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What has the City paid Fisher Scientific?

$8.2M in City payments across 8,314 checks, from July 18, 2017 to September 8, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: FISHER SCIENTIFIC

$8.2MTotal paid
8,314Payments
$985Average payment
FY2018-19Peak full year · $3.2M

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$2.0M
FY2018-19
$3.2M
FY2019-20
$1.6M
FY2020-21
$604K
FY2021-22
$283K
FY2022-23
$115K
FY2023-24
$93K
FY2024-25
$124K
FY2025-26
$178K
FY2026-27 *
$9K

Who pays them

General Services$3.1M
Police$2.6M
Public Works – Sanitation$1.0M
Fire$612K
Public Works – Street Lighting$233K
Mayor$226K
Recreation and Parks$109K
Non-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose Fund$104K
Zoo$42K
Public Works – Engineering$41K

What for

Available$2.9M

2,253 payments

Field Equipment Expense$2.2M

2,469 payments

Operating Supplies$724K

1,062 payments

Uniforms$528K

144 payments

Furniture, Office and Technical Equipment$298K

7 payments

Office and Administrative$269K

374 payments

Institutional Supplies$222K

49 payments

Laboratory Testing Expense$221K

1,036 payments

Rescue Supplies and Expense$168K

39 payments

LAPD Grant Allocation$117K

3 payments

LAFD Grant Allocation$109K

14 payments

Maintenance Materials, Supplies & Services$91K

260 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $9K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $22K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
September 8, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationFISHERBRAND TRACEABLE CIRCLE LASER INFRARED THERMOMETER WITH$274
September 3, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationMANGANESE CHLORIDE TETRAHYDRATE (CRYSTALLINE/CERTIFIED ACS)$127
September 3, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationSODIUM DODECYL SULFATE, WHITE POWDER, ELECTROPHORESIS, 100G$110
September 3, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationFISHER SCIENCE EDUCATION CEREAL GRASS MEDIUM, 100G$41
August 7, 2026Laboratory Testing ExpenseGeneral ServicesLABORATORY SUPPLIES$510
August 7, 2026Laboratory Testing ExpenseGeneral ServicesLABORATORY SUPPLIES$113
August 4, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceFINGERPRINT EQUIPMENT$1,285
August 4, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceHAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL$58
August 4, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceFINGERPRINT EQUIPMENT$39
July 31, 2026Pacific Region DonationRecreation and ParksFISHERBRAND CLEAR STRAIGHT SIDED GLASS JARS WITH WHITE POLYP$602
July 28, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceACETONE, CERTIFIED ACS 4L$894
July 28, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceISOPROPANOL P.A. 4LT$501
July 28, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceTRACEABLE LOLLIPOP WP THERM$205
July 28, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceDWK LIFE SCIENCES KIMBLE DISPOSABLE BOROSILICATE GLASS TUBES$124
July 28, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceHAZARDOUS MATERIAL CHARGE$63
July 28, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceWENOL POLISH$30
July 21, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationTHERMO SCIENTIFIC STERILE TRYPTIC SOY AGAR WITH LECITHIN, PO$359
July 21, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationDUKAL STERILE ALCOHOL PREP PADS, CASE OF 20 PK$69
July 16, 2026Veterinary Supplies & ExpenseZooMAILER-MINI VCAT #440 24/PK, #03 528 10 (NO CARDBOARD)$1,501
July 16, 2026Veterinary Supplies & ExpenseZooCRYO VIAL 2.0ML 500/CS #09 761 71$845
July 16, 2026Veterinary Supplies & ExpenseZooICE PACK THERMO SAFE *U-TEK 12OZ, 36PK #03-528 6$742
July 16, 2026Veterinary Supplies & ExpenseZooVOLU SOL ACID FAST STAIN KIT$190
July 1, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePolice1.5ML SCREW CAP MICROTUBE$309
June 17, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationALKALINITY STANDARD, CACO3 500PPM , 500 ML$111
June 15, 2026Operating SuppliesPublic Works – SanitationTHERMO SCIENTIFIC STERILE TRYPTIC SOY AGAR WITH LECITHIN, PO$431

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.