Thoren Caging Systems Inc.

Thoren Caging Systems Inc., based in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business that manufactures and sells specialized animal housing and laboratory equipment — primarily rodent caging systems, ventilated rack systems, and related biomedical research infrastructure — to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor on simplified acquisitions and GSA Schedule task orders.

Thoren competes entirely under total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations on purchase orders; the vendor carries no subcontract footprint. The company has served 22 distinct federal customer agencies over the past forty-plus years of award history, with 172 total prime awards spanning laboratory equipment manufacturing and animal furnishings (NAICS codes 338215, 339990, 333999 and PSC 6520 Laboratory Equipment). Recent work includes a $209 thousand purchase order from VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 (July 2026) for rodent racks with delivery from the Hazleton facility, a $37.5 thousand order from VISN 20 (March 2026) for a Maxi-Miser caging system configured with HEPA filtration and stainless steel construction to support the VA Portland Health Care System's Veterinary Medicine Unit, and a $27.7 thousand purchase order from VISN 23 (July 2026) for a Thoren Maximizer caging mouse system delivered to the Iowa City VA Health Care System.

Customer concentration is split between the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs. NIH accounts for 43% of award count (37 awards including 12 to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and 9 to the Office of the Director), while VISN 20, VISN 23, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences drive potential-value concentration — VA VISN 20 alone represents $322 thousand combined potential value across five awards. Thoren maintains seats on two major GSA Schedules: Federal Supply Schedule GS25F5057C (20 task orders) and GS00F4687A (19 task orders), which anchor most of the recent ordering activity. Recent award pace is sparse — one award in both 2023 and 2024, three in 2026 — but the three awards completing in the next twenty-four months carry only $274 thousand in combined potential value, suggesting minimal recompete exposure near term. The vendor's combined potential value across all 172 awards totals $5.1 million, though obligated dollars reached $10.1 million, indicating frequent execution above initial purchase order ceilings.

Thoren Caging Systems, Inc. is the successor to Thoren Industries, who pioneered the development of warm surface plastic cages in 1953. Thoren Caging Systems, Inc. developed the Maxi-Miser Positive Individually Ventilated System (PIV) in conjunction with The Jackson Laboratory in 1978. The Maxi-Miser System provides Positive Individual Ventilation (PIV) to each cage position. This truly unique system not only supplies air directly into each cage, it also exhausts spent air, animal odors and contains dander and dust. The system maintains a superior micro-environment in each individual cage and at the same time provides a cleaner work environment for allergy sensitive staff members.All Thoren Caging Systems, Inc. products are guaranteed from defects in material and workmanship, under normal use and service, for a period of 1 year from the date of delivery to the original purchaser.