Richard-Allan Scientific LLC

Richard-Allan Scientific LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer and service provider headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, delivers maintenance, repair, and original equipment manufacturer support services for specialized histology, pathology, and diagnostic laboratory equipment to federal health agencies and research institutions as a prime contractor (99% of awards). The vendor competes full-and-open across all federal sources with no set-aside designations; all procurements are sole-source awards justified by Richard-Allan Scientific's status as the authorized original equipment manufacturer for Epredia laboratory instruments and related diagnostic equipment.

Richard-Allan Scientific's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of Veterans Affairs system, which accounts for approximately 38% of combined potential value across all awards. The top five VISN customers—Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 ($1.1 million across 21 awards), VISN 17 ($776 thousand across 26 awards), VISN 22 ($618 thousand across 11 awards), VISN 7 ($613 thousand across 21 awards), and VISN 9 ($578 thousand across 20 awards)—anchor most of the dollar value, while the vendor also places awards with the Department of the Army Medical Command (31 awards, $407 thousand), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (30 awards, $342 thousand), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, the Defense Health Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The top five customers by award count (Army, Navy, VISN 17, VISN 10, VISN 4) represent only 9% of all awards, reflecting a long-tail distribution across 54 distinct agencies.

Capability portfolio centers on firm-fixed-price maintenance agreements and repair services for Epredia-branded tissue processors, cryostats, microtomes, autostainers, slide printers (PrintMate, SlideMate), stainers (Gemini), and related histology laboratory equipment. Representative prime work includes a $405.7 thousand purchase order from VISN 22 for preventive maintenance and repair of seventeen Epredia Cryostar NX50 cryostat instruments across seven VA healthcare campuses in California, Arizona, and New Mexico (awarded January 1, 2026); a $201 thousand purchase order from VISN 23 for maintenance and support of Thermo Fisher Scientific histopathology equipment at Iowa City VA Healthcare System (awarded November 1, 2025); a $187.9 thousand purchase order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Epredia Autostainer equipment maintenance supporting the agency's diagnostic histopathology capabilities in Atlanta, Georgia (awarded August 5, 2024); and a $77.5 thousand purchase order from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for an Epredia Pannoramic MIDI II 30x 60x SciCMOS digital slide scanner at the Lamar Fish Health Center (awarded August 25, 2025). Service scope consistently includes onsite repair by certified field service engineers, all original equipment manufacturer replacement parts and labor, toll-free technical hotline support (typically 24/7 with same-day response), emergency repair within 24 hours, and annual or preventive maintenance visits. Multiple procurements implement Executive Order 14398 diversity, equity, and inclusion provisions.

Activity has averaged 13–19 awards per year since 2022 with no clear growth or decline trajectory; 2024 saw 12 awards and 2025 recorded 16 awards, with 6 awards recorded as of August 2026. Seventeen awards (combined potential value $1 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will therefore recompete in that window. The vendor holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract (SPE2DM20D9007) with VISN 9 for maintenance and repair services, with four task orders placed to date and a ceiling of $115.7 thousand through September 2030.

Richard-Allan Scientific operates as a subcontractor to Cardinal Health 200, LLC, supplying medical and surgical equipment, supplies, and diagnostic reagents and test kits across nine sub-awards from 2023 through December 2025. Work is distributed across multiple VA medical centers, military treatment facilities (Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital), and civilian research institutions (University of Georgia Eastern Laboratory).

The vendor's footprint spans primary NAICS codes including 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance), 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), and 424210 (Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers), reflecting both equipment sales and service delivery. PSC codes center on Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (430 awards), In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets (258 awards), Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies (200 awards), and equipment maintenance and repair (273 combined awards). Richard-Allan Scientific is identified in source materials as a subsidiary of Epredia, reinforcing its role as the primary authorized service provider for Epredia diagnostic equipment across federal health agencies. All procurements are structured as sole-source under FAR 13.106-1(b) or FAR 6.302-1, justified on the basis of proprietary technical expertise, original equipment manufacturer authorization, warranty and compliance requirements (AABB and CAP accreditation), and the unavailability of competing service providers.