Helmer Scientific LLC

Helmer Scientific LLC, doing business as Helmer, is a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of medical-grade laboratory refrigeration and storage equipment that operates exclusively as a prime contractor on GSA and federal agency contracts, with no subcontract footprint. Based in Noblesville, Indiana, Helmer supplies blood bank refrigerators, plasma freezers, laboratory freezers, centrifuges, cell washers, incubators, and preventative maintenance and repair services to federal agencies under firm fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders, predominantly through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule.

Helmer's customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration across multiple VISNs, which accounts for the plurality of awards by count, while the GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors the dollar value. The top five customers by award count represent 54% of awards: VA VISN 10 leads with sixteen awards ($335 thousand combined potential value), followed by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical with fifteen awards ($52 thousand), GSA Federal Acquisition Service with thirteen awards ($63 million), Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service with seven awards ($1.6 million), and VA VISN 6 with six awards ($543 thousand). The potential-value ranking diverges significantly: GSA accounts for $63 million across thirteen awards, with the Indian Health Service contributing $1.6 million across seven awards, reflecting GSA's role as a centralized vehicle for pre-negotiated commercial pricing rather than transactional unit volume. Recent representative work includes a $36,985 purchase order from NIH Clinical Center (September 2026) for blood bank plasma storage freezers and blood bank refrigerator with continuous electronic temperature monitoring; a $38,830 delivery order from VA VISN 4 under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (September 2026) for laboratory refrigerators designated total small business; a $55,780 delivery order from VA VISN 22 (September 2026) for pharmacy refrigerators and freezers; and an $87,350 firm fixed-price delivery order from the Indian Health Service (May 2025) for preventative maintenance and repair services on 220–450 medical-grade refrigerators and freezers annually at Phoenix-area IHS facilities.

Helmer holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Indian Health Service valued at $1,385,100 running through September 2027, which covers preventative maintenance, calibration, inspection, and on-site repair services; the base year (November 2024–October 2025) is valued at $270,000 with four exercisable option years. The contract requires ISO 13485:2016 certification and qualified technician staffing. Task orders under this IDC have been issued on May 22, 2025 ($87,350) and July 30, 2025 ($30,800). The GSA Multiple Award Schedule is Helmer's dominant vehicle, with seventy-eight task orders carrying $3.4 million in combined potential value; Helmer's MAS position enables delivery orders from VA, NIH Clinical Center, National Eye Institute, Indian Health Service, Defense Logistics Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Defense Health Agency, Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Center.

Award activity shows growth: two awards in 2021, then six years with no recorded federal activity, followed by a reacceleration to twenty-six awards in 2023, twenty-two in 2024, and thirty-three in 2025, with eleven awards through September 2026. Eight awards totaling $321 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. Helmer's product portfolio centers on refrigeration equipment (40 awards), laboratory equipment and supplies (32 awards), and medical and surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies (20 awards), with the top NAICS categories spanning miscellaneous general purpose machinery manufacturing, surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing, and air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment manufacturing. Helmer competes under full-and-open procurement, with a subset of VA awards designated total small business set-aside, but carries no SBA certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB). The company maintains place of performance primarily in Noblesville, Indiana or at federal customer sites (Bethesda, Maryland for NIH; Phoenix for IHS; Philadelphia and San Diego for VA facilities; and overseas locations such as the Philippines for specific orders), with administrative oversight at its Noblesville headquarters.