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

Right now there are 229 open federal NAICS 541715 notices, 114 of them open for bids. 11 close within the next 7 days. 12 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 142 awards with a median value of $1.5M. The busiest buyer was the National Institutes of Health, with 51 solicitations.

Open notices today
229 (114 open for bids)
Closing within 7 days
11
Set aside for small or certified businesses
12
Solicitations posted, last 12 months
317
Published awards, last 12 months
142 (median $1.5M)
Busiest buyer, last 12 months
National Institutes of Health
Source and update
SAM.gov public data, updated October 21, 2026

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DeadlineNoticeSet-aside
Nov 5
15 days left		 Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) H
National Institutes of Health
 Open to all
Nov 5
15 days left		 Space Environment Technologies and Science (SETS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Call 004
Department of the Air Force, Albuquerque, NM
 Open to all
Nov 6
16 days left		 Prototype development for Battlefield Wound Infection Prevention and Treatment (BWI P&T) Barrier Combination
Defense Health Agency (dha), Frederick, MD
 Open to all
Nov 6
16 days left		 RFI for Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 6
16 days left		 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) Support for the Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering (CCSE)
Department of the Navy Sources sought
 Small business
Nov 7
17 days left		 Nassau Proposers Day
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 8
18 days left		 SBIR FY26 Phase I Broad Agency Announcement
Environmental Protection Agency
 Small business
Nov 9
19 days left		 Aircraft Defensive Electro-optical Protection Technologies (ADEPT)
Department of the Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
 Open to all
Nov 10
20 days left		 Collaboration Opportunity: Efficient Adsorptive Recovery of HREEs and Critical Minerals from Coal Derivatives
Department of Energy Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 10
20 days left		 Fast Assessment of Solutions, Therapeutics, Pharmaceuticals, and SupplieS (FASTPASS) Innovative Solutions Opening
National Institutes of Health, DC
 Open to all
Nov 10
20 days left		 Request for Information – Pacific Greenfield Initiative (advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Resilience Opportunity on Oahu, Hi)
Department of the Navy, Jbphh, HI Sources sought
 Open to all
Nov 13
23 days left		 FISH CALL 017 - Secure By Design
Department of the Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM
 Open to all
Nov 15
25 days left		 Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Request for Information (RFI) - Device Assisted Security Features - FY26
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC Sources sought
 Open to all
Nov 15
25 days left		 Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Request for Information (RFI) - R&D Hidden Machine-Readable Security Features - FY26
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 15
25 days left		 Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Request for Information (RFI) - R&D Overt Security Features - FY26
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 16
26 days left		 Building America Subject Matter Expert Technical Support
Department of Energy, Golden, CO
 Open to all
Nov 16
26 days left		 FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research Announcement for Office of Naval Research
Department of the Navy, Arlington, VA
 Open to all
Nov 16
26 days left		 HERMES BAA CALL: Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine-Combined Cycle (RDRE-CC) Flight Demonstration
Department of the Air Force, Edwards, CA Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 18
28 days left		 Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Research Initiative – FY2026 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Washington, DC
 Open to all
Nov 18
28 days left		 Request for Information – Prophylactic Platform for Medical Countermeasures
Department of the Army, Frederick, MD Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 20
30 days left		 Resilient Ultra Short Pulsed Laser Sources - RFI
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) Special notice
 Open to all
Nov 20
30 days left		 Venous Thrombosis (VT)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX
 Open to all
Nov 23
33 days left		 Request for Proposal (RFP) - Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (RMWT) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Entry Points (GEPs)
Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC
 Open to all
Nov 30
40 days left		 Experimental and Mathematical Biomechanics Injury Research IDIQ
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Pre-solicitation
 Open to all
Nov 30
40 days left		 Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage A
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Dec 1
41 days left		 System Delta 84 (syd 84/MT) Medium Earth Orbit Missile Warning / Missile Tracking Epoch 3 and Epoch 4, Request for Information (rfi)
Department of the Air Force, El Segundo, CA Sources sought
 Open to all
Dec 4
44 days left		 TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: PBI High-Temperature Hollow Fiber Membranes
Department of Energy, Los Alamos, NM Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 4
44 days left		 Tracking Layer Tranche 4 On-orbit Demonstrations and Operations Request for Information
Department of the Air Force Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 5
45 days left		 Technology Licensing Opportunity: Surfgraphpro
Department of Energy, Los Alamos, NM Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 7
47 days left		 Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all

Recent awards

142 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 21, 2026 there were 229 open notices on SAM.gov, 11 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 142 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 21, 2026. Award amounts are as published in award notices.