Silliker, Inc.

Silliker, Inc., operating as the Merieux Nutrisciences Division and headquartered at 401 N Michigan Ave in Chicago, Illinois, is a foreign-owned, for-profit laboratory services organization specializing in food safety and quality testing. The company provides comprehensive analytical testing services to federal agencies, leveraging expertise in chemical, microbiological, and contaminant analysis across multiple sectors including food products, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and agricultural commodities. Silliker's federal contracting presence demonstrates its established capability and past performance in delivering sophisticated laboratory services that support critical government food assistance, food safety monitoring, and regulatory compliance initiatives.

Silliker's federal contract awards span multiple agencies and encompass diverse analytical testing services essential to food safety and regulatory oversight. The company has received substantial awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service for laboratory analysis supporting food donation programs, with delivery orders ranging from approximately $172,000 to $2.3 million for chemical, microbiological, and contaminant testing of commodities distributed through federal assistance initiatives. The Food and Drug Administration has awarded Silliker multiple contracts totaling over $600,000 for specialized testing services, including mercury and methylmercury surveys in seafood valued at $199,084, third-party retail shrimp sampling and analysis at $298,148, cosmetic product analysis for phthalates and lead at approximately $96,000 combined, baby food analysis for toxic elements, and acrylamide testing in food products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service has contracted with Silliker for dietary supplement testing and the development of Clostridium botulinum models in formulated beef products, while the U.S. Agency for International Development awarded a contract valued at $74,374 for commodity contaminants testing. All federal contract awards to Silliker were issued without set-aside designations, reflecting competitive best-value evaluations based on technical approach, past performance, quality control measures, and organizational qualifications rather than small business or other preferential procurement programs.

Silliker, Inc. currently holds three indefinite delivery contracts with federal agencies that establish ongoing vehicle frameworks for task order issuance. The primary IDV is a $10.65 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract awarded by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service on March 1, 2022, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, for support services related to USG food donations and laboratory analysis charges. Under this vehicle, the Agricultural Marketing Service has issued four delivery orders between April 2022 and October 2025 totaling approximately $4.14 million, demonstrating sustained demand for Silliker's comprehensive analytical testing capabilities. Additionally, Silliker holds a single-award IDC valued at $500,000 awarded by the Food and Drug Administration on September 22, 2021, for third-party retail shrimp sampling, collection, and analysis, with one delivery order issued for $298,148 prior to the contract's completion date of September 23, 2022. The company also previously held a single-award IDC valued at $1.6 million awarded by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service on April 1, 2021, for laboratory services to test beef products for microbiological contamination, which ran through March 31, 2022, and generated two delivery orders totaling $618,416. These contract vehicles collectively illustrate Silliker's established relationships with federal agencies and its role as a critical analytical testing provider supporting food safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance across multiple government programs.