Federal contractor · HERCULES, CA
BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC
BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC received $2.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (+14% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $29.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($987.5K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $2.4M
- New awards
- 31
- Sole-source
- 81%
- Single offer
- 5.5%
- UEI
- KBN4ZDJ47ZB9
- Parent company
- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
9 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $4M in FY2026 together.
- BIO RAD LABORATORIES INCHERCULES, CA · Family page$2.4M
- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.HERCULES, CA$1.1M
- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.HERCULES, CA$492.5K
- BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC GMBHNEURIED, DEU$9,939
- BIO - RAD LABORATORIES GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNGFELDKIRCHEN, DEU$0
- BIO RAD LABORATORIES SAALCOBENDAS, ESP$0
- BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC INC.RALEIGH, NC$0
- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.PHILADELPHIA, PA$0
- RAINDANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.BILLERICA, MA$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 4MFY2017
- 3.3MFY2018
- 2.6MFY2019
- 2.6MFY2020
- 3.1MFY2021
- 3.4MFY2022
- 2.9MFY2023
- 3.4MFY2024
- 2.1MFY2025
- 2.4MFY2026
- 8.8KFY2027
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Army$987.5K41%2 awards
- Defense Health Agency$932.3K39%4 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$185.7K7.8%9 awards
- Agricultural Research Service$64.5K2.7%2 awards
- National Institutes of Health$57.3K2.4%2 awards
- Indian Health Service$53.8K2.3%4 awards
- Environmental Protection Agency$40.2K1.7%1 awards
- Department of the Air Force$26.9K1.1%1 awards
- U.S. Geological Survey$21.2K0.9%1 awards
- 4 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Health & medical$1.2M49%
- Other equipment & supplies$1.2M49%
- Professional services$37.2K1.6%
- Equipment maintenance$4,4140.2%
Where the work was performed
- Montgomery County, MD$928.7K39%
- Orange County, CA$718.5K30%
- Contra Costa County, CA$342K14%
- Bexar County, TX$221.5K9.3%
- Laurens County, GA$102.9K4.3%
- Beltrami County, MN$37.2K1.6%
- Greene County, OH$26.9K1.1%
- Fresno County, CA$26.2K1.1%
- Larimer County, CO$21.2K0.9%
- Albany County, NY$16.4K0.7%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition86%US 39% · $2.1M
- Sole-source awards81%US 30% · $1.9M
- Single-offer competitions5.5%US 8.7% · $130.9K
- 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
- Defense Health Agency$932.3KDepartment of Defense · 3 awards
- Indian Health Service$94.5KDepartment of Health and Human Services · 2 awards
- Department of Agriculture · 2 awards
- Environmental Protection Agency · 1 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Army· Orange County, CA· Health & medical· Sep 16, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· W81K0025PA213
- Defense Health Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 11, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026· HT942525FE057
- Department of the Army· Bexar County, TX· Health & medical· Sep 20, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· W81K0024P0242
- Defense Health Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· HT942626FE052
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Laurens County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 25, 2023 – Jun 17, 2026· 36C24723P1146
- Defense Health Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 4, 2026 – May 4, 2026· HT942626FE046
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Contra Costa County, CA· Health & medical· Sep 12, 2023 – Jan 26, 2026· 36C25223N0585
- IMMUNOLOGY TESTING$196.4KDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Contra Costa County, CA· Health & medical· Jul 28, 2022 – Aug 23, 2026· 36C26222P1769
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.
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
- LEIDOS, INC.$758.7KRESTON, VA · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- MRIGLOBAL$193.9KKANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- 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.
- DIASORIN INC$10.8M+13% in FY2026STILLWATER, 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
- QIAGEN, LLC$17.9M−19% in FY2026GERMANTOWN, 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
- QUIDEL CORP$34.3M−40% in FY2026SAN 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
- 2023$320K4 reports
- 2024$320K4 reports
- 2025$320K4 reports
- 2026$180K3 reports
Top issues
- Health issues15 reports
- Defense13 reports
- Medicare and Medicaid5 reports
Who was contacted
- Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)15 reports
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
- U.S. SENATE15 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Forbes-Tate$1.1M15 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.