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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
Dec 8
48 days left		 2027 NIAID DMID Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement: Development of Medical Interventions for Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
 Open to all
Dec 8
48 days left		 Technology InteGrator and AcceleratoR (TIGAR)
National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
 Open to all
Dec 14
54 days left		 Liquid Surge
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Dec 14
54 days left		 Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)
National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (nga)
 Open to all
Dec 15
55 days left		 TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Bacterial Lipid Nanodiscs Platform
Department of Energy, Los Alamos, NM Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 18
58 days left		 Atomically Precise Molecules (APM)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Dec 18
58 days left		 Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Dec 19
59 days left		 TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Heat Pipe Reactor Fire Mitigation and Suppression System
Department of Energy, Los Alamos, NM Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 21
61 days left		 High Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) Modeling and Effects BAA
Department of the Air Force
 Open to all
Dec 21
61 days left		 Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA): Topic # 07 – Lidar Analysis for Surface & Environmental Reconnaissance (LASER)
National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (nga)
 Open to all
Dec 30
70 days left		 NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research
Department of the Navy, Washington, DC
 Open to all
Dec 30
70 days left		 QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Dec 30
70 days left		 Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) 2026 Announcement
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Dec 31
71 days left		 Broad Agency Announcement for Advanced Battle Management Systems (ABMS)
Department of the Air Force Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 31
71 days left		 Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA) for Military Engineering and Engineered Resilient Systems
Department of the Army, Vicksburg, MS Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 31
71 days left		 FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
Department of the Navy
 Open to all
Jan 1, 2027
72 days left		 2026 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
Department of the Army
 Open to all
Jan 1, 2027
72 days left		 Engineer Research and Development Center Civil Works Strategic Focus Areas
Department of the Army
 Open to all
Dec 31
72 days left		 Sources Sought Special Notice 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, CA Sources sought
 Open to all
Jan 7, 2027
78 days left		 NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement
National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA
 Open to all
Jan 11, 2027
82 days left		 ITS4US Deployment Accelerator
Federal Highway Administration Pre-solicitation
 Open to all
Jan 13, 2027
84 days left		 Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Jan 20, 2027
91 days left		 Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
Department of the Air Force
 Open to all
Jan 23, 2027
94 days left		 Space Propulsion Research and Innovation for Neutralizing Satellite Threats (sprint) Broad Agency Announcement (baa)
Department of the Air Force Pre-solicitation
 Open to all
Jan 29, 2027
100 days left		 Fox Tail
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
 Open to all
Jan 29, 2027
100 days left		 ISOF Range 2027
US Special Operations Command (ussocom), Las Vegas, NV Special notice
 Open to all
Feb 6, 2027
108 days left		 Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS) - Proposers' Day
National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC Special notice
 Open to all
Feb 14, 2027
116 days left		 Experiments, Prototypes, Research, and Evaluation Supporting Systems (EXPRESS)
Department of the Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
 Open to all
Feb 15, 2027
117 days left		 Simulator Collection for Atomic to Continuum Scales (SCACS)
Department of Energy, Los Alamos, NM Special notice
 Open to all
Feb 26, 2027
128 days left		 Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS)
National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
 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.