Life Science Products Inc.

Life Science Products Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer based in Chestertown, Maryland, competes as a prime contractor supplying laboratory equipment, personal protective equipment, medical supplies, and facility repair services to the National Institutes of Health and other Department of Health and Human Services agencies, with 603 awards totaling $43.5 million in combined potential value across a thirty-four-year contracting history.

Life Science Products Inc. operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards); the company does not subcontract work to other vendors and does not appear as a named subcontractor in federal contracts above the Service Contract Inventory reporting threshold. The vendor competes full-and-open across its prime footprint, with no systematic use of small-business set-asides in recent years, although a Total Small Business set-aside designation appears on two NIH task orders for personal animal protection services (December 2021 and March 2023, totaling $473 thousand combined potential value). The business maintains a General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract (GS07F0019J) that anchors routine procurement of PPE and industrial products and services across federal agencies.

Customer concentration is pronounced and institutional. The top five customer components account for 64% of all awards by count but 83% by combined potential value. NIH Construction dominates by dollars (105 awards, $21.5 million combined potential value) and reflects Life Science Products Inc.'s core capability in flooring repairs and architectural finishes to Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care standards across the NIH Bethesda campus. The NIH Office of the Director places the largest number of individual orders (132 awards, $2.3 million combined potential value), primarily for personal protective equipment and animal facility supplies. The NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations places 65 awards ($3.1 million combined potential value) for PPE, lab coats, gloves, and coveralls. The General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service accounts for only three awards but carries significant dollar weight ($7.3 million combined potential value), reflecting large-value Federal Supply Schedule contracts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Veterans Affairs appear as minor customers.

Life Science Products Inc. operates under five primary contract vehicles: two NIH Blanket Purchase Agreements (HHSN263200000052700B with 119 task orders and HHSN263201600069B with 79 task orders, combined $2.9 million potential value), the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0019J (57 task orders, $372 thousand), and two single-award NIH indefinite-delivery contracts (75N99018D00017 with 53 task orders, $1.9 million, and HHSN292201100011I with 48 task orders, $2.4 million). These five vehicles account for the majority of task-order activity and reflect the vendor's embedded position as a recurring supplier to NIH facilities operations.

Award activity has declined from a ten-award peak in 2022 to only two awards in 2026 (through August 31). Over the past five years, the vendor averaged 6.4 awards per year. Four awards with a combined potential value of $519 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure. The category concentration across NAICS codes reflects the vendor's mixed portfolio: Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (109 awards), Other Footwear Manufacturing (107 awards), All Other Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (64 awards), and Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors (62 awards). The corresponding PSC distribution shows Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (148 awards), Replenishable Field Medical Sets, Kits, and Outfits (95 awards), and Hospital and Surgical Clothing (71 awards).

Service Contract Inventory data captures minimal activity — two subcontractor records across FY2024 and FY2025 totaling 0.1 FTEs — reflecting the fact that most Life Science Products Inc. awards are goods-based or below the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold and therefore fall outside SCI scope. The vendor's federal footprint is substantially goods-oriented: delivery orders and purchase orders for PPE, lab coats, gloves, coveralls, flooring materials, and specialty clothing, paired with delivery-order-level construction services for facility repairs. The thirty-four-year contracting tenure (first award May 1992) and consistent placement across NIH sub-components since at least 2001 (per SAM registration date) indicate institutional embeddedness, though recent award velocity and dollar obligation rates (43% of potential value obligated) suggest the relationship may be consolidating or shifting toward sole-source blanket purchase agreement calls rather than new competitive awards.