Genentech Corridor & South San Francisco Biotech Lab Moving

Ontrack Moving® recommends, for a move on one of the large DNA Way campuses or the surrounding research footprint, contacting us at least 12 weeks in advance. The Genentech facilities team operates on a long planning horizon. COI verification, loading dock scheduling, after-hours building access requests, and Roche supplier compliance paperwork all run in parallel. Larger campus moves with bioreactors, biosafety cabinets, or regulated chemicals benefit from a four-to-six month planning window. See our lab move timeline guide.

Ontrack Moving® covers those tenants. Amgen SSF (the Onyx-legacy footprint on Britannia East Grand) runs an oncology research operation with bioreactors, GLP-relevant equipment, and cell line vaults. Vir Biotechnology runs infectious disease research with specific biosafety protocols. Cytokinetics, Sangamo Therapeutics (gene therapy), Five Prime / Bristol Myers Squibb SSF, and the smaller Series B-D tenants on Forbes Boulevard, Gateway Boulevard, Grandview, and Allerton Avenue all run their own COI and access requirements. We coordinate with each tenant on the specifics.

Ontrack Moving® works the Oyster Point Park cluster, which holds multiple biotech tenants in modern lab buildings between Marina Boulevard and the bay. Loading dock access, freight elevator scheduling, and after-hours building permits run through the property management team for each building. We pre-format Certificates of Insurance for the Oyster Point property managers and coordinate move windows with each tenant. Cross-tenant moves within Oyster Point Park are common as biotechs scale up.

Ontrack Moving® quotes SSF biotech labs on a scope-driven range: small labs of one to three rooms typically run $8,000 to $25,000. Mid-size biotech labs in the Genentech corridor, Oyster Point, or along Forbes / Gateway commonly land between $50,000 and $150,000 once BSC certification, cold storage logistics, and OEM vendor coordination are factored in. Large multi-floor Genentech, Amgen SSF, or Roche-group relocations executed in phases can exceed $500,000. Final billing is based on actual labor time, materials used, access conditions, scope changes, waiting time, and additional services requested. See our Bay Area lab move cost guide.

Ontrack Moving® moves bioreactors (Sartorius BIOSTAT, Eppendorf BioFlo) and fermenters in air-ride suspension trucks with anti-vibration packaging. We coordinate with your bioprocess team on shutdown, cleaning, and reactor head removal per OEM guidance. Cell line vaults and master cell banks are handled under your QA documentation: documented inventory records, sample manifests, temperature data logging in transit, and signed transfer logs at pickup and delivery. For GLP- or GMP-controlled environments, we work to the tenant QA protocols and hand our handling records to your QA team for their audit trail.

Ontrack Moving® does not carry regulated material: it moves under your licensed carrier and your EH&S program, not on our trucks, and we sequence the equipment schedule around it. For the freezers themselves, whether a unit travels powered down with contents inside is a decision your team makes per the guide, not a blanket rule. For cross-corridor moves or moves to off-campus storage, we coordinate sample transfer into a backup -80 at the destination, into LN2 dewars, or into temporary dry ice storage. Temperature data loggers ride with each unit so you have a documented temperature record for the sample integrity verification. See our -80 freezer move guide for the full procedure.

Ontrack Moving® carries $10,000,000 Combined Protection Tower for building liability. South San Francisco biotech campuses each set their own Certificate of Insurance requirements, and we issue the COI against the coverage we carry. Equipment is covered by federal cargo liability at $0.60 per pound per article under FMCSA requirements. Additional valuation protection is available for high-value instruments such as bioreactors, automated liquid handlers, or high-content screening systems. COIs with additional insured endorsements go to your facilities team ahead of move day, in the format your campus asks for.