Orinda Company Scores Federal Coronavirus Contract

LAMORINDA, CA — East Bay companies have received millions of dollars from the federal government as it doles out contracts to vendors playing a role in the fight against the coronavirus, data obtained by ProPublica shows.

Hawk Ridge Systems of Orinda received a $60.8K contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 3D print software for PPE.

Companies in other East Bay cities also received contracts —

New Tech Solutions of Fremont received multiple contracts totaling $6 million, with most of the money spent on laptops, monitors, and other equipment.

Enterprise Technology Solutions of Fremont received a $623K contract from the Department of Veteran Affairs for IT services.

Gilbane Federal of Concord scored a $32 million contract with the Army. Almost all of the money was spent transforming Aqueduct Racetrack in New York into an alternate care facility.

Cerus Corporation of Concord received a $13.8 million contract for Biomedical Advanced Development R&D.

Fresh Approach of Concord received its first-ever federal contract of $1.49 million to sell boxes of produce to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

Fresenius USA, Inc. of Concord received a $305K contract to deliver a lung machine and other medical supplies to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Patriot Contract Services of Concord was awarded a $115K contract for ship support from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration.

Hemming Morse of Concord received a $86.3K contract to provide expert witness testimony.

UC Berkeley received a $12 million contract from the Department of Energy.

Arc Health, Inc. of Berkeley, received its first-ever federal contract of $738K to provide physician services for the Zuni Health Unit and the Albuquerque Indian Health Clinic and the Zia Health Clinic.

Soller Environmental of Berkeley received a $129K contract from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for professional services.

Technical Safety Services of Berkeley received a $24.2K contract to provide HEPA filters to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, headquartered in Oakland, received a $6.77 million contract from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its vaccine safety datalink project.

Native American Health Center of Oakland received a $1.07 million to provide psychiatric services through the Indian Health Service Agency.

Mettler-Toledo Rainin of Oakland received a $75.2K contract to provide laboratory equipment and supplies to the National Institutes of Health.

Calidad Industries of Oakland received a $42.8K contract to disinfect the Dellums Federal Building in response to coronavirus.

Readytech of Oakland received a $38K from the Secret Service to provide a virtual training classroom.

Matson Navigation Company of Oakland received a $21K contract for ship support from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration.

Cold Box of Oakland received a $14.2K contract for air conditioning from the Bureau of Prisons.

Bay Cities Produce of San Leandro, a veteran-owned company, won its first-ever federal contract for $2.4 million to sell boxes of produce to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

Berkeley Lights of Emeryville scored its first federal contract, $2.21 million from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory equipment.

Nanomix of Emeryville received a $570K contract from Health and Human Services for Biomedical Advanced Development R&D for a COVID-19 - Rapid Antigen and Antibody Test.

Saildrone of Alameda received a $509K contract from NOAA for unmanned surface vehicle Alaska survey.

Halco Fasteners of Hayward received a $250K contract to provide medical supplies to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Multispan of Hayward was awarded a $140K contract from the National Institutes of Health for protease cell-based assay development for drug screening.

Del Monte Foods of Walnut Creek, received a $190K contract to sell boxes of produce to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

RM Waite Company of Walnut Creek sold lime to the government for $836.

Bio-Rad Laboratories of Hercules was awarded a $52.9K contract from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory supplies.

Advanced Cell Diagnostics of Newark was awarded a $48.5K contract from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory supplies.

URBAN TILTH of Richmond was awarded a $28K contract to sell boxes of produce to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

Karla Canha of Castro Valley received a $21.1K contract from the FAA to provide janitorial services.

Ironwood Commercial Builders of Pleasant Hill received a $8,879 contract from NASA for building design.

Diversity Supply Group, a veteran-owned Livermore equipment supply company and first-time contractor, received $7.6 million to create face shields, according to the database from investigative news outlet ProPublica. Woman-owned Livermore company Royal Restrooms of California received $25,000 for the month-long rental of shower and restroom trailers at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, according to the database.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will also be working with the federal government, though it did not receive a contract with a dollar amount because it is a government entity.

Pleasanton manufacturing company Medea received the fourth highest amount of all California vendors with a Federal Emergency Management Agency contract totaling $49 million, ProPublica found. Medea is a first-time contractor with the government and received an open-ended contract to create protective gear and respirators.

Pleasanton biotechnology company 10x Genomics received $380,000 from the National Institutes of Health to create laboratory equipment and substances such as chemicals, according to the database. Another local biotechnology company, Unchained Labs, scored $249,000 from the National Institutes of Health to provide laboratory technologies.

Philips Healthcare Informatics, a foreign-owned information technology company in Pleasanton, received $7,000 to configure cardiac monitors, ProPublica found.

Architectural and engineering company K.F. Davis Engineering, based in Danville, received $5,000 from the Indian Health Service agency to provide mechanical renovation services to a health care facility

See more vendors here on ProPublica.

— Patch editors Bea Karnes and Courtney Teague contributed to this story

This article originally appeared on the Lamorinda Patch