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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.

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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
Mar 25, 2030
1250 days left		 Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR)
Department of the Air Force
 Open to all
Mar 27, 2030
1252 days left		 Missile Defense Agency - Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE) Announcement
Missile Defense Agency (mda)
 Open to all
Apr 14, 2030
1270 days left		 Autonomous Decisions, Algorithms, and Modeling (ADAM)
Department of the Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
 Open to all
Apr 30, 2030
1287 days left		 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
Department of the Air Force Special notice
 Open to all
May 8, 2030
1295 days left		 Missile Defense Agency - Advanced Capability Concepts
Missile Defense Agency (mda) Special notice
 Open to all
Aug 12, 2030
1391 days left		 Technologies for Forging
Defense Logistics Agency
 Open to all
Sep 14, 2030
1423 days left		 Space-to-Space (S2S) Communication Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Department of the Air Force, El Segundo, CA
 Open to all
Sep 29, 2030
1438 days left		 AFRL Rocket Lab ARA
Department of the Air Force, Edwards, CA
 Open to all
Nov 18, 2030
1489 days left		 Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA Pre-solicitation
 Open to all
Nov 23, 2030
1494 days left		 Research and Development (R&D) for Next Generation Aircraft Protection Technologies
Department of the Air Force, Hanscom AFB, MA Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 2, 2030
1503 days left		 Military Unique Sustainment Technology III (MUST III) Research and Development SP4701-26-B-0001
Defense Logistics Agency
 Open to all
Dec 2, 2030
1503 days left		 Research Interests of the United States Air Force Academy (formerly USAFA-BAA-2021)
Department of the Air Force, USAF Academy, CO Special notice
 Open to all
Dec 31, 2030
1532 days left		 Broad Agency Announcement (baa) Research and Development in Support of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (jpeo-cbrnd), JPM Medical and JPL Eb
Department of the Army, Frederick, MD
 Open to all
Feb 1, 2031
1564 days left		 USTRANSCOM Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
US Transportation Command (ustranscom)
 Open to all
Mar 4, 2031
1595 days left		 BAA DEVCOM AC Emerging Technologies
Department of the Army
 Open to all
Mar 12, 2031
1603 days left		 Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) Open Announcement
Department of the Air Force, Albuquerque, NM
 Open to all
Apr 29, 2031
1651 days left		 Air Cargo Screening Qualification Test Process Guide
Transportation Security Administration, Springfield, VA Special notice
 Open to all
Apr 30, 2031
1652 days left		 All-domain Radiant Optical Research and Applications (ARORA)
Department of the Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
 Open to all
May 10, 2031
1662 days left		 Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research
Department of the Air Force
 Open to all
Jun 22, 2031
1705 days left		 Manufacturing Research and Technology Development Open Period
Department of the Air Force
 Open to all
Jun 28, 2031
1711 days left		 Advanced Metal Castings Research & Development (R&D) Requirement Program (Formerly Castings)
Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, PA
 Open to all
Jul 1, 2031
1714 days left		 Next Generation Undersea Security Initiative (NG-USI)
Department of the Navy, Washington Navy Yard, DC Sources sought
 Open to all
Jul 13, 2031
1726 days left		 Subnet BAA
Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, PA
 Open to all
Aug 9, 2031
1753 days left		 DLA Battery Network IV (BATTNET) Broad Agency Announcement
Defense Logistics Agency
 Open to all
Sep 16, 2031
1791 days left		 Defense Logistics Information Research (DLIR) BAA
Defense Logistics Agency
 Open to all
Oct 1, 2031
1805 days left		 Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, PA
 Open to all
Oct 19, 2031
1824 days left		 Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) - PAE-MC, PM Training Systems
Department of the Navy, Orlando, FL Special notice
 Open to all
No deadline 2026 NIAID DMID Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement
National Institutes of Health
 Open to all
No deadline Adaptive Fusion, & Reasoning of Multi-source Data (afar)
Department of the Air Force Pre-solicitation
 Open to all
No deadline Advanced Research Announcement (ara) Title: Advanced Tracking Architecture Using Ai (ata-ai)
Department of the Air Force Pre-solicitation
 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.