Scientific Specialties Service Inc.

Scientific Specialties Service Inc., doing business as Scientific Specialties Services, manufactures high-density polyethylene and glass bottles and associated caps for federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across the majority of its portfolio. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, operating as a small business manufacturer of laboratory equipment and scientific supplies, with primary work spanning glass container manufacturing (NAICS 327212) and plastics bottle manufacturing.

Scientific Specialties Services concentrates its customer base heavily within the Department of Defense supply chain and the Department of the Interior's scientific research operations. The top five customer entities account for 79% of awards by count: the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division leads with 132 purchase orders (combined potential value $1.2 million), followed by the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants with 63 awards carrying $4.6 million in combined potential value. The two rankings diverge meaningfully — USGS dominates by dollar value despite placing fewer orders, anchored by two long-term single-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with combined ceilings of $600,000. The Defense Logistics Agency Medical and Land and Maritime divisions account for smaller volumes with $141 thousand and $74 thousand combined potential value respectively.

Scientific Specialties Services holds two active IDCs with USGS. The primary vehicle, awarded September 1, 2022, carries a $450,000 ceiling through February 28, 2028, for high-density polyethylene bottles and caps supporting the National Water Quality Laboratory in Lakewood, Colorado, with work performed in Denver, Colorado and Hanover, Maryland. A second IDC awarded July 24, 2024, provides up to $150,000 for clear and amber glass bottles with Melamine/Phenolic resin caps through July 25, 2029, with a $10,000 guaranteed minimum and a small business set-aside designation. Representative task orders under the HDPE vehicle include a $59.3 million delivery order (awarded March 20, 2026, completing August 31, 2027), a $44.9 thousand order (June 9, 2025), and a $33.3 thousand order (June 20, 2024). DLA procurement activity consists of repeated purchase orders for screw-cap bottles, ranging from $2,100 to $26,087, with completion typically within one to three months; recent examples include a $26.1 thousand Total Small Business set-aside (September 12, 2024), a $17.3 thousand purchase order (January 23, 2025), and a $11.6 thousand order (July 30, 2025).

Award activity shows decline year over year — eleven awards in 2022 declining to four in 2026 — though this reflects the consolidated nature of the vendor's largest customer relationship: USGS places fewer, larger delivery orders under its IDCs rather than numerous small purchase orders. Only three awards (combined potential value $98 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. Across its portfolio, Scientific Specialties Services delivers bottles (PSC code for bottles and jars account for 190 awards) and laboratory equipment and supplies (98 awards), with production located in Hanover, Maryland and delivery to federal facilities and research operations nationwide. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data, and does not hold seats on government-wide acquisition contracts or multiple-award schedules; work flows through agency-specific IDCs and purchase orders issued by DLA and USGS.

MANUFACTURE LAB SUPPLIES INCLUDING GLASS AND PLASTIC VIALS, BOTTLES, JARS AND TEFLON/PTFE PRODUCTS. CONTAINERS FOR ANALYTICAL LABORATORY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH SAMPLING, PRECLEANED AND PRESERVED. SILANIZED, SURFACE TREATED, AND SAFETY COATED GLASS CONTAINERS.