Novamed Incorporated

Novamed Incorporated, doing business as Novamed Inc., is a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Skokie, Illinois, that provides laboratory equipment calibration, maintenance, and repair services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor. The firm is a Subchapter S corporation registered as a Subcontinent Asian American-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements and total small business set-asides, with no 8(a) or HUBZone designations in its recent award footprint.

Novamed's capability portfolio centers on calibration and preventive maintenance of laboratory instruments — primarily pipettes, micropipettes, and analytical balances — to ISO 17025 standards, with rapid turnaround requirements and on-site service delivery. Representative work includes a $671,280 HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration BioWatch pipette calibration and maintenance contract running through July 2026 for approximately 1,600 pipettes at HHS laboratories nationwide; a $293,700 Air Force Materiel Command total small business definitive contract for on-site pipette calibration, maintenance, and repair at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other installations through January 2027; and recurring FDA purchase orders for pipette and micropipette calibration — including an $87,600 bi-annual micropipette calibration order (250 units) in Irvine, California through June 2028 and a $12,620 FDA pipette calibration and preventive maintenance purchase order awarded in September 2022. Novamed's customer footprint spans eight federal agencies with heavy concentration in civilian research and laboratory operations.

The top five customers by combined potential value account for 95% of recent awards, anchored by HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ($671 thousand), Air Force Materiel Command ($353 thousand), and HHS Food and Drug Administration ($242 thousand across 11 awards). The FDA dominates by award count — 11 awards, $242 thousand combined potential value — reflecting Novamed's recurring calibration services relationship. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Region 7, and the USDA Midwest Area round out active customers. Novamed places 11 task orders under the Federal Supply Schedule (GS07F0279T) for $84 thousand in combined potential value, its primary vehicle position.

Activity is sparse and episodic. The vendor holds 36 total prime awards since 2007 with significant gaps between awards; the most recent activity shows one award in 2026, three in 2023, two in 2022, and three in 2021. Combined potential value stands at $1.5 million across all awards, with $849 thousand obligated. Three awards totaling $1.1 million in combined potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing captures $15 thousand in FY2023 across 0.1 FTEs and $124 thousand in FY2024 across 1.2 FTEs — a small subset reflecting only service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold. On those SCI-reportable contracts, government-paid rates ran tightly around $49/hr median, with the 10th percentile at $48.49/hr and 90th percentile at $49.79/hr. The vendor delivers these services with zero subcontractor engagement, building its own delivery capability entirely.

Pipettes, Pipette Calibration & Repair Services