Federal contractor · HERCULES, CA

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. received $1.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 66 awards (−0.8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($418.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1M
New awards
66
Sole-source
31%
Single offer
14%
UEI
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Parent company
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC company family: 9 registered entities, $4M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. BIO RAD LABORATORIES INCHERCULES, CA · Family page
    $2.4M
  2. BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.HERCULES, CA
    $492.5K
  3. BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC GMBHNEURIED, DEU
    $9,939
  4. BIO - RAD LABORATORIES GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNGFELDKIRCHEN, DEU
    $0
  5. BIO RAD LABORATORIES SAALCOBENDAS, ESP
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.6MFY2017
  2. 2.2MFY2018
  3. 2.5MFY2019
  4. 2.6MFY2020
  5. 2.8MFY2021
  6. 2.8MFY2022
  7. 2.9MFY2023
  8. 2.1MFY2024
  9. 1.1MFY2025
  10. 1.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$418.5K37%
    35 awards
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$193.6K17%
    3 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration$149.4K13%
    7 awards
  4. Departmental Offices$110.9K9.8%
    1 awards
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$66.8K5.9%
    3 awards
  6. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$50.6K4.5%
    4 awards
  7. Agricultural Research Service$49.1K4.3%
    2 awards
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$44.6K3.9%
    2 awards
  9. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$35K3.1%
    1 awards
  10. Rural Housing Service$21.9K1.9%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$528.5K47%
  2. Equipment maintenance$408.7K36%
  3. Health & medical$145.7K13%
  4. Research & development$27K2.4%
  5. Construction & real property$12.6K1.1%
  6. Professional services$6,9880.6%
  7. IT & telecom$5,5200.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Contra Costa County, CA$520.4K46%
  2. DeKalb County, GA$227.6K20%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$220.7K19%
  4. East Baton Rouge Parish, LA$49.1K4.3%
  5. Alachua County, FL$34.5K3.0%
  6. Prince George's County, MD$31.8K2.8%
  7. Hillsborough County, FL$26.2K2.3%
  8. McLennan County, TX$18.4K1.6%
  9. Larimer County, CO$15.5K1.4%
  10. San Diego County, CA$13.3K1.2%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition45%
    US 39% · $511.6K
  • Sole-source awards31%
    US 30% · $351K
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $160.6K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. National Institutes of Health$189.1K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 7 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$110.9K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$35.1K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  4. U.S. Geological Survey$12.6K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BIORAD QX600 AUTODG DROPLET DIGITAL PCR SYSTEM$229.9K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Contra Costa County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 12, 2023 – Jul 30, 2026· 1333ND23PNB640547
  2. ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT OF BIO-RAD EQUIPMENT EO - 14398$227.6K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 75D30126P21200
  3. DELIVERY ORDER FOR IQ-CHECK KITS UNDER CONTRACT 123A9419D0001 WITH BIO-RAD LABORATORIES INC.$137.2K
    Food Safety and Inspection Service· Clarke County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 16, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· 123A9423F0161
  4. BIO-RAD SERVICE AGREEMENT.$130.6K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Sep 22, 2023 – Aug 13, 2026· 1333ND23PNB640532
  5. IQ-CHECK KITS FOR ALL THREE LABORATORIES$125K
    Food Safety and Inspection Service· St. Louis city, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 26, 2023 – Apr 17, 2026· 123A9424F0026
  6. (1) BIO-RAD AUTOMATIC DROPLET GENERATOR (ADG S/N# 773BR3501) AND ONE (1) QX600 DROPLET READER$110.9K
    Departmental Offices· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· 140D0426P0119
  7. YEARLY SERVICE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THE BIO RAD QX200 AUTODG DROPLET DIGITAL PCR (DDPCR) SYSFEM.$109.3K
    National Institutes of Health· Contra Costa County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 13, 2019 – Jun 8, 2026· 75N98019P03259
  8. BIO-RAD NSP2 SYSTEM, SOFTWARE AND BARCODE READER REFERENCE QUOTE #QQ554653-CPQ24$99.3K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 10, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· 12639524P0246

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $248.2K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $232.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $259.4K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $47.8K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $1.4M reported

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$758.7K
    RESTON, VA · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. MRIGLOBAL$193.9K
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$181.3K
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 57 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DIASORIN INC$10.8M+13% in FY2026
    STILLWATER, MN · 2 entities · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing+6 more
  2. QIAGEN, LLC$17.9M−19% in FY2026
    GERMANTOWN, MD · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturingNational Institutes of Health · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+7 more
  3. QUIDEL CORP$34.3M−40% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 10 entities · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing+5 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC (9 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Bio-Rad LaboratoriesAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$320K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.1M

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$320K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$320K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$320K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$180K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Health issues15 reports
  2. Defense13 reports
  3. Medicare and Medicaid5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)15 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE15 reports
  4. Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)5 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Forbes-Tate$1.1M
    15 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 6, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.