Midwest Scientific Inc.

Midwest Scientific Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Fenton, Missouri, distributes laboratory equipment and scientific research supplies to federal agencies as a prime contractor across full-and-open and small-business set-aside purchase orders and delivery orders. The vendor operates a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (Multiple Award Schedule) awarded August 20, 2026, with a $475,000 ceiling running through August 19, 2031, enabling direct ordering by federal agencies without separate competition. Midwest Scientific is not SBA-certified under 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other formal set-asides; it competes in full-and-open and total small-business set-aside designations.

Midwest Scientific's capability footprint centers on biobank freezers, cryogenic storage equipment, biosafety cabinets, CO2 incubators, autoclaves, microscopes, refrigeration equipment, laboratory reagents including polymerase and diagnostic substances, and sterilization apparatus. Recent representative prime awards include a $20,295 total small-business set-aside purchase order from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 (September 2, 2026) for laboratory incubation equipment and shakers; a $17,251 total small-business set-aside purchase order from the Department of Veterans Affairs (July 24, 2024) for a wideneck biobank tank freezer with cryotubes and freezer boxes supporting VA Iowa City; a $27,508 full-and-open purchase order from the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (May 24, 2024) for a Celloger Mini Plus Bright Field laboratory microscope at Fort Sam Houston; and a $12,877 full-and-open purchase order from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Plains Area (August 30, 2023) for 60,000 units of Bullseye Premium HS Taq Polymerase delivered from the vendor's Clay Center, Nebraska facility.

Customer concentration remains low and distributed. The top five funding entities account for 23% of combined potential value, led by USDA Agricultural Research Service Plains Area (25 awards, $247 thousand), the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 (9 awards, $193 thousand), USDA ARS Midwest Area (4 awards, $64 thousand), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (5 awards, $64 thousand), and the Smithsonian Institution (6 awards, $52 thousand). Across 480 total awards, the vendor serves 55 distinct customer agencies, indicating a highly fragmented customer base typical of a laboratory-supplies distributor. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle anchors 6 task orders worth $104 thousand combined potential value.

Activity volume has been sparse and uneven — three awards in 2021, one in 2022, one in 2023, three in 2024, and two in the first nine months of 2026 — reflecting the transactional, low-dollar nature of purchase-order-driven laboratory-supply distribution. Combined potential value across all 480 awards is $2.7 million, with $1.7 million (65%) obligated. The vendor's award catalog spans analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (63 awards), medical and surgical equipment (95 awards under PSC codes), in-vitro diagnostic substances and reagents (11 awards), and refrigeration equipment (11 awards), with laboratory equipment and supplies comprising 312 awards across the portfolio. Midwest Scientific operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint, positioning it as a direct supplier rather than a systems integrator or prime contractor on larger programs.

Midwest specializes in equipment and supplies in the areas of molecular biology, PCR, tissue culture, liquid handling, autoradiography, hybridization, cryogenic storage, and electrophoresis. You can always trust Midwest Scientific for Quality Products and Outstanding prices.