Federal contractor · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
BIOFIRE DEFENSE LLC
BIOFIRE DEFENSE LLC received $6.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 43 awards (−16% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $233.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Health Agency ($3M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $6.9M
- New awards
- 43
- Sole-source
- 65%
- Single offer
- 14%
- UEI
- NHMDGM122546
- Parent company
- COMPAGNIE MERIEUX ALLIANCE
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
7 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $19.8M in FY2026 together.
- BIOFIRE DEFENSE LLCSALT LAKE CITY, UT · Family page$6.9M
- ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE LABORATORIES, INC.ROCKVILLE, MD$13.4M
- BIOMERIEUX DEUTSCHLAND GMBHNUERTINGEN, DEU$123.1K
- BIOMERIEUX JAPAN LTD.MINATO-KU, JPN$104.5K
- BIOMERIEUX ITALIA SPABAGNO A RIPOLI, ITA$10.1K
- SILLIKER, INCCHICAGO, IL-$301.2K
- BIOFIRE DIAGNOSTICS LLCSALT LAKE CITY, UT-$384.1K
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 13.9MFY2017
- 21.4MFY2018
- 15.6MFY2019
- 80.2MFY2020
- 13.6MFY2021
- 34.6MFY2022
- 31.7MFY2023
- 7.4MFY2024
- 8.2MFY2025
- 6.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Health Agency$3M44%8 awards
- Department of the Army$2.4M35%10 awards
- 3 awards
- Department of State$388.6K5.6%17 awards
- National Institutes of Health$252.2K3.7%2 awards
- Department of the Navy$171K2.5%3 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Health & medical$3.7M54%
- Research & development$1.7M25%
- Other equipment & supplies$828.1K12%
- Equipment maintenance$424.3K6.2%
- Professional services$164K2.4%
Where the work was performed
- Salt Lake County, UT$3M43%
- Bexar County, TX$1.1M16%
- Pierce County, WA$968.3K14%
- San Diego County, CA$826.8K12%
- Portsmouth city, VA$451.8K6.6%
- 66$317.8K4.6%
- Frederick County, MD$106K1.5%
- Montgomery County, MD$95K1.4%
- Abroad$42.4K0.6%
- Kings County, CA$18.8K0.3%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition79%US 39% · $5.4M
- Sole-source awards65%US 30% · $4.5M
- Single-offer competitions14%US 8.8% · $956.7K
- 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
- Department of Defense · 3 awards
- Department of Defense · 7 awards
- Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
- Department of State$189.8KDepartment of State · 3 awards
Largest awards
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Salt Lake County, UT· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· 75A50123C00071
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Salt Lake County, UT· Research & development· Sep 21, 2022 – Dec 18, 2025· 75A50122C00057
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Salt Lake County, UT· Research & development· Sep 15, 2022 – Sep 9, 2026· 75A50122C00049
- Defense Health Agency· San Diego County, CA· Health & medical· Apr 14, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· HT940625P0027
- Department of the Army· Bexar County, TX· Health & medical· Jun 27, 2025 – Apr 16, 2026· W81K0025PA095
- Defense Health Agency· Pierce County, WA· Health & medical· Sep 11, 2025 – Apr 2, 2026· W81K0225FA133
- Department of the Army· Salt Lake County, UT· Research & development· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· W911SR26FA040
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
BIOFIRE DEFENSE LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
- Since FY2021
- $0
Assistance by fiscal year
- 0FY2021
- 0FY2023
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2023.
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
- Sub-contracts: $765.9K (4 subawards)
4 sub-recipients
- EMORY UNIVERSITY$232.8K30%ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
- GALVESTON, TX · 1 subaward
- TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC, THE$177.5K23%TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$130.2K17%WINSTON SALEM, NC · 1 subaward
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-contracts: $128.9K (3 subawards)
3 primes
- KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$51.3K40%GREENBELT, MD · 1 subaward
- PRISM MARITIME, INC.$41K32%CHESAPEAKE, VA · 1 subaward
- KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC.$36.6K28%HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
Its reported sub-contracts equal 11% of its FY2026 contract obligations.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $1.3M paid out · $0 received
- FY2022: $9M paid out · $185.4K received
- FY2024: $349.9K paid out · $506.9K received
- FY2025: $608.8K paid out · $0 received
- FY2026: $765.9K paid out · $128.9K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
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Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
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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.
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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.