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NAICS 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Right now there are 222 open federal NAICS 541715 notices, 113 of them open for bids. 9 close within the next 7 days. 11 are set aside for small or certified businesses, so fewer companies can compete. Over the last 12 months agencies posted 317 NAICS 541715 solicitations and published 143 awards with a median value of $1.5M. The busiest buyer was the National Institutes of Health, with 51 solicitations.

Open notices today
222 (113 open for bids)
Closing within 7 days
9
Set aside for small or certified businesses
11
Solicitations posted, last 12 months
317
Published awards, last 12 months
143 (median $1.5M)
Busiest buyer, last 12 months
National Institutes of Health
Source and update
SAM.gov public data, updated October 20, 2026

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DeadlineNoticeSet-aside
Oct 20
Closes today 		Utilization Patterns and Billing Integrity Analysis
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (asfr), Rockville, MD Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 21
1 day left 		AOI 27-A002 Commercial Technology Accelerator
Department of the Navy Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 21
1 day left 		Call 03 M-DASH - Joint All Domain Persistent Adaptive Collaborative Technologies II (JADPACT II)
Department of the Air Force, Las Vegas, NV
 Open to all
Oct 21
1 day left 		Aremp and Water Sample Analysis
Bureau of Land Management
 Small business
Oct 21
1 day left 		SCO Offensive Fires - Solicitation
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense, Chantilly, VA
 Open to all
Oct 21
1 day left 		Systems for Phenotypic Evaluation, Clinical Trajectories, Response, and Agency (SPECTRA)
National Institutes of Health
 Open to all
Oct 22
2 days left 		PBF Development of ODS Alloys for Recording Methane/Oxygen Combustion Properties
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 22
2 days left 		USSOCOM Open Call for Technical Experimentation 27-1: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Diving (Diver Communications, Diver Propulsion, Underwater Interfaces) and Maritime Domain Situational Awareness Sensing Integration on USVs
US Special Operations Command (ussocom), Key West, FL Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 23
3 days left 		Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML)-Lite Prototype Effort
Department of the Army Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 28
8 days left		 PHD MATAC OTA Request for Prototype Proposals: Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS)
Department of the Navy Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 28
8 days left		 Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) United States Mission Control Center (USMCC) Operations, Maintenance, and Technical Support
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Suitland, MD Sources sought
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Strong Heart Study (SHS) - Legacy Cohort FC
National Institutes of Health Sources sought
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Strong Heart Study (SHS) Renewal - Coordinating Center (CC)
National Institutes of Health Sources sought
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 CY28 FFP Services
Department of the Air Force, Santa Barbara, CA Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Disruptioneering Program Announcement
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) Annual Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
Department of the Army
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 FTA Broad Agency Announcement (FY26) -- “Research Initiatives in Support of Safety, Accessibility, and Mobility in Public Transportation
Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal Increment 2, Block 2 (GASNTi2b2) Industry Day - Initial Notice
Department of the Air Force, Hanscom AFB, MA Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 MTEC Solicitation Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 Multi-Topic Request for Project Proposals
Defense Health Agency (dha), Frederick, MD Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Performance Enhanced Real-time Ground Environment (PEREGRINE) Sentry
Department of the Air Force Sources sought
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Pre-Solicitation Notice: NOAA- Satellite Ocean Color System Vicarious Calibration – Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) Operations and Maintenance
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lanai City, HI Pre-solicitation
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Request for Information (RFI): Identifying the Next Generation of NSF X-Labs Topics
National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA Special notice
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Seek Eagle Modeling, Analysis, and Tools Support (semats) 4
Department of the Air Force, Eglin AFB, FL Sources sought
 Open to all
Oct 30
10 days left		 Strong Heart Study (SHS) – New Cohort of Young Native American (NA) Adults
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Sources sought
 Open to all
Oct 31
11 days left		 DevX Autonomy
Department of the Army, Austin, TX
 Open to all
Nov 2
13 days left		 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Research And Commercial Solutions Opening (RCSO) Area Of Interest (AOI) - Complexity Of Systems And Operations
Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
 Open to all
Nov 3
14 days left		 Evaluations, Assessments, and Support Services (EASS)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA Pre-solicitation
 Small business
Nov 5
16 days left		 120mm Mortar Training Sytem
Department of the Army, Orlando, FL Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 5
16 days left		 Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) H
National Institutes of Health
 Open to all
Nov 5
16 days left		 Space Environment Technologies and Science (SETS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Call 004
Department of the Air Force, Albuquerque, NM
 Open to all

