Premier Biosource, Inc.

Premier Biosource, Inc., a for-profit animal supplier based in Ramona, California, provides research-grade Yorkshire swine and medical swine to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on blanket purchase agreements, competing on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates as a subsidiary of S and S Farms and specializes exclusively in live-animal procurement under NAICS 1121 (Hog and Pig Farming) and PSC codes for live animals not raised for food.

All eleven recent awards are prime contracts or IDVs, with no subcontract footprint. Premier Biosource's customer base is concentrated among three defense agencies: the Defense Health Agency anchors the volume with 8 awards ($289 thousand combined potential value), while the Department of the Army Medical Command and the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command together account for the remaining potential value ($887 thousand and $342 thousand, respectively). The Army Medical Command's single award carries the highest dollar value despite the smallest award count, reflecting larger animal orders for capstone training events; the Defense Health Agency's volume comes from frequent smaller calls (typically 2 to 16 animals per order) to support resident and medical-readiness training across departments of surgery and emergency medicine.

Premier Biosource holds three active IDVs: a $886.5 million BPA with the Defense Health Agency running through August 2028 (the vendor's largest vehicle, under which 8 task orders have been placed), a $154.3 thousand BPA with Air Mobility Command running through September 2026, and a $187.9 thousand BPA with Air Mobility Command that expired September 30, 2024. Representative recent work includes a March 2026 BPA call for fourteen research-grade Yorkshire mix swine (35–44 kg) at $11,910 for medical readiness training at the vendor's Ramona location, a May 2025 BPA call for sixteen Yorkshire swine at $12,310 for a Madigan culminating-event capstone, and a May 2024 BPA call for sixteen pigs at $10,970 supporting Military Health System research programs. Activity has accelerated since 2024 (one award annually in 2022–2023, six in 2024), though with only $39 thousand obligated to date against $1.5 million in combined potential value, the backlog reflects unexercised BPA ceiling rather than firm orders. One award ($12 thousand potential value) reaches completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure for the vendor.