). Hamilton also received a federal grant sub-award from the Indiana Department of Health (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2025, CFDA 93.323). The subcontract footprint remains minimal (1% of awards by count), reflecting Hamilton's dominance as a direct prime supplier to federal agencies rather than as a sub to larger integrators.

Activity has diversified across 55 distinct federal agencies, with concentrations in civilian health (HHS agencies including CDC, NIH institutes, FDA), research infrastructure (NIST), defense health (Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Defense Health Agency), and agriculture research (USDA ARS). The award portfolio shows sustained multi-year maintenance relationships (particularly with CDC, Navy Medicine, and VA) anchored by sole-source justifications tied to Hamilton's position as the original equipment manufacturer, alongside episodic capital equipment procurements and consumables replenishments.