Set-asides open today

Recent awards

143 published awards in the last 12 months. The latest:

DateWinner and contractAmount
Oct 1 Unified Industries Inc.
2027 Strategic Systems Programs Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Life Cycle Support Services
Department of the Navy, VA
 $33.2M
Sep 30 Advanced Bioscience Laboratories, Inc.
Vaccine (and Other Biologic) Manufacturing Services for Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health, MD
 $48.0M
Sep 30 American Type Culture Collection Manassas
Vaccine (and Other Biologic) Manufacturing Services for Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health, VA
 $48.0M
Sep 30 BCG Federal Corp.
Vaccine (and Other Biologic) Manufacturing Services for Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health, DC
 $48.0M
Sep 29 Icf Incorporated
Lead Hazard Analyses Task Order
Environmental Protection Agency
 $353K
Sep 29 Jacobs Engineering Group
ESTCP Thermal Energy Network Feasibility Studies
Department of the Army, VA
 $1.1M
Sep 28 Invisible Pack Inc.
316 SFS Ghoul Attachable Tool
Department of the Air Force, MD
 $225K
Sep 28 Emory University 1599 Clifton Road Ne 4TH Floor Mailstop 1599-001-1ba Atlanta
Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study
National Institutes of Health
 $7.4M
Sep 28 Versiti Blood Health, Inc.
Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study
National Institutes of Health
 $7.4M
Sep 28 INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY Des Plaines
Digital Tools-assisted Holistic Envelope Retrofits
Department of the Army, IL
 $2.0M
Sep 28 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg
Process-Based Models for Multi-Species Management: Incorporating Demography, Connectivity, and Species Interactions
Department of the Army, VA
 $2.0M
Sep 25 The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York 630 West 168th Street Box 49 New York
Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study
National Institutes of Health
 $17.1M
Sep 25 Westat, Inc.
REDS-V-Data Coordinating Center
National Institutes of Health
 $21.4M
Sep 25 The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York 630 West 168th Street Box 49 New York
Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study
National Institutes of Health
 $7.4M
Sep 25 VITALANT 9305 E VIA DE VENTURA Scottsdale
The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation St
National Institutes of Health
 $7.4M

Who wins the most

  1. Jacobs Engineering Group (3 awards)
  2. New Rights Group (3 awards)
  3. BCG Federal Corp. (2 awards)
  4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg (2 awards)
  5. The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York 630 West 168th Street Box 49 New York (2 awards)
  6. Consolidated Safety Services Incorporated (2 awards)
  7. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Columbus (2 awards)
  8. White River Technologies, Inc. (2 awards)

Questions

How many federal NAICS 541715 contracts are open?

On October 20, 2026 there were 222 open notices on SAM.gov, 9 of them closing within a week. BidFox updates this page every morning from the official SAM.gov data.

Which agencies buy the most NAICS 541715?

Counting solicitations from the last 12 months: National Institutes of Health (51 solicitations); Department of the Navy (46 solicitations); Department of the Air Force (41 solicitations).

How much are federal NAICS 541715 contracts worth?

The median published award over the last 12 months was $1.5M, across 143 award notices. Many awards are much smaller or larger, and some contracts are awarded without a public award notice.

Can small businesses bid on NAICS 541715 contracts?

Yes. 17% of the NAICS 541715 solicitations in the last 12 months were set aside for small businesses or for certified firms (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB). Open-competition notices accept any registered business.

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Source: public SAM.gov contract opportunity notices, updated October 20, 2026. Award amounts are as published in award notices.