Northern Plains Laboratory LLC

Northern Plains Laboratory LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, delivers reference laboratory testing and pathology services as a prime contractor to the Indian Health Service, with 100% of its prime awards (722 of 723 total awards) flowing through the Indian Health Service across twelve healthcare facilities in the Great Plains region serving Native American communities in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska. The company competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations.

Northern Plains Laboratory's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Indian Health Service, which accounts for 710 awards valued at $77.6 million combined potential value—representing 98% of the vendor's overall award footprint. Three smaller customer relationships with the Department of the Army (North Dakota Army National Guard), the Department of the Army proper, and the Department of Veterans Affairs account for the remaining 2% of awards. The vendor holds a single parent Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract (75H70623D00014) with IHS valued at $15.3 million through March 4, 2027, under which it has received 155 task orders worth $15.6 million in combined potential value. A second and older ID/IQ contract (HHSI241201800004I) continues to generate delivery orders, with 434 task orders issued to date totaling $18.5 million. A third legacy vehicle (HHSI241201700011I) has generated 94 task orders worth $3.8 million. Individual task orders under these vehicles range from approximately $12,000 to over $400,000 depending on facility scope and performance period.

The company's service portfolio is narrowly specialized: clinical laboratory testing, anatomical and hematopathology analyses, molecular diagnostics, monthly on-site technical oversight visits, electronic pathology consultations, and specialist medical consultations. All 722 prime awards fall under NAICS 621511 (Medical Laboratories), with 721 awards specifically described as reference laboratory testing services. Recent award activity shows declining trajectory—57 awards in 2022, peaking at 70 in 2023, then declining to 55 in 2024, 41 in 2025, and 19 through the date of this summary in 2026. Fourteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $2.1 million, representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor has obligated $39.3 million across $78.3 million in combined potential value to date, reflecting 50% of its ceiling value in invoiced work.

Northern Plains Laboratory operates as a subsidiary of Pathology Consultants PC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and for-profit corporation. The company's sub-award footprint is negligible—one sub-award as a sub-recipient on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases grant through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, awarded in September 2023. The vendor maintains no identified subcontractors on its prime work; it delivers laboratory and pathology services directly to IHS facilities.

The vendor's five distinct customer agencies are Indian Health Service (within HHS), the Army National Guard (within Department of the Army), the Army proper, Veterans Health Administration VISN 23 (within VA), and the CDC (within HHS). By award count and dollars, IHS dominance is absolute—the vendor is a captive laboratory provider to the IHS mission of delivering healthcare to tribal populations across the Great Plains, with no meaningful diversification into other customer bases or service lines.