Stephen J Libby PHD Consulting LLC

Stephen J Libby PHD Consulting LLC is a small business based in Stanwood, Washington, that specializes in biosafety and laboratory safety consulting services to federal agencies. The firm is registered in SAM.gov through October 14, 2026, and has established itself as a subject matter expert in providing institutional biosafety oversight and compliance support to federal research facilities. The company delivers specialized consulting services focused on biosafety committee operations, institutional animal care and use committee support, and comprehensive laboratory safety management.

The vendor has secured four prime federal contract awards exclusively from the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants, totaling $170,000 in contract value, with all awards designated as total small business set-asides. The most recent award, executed on December 17, 2025, is a $40,000 purchase order extending through December 16, 2027, under which the firm serves as the Biosafety and Laboratory Safety Officer and chairs the Institutional Biosafety Committee at the Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle, Washington. Services include chairing quarterly committee meetings, conducting laboratory inspections, managing chemical inventories, ensuring safe handling and disposal of pathogens and hazardous materials, providing annual biosafety training to approximately 30 staff members, and delivering quarterly comprehensive reports with semi-annual inventory inspections. Prior awards include a $60,000 contract initiated in June 2022 for biosafety consultancy services to the Western Fisheries Research Center with a period of performance through June 2027, a $60,000 contract awarded in May 2023 for IACUC and Biosafety Committee consulting services, and a $10,000 biosafety consultant contract completed in June 2025. The firm's work consistently involves providing on-site presence and support at federal research facilities in Washington State, leveraging established expertise in aquatic laboratory biosafety and committee operations.