VHG Labs Inc.

VHG Labs Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of chemical standards and reference materials based in Manchester, New Hampshire, supplies specialized analytical products and certified reference materials to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing exclusively under full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The company manufactures precision chemical substances, particle count verification fluids, metal standards, calibration materials, and controlled substance standards for laboratory testing, forensic analysis, and scientific research across defense and civilian agencies.

VHG Labs' customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 51 awards (combined potential value $36 thousand) across its portfolio, followed by Naval Air Warfare Center with 23 awards ($927 thousand combined potential value) and Naval Supply Systems Command with 3 awards ($1.5 million combined potential value). Together, these Navy commands represent 86% of award count and 83% of combined potential value when including the Defense Health Agency ($500 thousand from a single Blanket Purchase Agreement), the National Institute of Standards and Technology ($159 thousand), and Army Materiel Command ($149 thousand). The Navy's dominance is bifurcated by contract magnitude: NAVSEA's 51 awards are predominantly small purchase orders under $3 thousand each, while NAWS and Naval Supply Systems Command place fewer, higher-value orders.

VHG Labs works against Navy indefinite delivery contracts. The firm's largest parent vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract N6883609D0005, which carries 19 task orders totaling $844 thousand in combined potential value. Secondary vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contracts N6883601D0037 (3 task orders), DAAB0788CF418 (1 task order), and N6883603D0056 (1 task order). The vendor also holds two Blanket Purchase Agreements: a $500 thousand single-award BPA with the Defense Health Agency (Ultimate Completion Date September 8, 2027) for certified reference standards and alternate-source drugs and biologicals, and a $130 thousand single-award BPA with Army Medical Command (Ultimate Completion Date September 26, 2022, expired) for forensic testing laboratory chemicals.

Recent work demonstrates VHG Labs' core capability. The CDC Pittsburgh awarded $76,856 on June 2, 2026, for proficiency testing samples for the Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats, requiring production and delivery of 30 samples annually through June 1, 2031, across ten chemical threat analysis methods including cyanide in whole blood, nerve agent metabolites, and sulfur mustard metabolites. The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded $71,475 on September 8, 2025, for synthesis of 19 different controlled substances and research chemicals in specified quantities, with delivery to the DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Virginia. The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $159 thousand on September 13, 2023, for production of 2,000 bottles of Standard Reference Material 2711b Montana Soil, including soil collection from the ASARCO Smelter site in East Helena, Montana, and comprehensive chemical and physical analysis. Naval Air Warfare Center awarded $120,930 on April 1, 2024, for particle count verification fluid (5 mg/mL) with ultimate completion date September 1, 2025. Consistent with its narrow focus, VHG Labs' NAICS footprint concentrates on chemical manufacturing: 66 awards under All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, 13 under Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, and 5 under All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.

Activity has been episodic across the past five years—7 awards in 2022, declining to 3 in 2024, recovering to 6 in 2025—with 2 awards in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 97 prime awards totals $3.8 million, with $2.3 million obligated (60% of potential value). VHG Labs has registered in SAM since 2001 and maintains active federal contracting relationships across 12 distinct agencies, but revenue concentration and order magnitude reflect a specialized commodity supplier posture rather than a systems integrator or services provider.