Federal obligations in testing laboratories and services (NAICS 541380)

Testing services, not instrument manufacturing

NAICS 541380 covers testing laboratories and services. Sample analysis, materials testing, and related lab services can land here when the award is tagged 541380. Buying a chromatograph tagged 334516 is manufacturing, not this services class. The $3,077,517,166.04 total is the testing-lab tag, not lab-equipment manufacturing.

A new-instrument award tagged 334516 will not raise this testing-services row. A sample-testing vehicle tagged 541380 will. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not a CLIA roster and not an FEC employer string such as “scientist.”

7,818 awards on a $3.08 billion obligation stock

Seven thousand eight hundred eighteen awards produced $3,077,517,166.04 in obligations. That action count is moderate. Task orders against lab IDIQs can stack. The packet does not split environmental samples from materials tests. The table shows tagged dollars and the 7,818-award count.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,077,517,166.04 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow performance. The industry page does not convert obligations into a cash calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. research grants and many public-health laboratory assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 7,818 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded activity in this industry.

The label is a Census NAICS classification. It is not a CLIA lab census and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,077,517,166.04 and the 7,818-award count.

What the 541380 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a method failed, that a sample was contaminated, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,077,517,166.04 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontractors may be missing if the prime coded 541380. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring lab and instrument codes

Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (334516) and residual measuring devices (334519) are separate manufacturing pages. Adding them to $3,077,517,166.04 would mix hardware with testing services. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 7,818-award count. For a recipient that also holds grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 541380 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Running samples versus buying instruments

A spectrometer purchase tagged 334516 will not raise the 7,818-award count. A testing-lab vehicle tagged 541380 sits in $3,077,517,166.04 even if the same prime also sells instruments under 334519. SpendingVault does not merge those rows.

Searchers who want “all federal lab capability” must add instrument manufacturing and intramural labs and will still miss grants. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 541380 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called scientist. The $3,077,517,166.04 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cut a sample lot will lower the running total without publishing a turnaround statistic on this hub. Open award rows for method descriptions. Neighboring 5413 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 541380.

A sample-testing task tagged 541380 still sits in $3,077,517,166.04; a new chromatograph tagged 334516 does not. The 7,818 awards remain an action count, not a lab census. Keep 334519 residual instruments on their own page. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 541380 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. NIH grants without NAICS stay outside this contract rollup. Do not add 334516 or 334519 into $3,077,517,166.04 without documenting a recode. The 7,818 awards stay an action file, not a CLIA roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 541380. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 541380?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,077,517,166.04 in obligations across 7,818 awards tagged testing laboratories and services. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include buying laboratory instruments?

Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing is NAICS 334516. Those awards will not add to the $3,077,517,166.04 total unless tagged 541380. The 7,818 awards are the testing laboratories and services contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 334516 is a recode you must document on this page.

Are research grants in this total?

Research grants are typically assistance awards and often lack NAICS, so they do not add to the 7,818 contract awards or $3,077,517,166.04. Open program pages for grant activity. This industry page reports only contract actions tagged 541380 in USAspending.gov via SpendingVault.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,077,517,166.04 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 7,818 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.