The Department of Health and Human Services's NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 38 | $2.7M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 43 | $1.8M | -33% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 151 | $19.4M | +989% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 557 | $90.4M | +367% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. | $15.4M | 13.5% |
| 2 | AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $9.6M | 8.4% |
| 3 | GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | $7.8M | 6.9% |
| 4 | ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC. | $5.7M | 5.0% |
| 5 | AZENTA, INC. | $5.5M | 4.9% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $5.7M | 7.7% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $155K | 0.2% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $19K | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $68.3M | 92.1% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 65% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.