Federal contractor · SAINT PAUL, MN

HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC

HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC received $752.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−49% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.5M. Its largest customer was Defense Health Agency ($673.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$752.8K
New awards
12
Sole-source
84%
Single offer
16%
UEI
MUGFN52A5NJ1
Parent company
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC
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.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $861.6K in FY2026 together.

  1. HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INCSAINT PAUL, MN · Family page
    $752.8K
  2. HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INCHOLLISTON, MA
    $108.8K
  3. COULBOURN INSTRUMENTS, LLCHOLLISTON, MA
    $0
  4. HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.HOLLISTON, MA
    $0
  5. HOEFER, INC.RICHMOND, CA
    $0
  6. TRIANGLE BIOSYSTEMS, INC.DURHAM, NC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2017
  2. 2.2MFY2018
  3. 2.6MFY2019
  4. 1.4MFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 964.5KFY2022
  7. 1.8MFY2023
  8. 1.7MFY2024
  9. 1.5MFY2025
  10. 752.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Health Agency$673.6K89%
    8 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$163.4K22%
    2 awards
  3. Environmental Protection Agency-$84.2K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$612.7K78%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$150.8K19%
  3. Professional services$21.6K2.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ramsey County, MN$682K91%
  2. Harford County, MD$60.6K8.0%
  3. Bexar County, TX$10.3K1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $752.8K
  • Sole-source awards84%
    US 30% · $630.7K
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $122.1K
  • 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. Defense Health Agency$519.1K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$163.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. FERRETS PRE IMPLANTED WITH TELEMETRY DEVICES$653.5K
    Defense Health Agency· Ramsey County, MN· Health & medical· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· HT942626FE062
  2. FERRETS PRE IMPLANTED WITH TELEMETRY DEVICES$257.7K
    Defense Health Agency· Ramsey County, MN· Health & medical· Dec 12, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025· HT942526FE008
  3. INHALATION EXPOSURE TOWER$127.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Ramsey County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· 36C24726P0238
  4. SOCIAL HOUSING IMPLANTABLE TELEMETRY SYSTEM UPGRADE AND EXPANSION.$60.6K
    Defense Health Agency· Harford County, MD· Health & medical· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· HT942626FE069
  5. ANIMAL TELEMETRY DEVICES$36.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Ramsey County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 36C25026P0932
  6. EEG TELEMETRY DEVICES REQUIRED TO REACH MILESTONES FOR OUR RAIDR PROJECT.$22.8K
    Defense Health Agency· Ramsey County, MN· Health & medical· Dec 15, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· HT009026FG1210011
  7. THESE DEVICES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CLOSE OUT AND REPLENISHMENT OF SUPPLIES SPENT BY A FUNDED PROJECT.$22.4K
    Defense Health Agency· Ramsey County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 2, 2025 – Oct 2, 2025· HT009026FG1010038
  8. THIS PURCHASES IS FOR TELEMETRY EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE$21.6K
    Defense Health Agency· Ramsey County, MN· Professional services· Jan 14, 2026 – Jan 14, 2026· HT009026FG0110004

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $43.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $89.4K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $193.6K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

3 companies · $493K reported

  1. BATTELLE NATIONAL BIODEFENSE INSTITUTE, LLC$279.2K
    FORT DETRICK, MD · 4 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$166.5K
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$47.3K
    GROTON, CT · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 14 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. M-TECH LAB INC$2.4M−0.8% in FY2026
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing
  2. FRIDDLE'S ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCES, INC.$1.6M−46% in FY2026
    HONEA PATH, SC · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing
  3. MEDFINITY LLC$2M−97% in FY2026
    FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.