In addition to engaging large business partnerships, we are committed to working with the small business community, including companies that are:  

  • Women owned 
  • Small disadvantaged
  • Veteran owned 
  • Service disabled 
  • In historically underutilized business zones 

We conduct outreach to businesses, including participation in SMART PROC and Frederick County Chamber of Commerce events. We work with the National Institutes of Health Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management when seeking candidates for business opportunities.

Event graphic for the Construction Small Business Conference on Sept. 21 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in Frederick, Maryland. Registration required. Learn about upcoming construction and facilities special trades IDIQ competitions. Leidos Biomedical Research logo.
Free event

Construction Small Business Conference

Leidos Biomedical Research, operator of the Frederick National Laboratory, is seeking qualified small business construction contractors capable of providing renovation, alteration, repair, and construction services under a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Join us for this event to network, understand more about the competitions, and learn about writing proposals. Registration is required.
Frederick National Laboratory Director Ethan Dmitrovsky with Morehouse School of Medicine's James Lillard
HBCU collaboration spotlight

Morehouse School of Medicine biospecimens to boost diversity of cancer samples for proteogenomic analysis

A national effort to understand the molecular basis of numerous cancers by analyzing proteins and genes will benefit from greater diversity in patient samples through a new agreement with the Morehouse School of Medicine, a historically Black medical school in Atlanta.