Thomas D. Morris, Inc.

Thomas D. Morris, Inc., a small business based in Reisterstown, Maryland, supplies research-grade livestock—cattle, swine, sheep, and goats—to federal agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company operates as a for-profit corporation and competes predominantly under small-business set-asides, with 76% of recent awards carrying that designation.

The vendor's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of Agriculture. The top five funding organizations account for 76% of awards; USDA Veterinary Services (89 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value) and USDA Agricultural Research Service Northeast Area (68 awards, $3.3 million) anchor the portfolio, followed by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (13 awards, $1 million), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (11 awards, $88 thousand), and USDA Agricultural Research Service (8 awards, $276 thousand). The two rankings track closely—USDA dominates both volume and dollars—reflecting the agency's ongoing need for specialized animal procurement to support research at facilities including the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York.

Thomas D. Morris operates under two primary USDA indefinite delivery contracts. The most recent, awarded August 2024 by USDA Agricultural Research Service Plains Area, carries a $999,996 ceiling and runs through August 2027; it funds cattle and swine delivery to support agricultural research across the Northeast. An earlier IDC with Veterinary Services, valued at $603,590, similarly funds livestock procurement for foreign animal disease diagnostician training and vaccine potency testing. Representative delivery-order work includes a $40,695 Firm Fixed Price order (April 2025) from Plains Area for 49 Yorkshire swine weighing 80–90 pounds; a $40,135 order (March 2025) from Northeast Area for 12 female bovine weighing 400–450 pounds; and a $58,105 order (December 2024) also from Northeast Area for 18 female bovine. The company also holds task orders against Indefinite Delivery Contract AG32SCC130001 (18 task orders, $242 thousand combined potential value), Blanket Purchase Agreement HSHQDC09A00041 (13 task orders, $402 thousand), and contract 12305B21D0004 (9 task orders, $301 thousand), drawing orders from DHS and Navy customers for similar livestock procurement.

Award volume peaked in 2024 with 15 orders, declining to 4 in 2025 and 2 in 2026—the most recent being a $31,464 Defense Health Agency purchase order (July 2026) for research swine delivery to Portsmouth, Virginia, completing June 2027. Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months ($31 thousand combined potential value), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. All 248 awards in the source are prime contracts; the vendor holds no recorded subcontract relationships. Across the award portfolio, 232 of 248 awards fall under PSC Live Animals Not Raised For Food, with Livestock Merchant Wholesalers (131 awards) and All Other Animal Production (32 awards) representing the dominant NAICS categories, reflecting the vendor's specialization in supplying research-purpose livestock rather than commoditized food production.