Definitive Contract 12314426C0008
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- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Procurement and Property Management awarded Internet2 (University Corporation For Advanced Internet Development) a definitive firm fixed-price contract valued at $1.27M on September 29, 2025, to provide Internet2 connectivity services supporting the USDA's Scientific Computing Initiative Network (SCINet) and Marketing and Regulatory Programs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS). The contract, which carries an ultimate completion...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $1,205,610.00 firm fixed-price delivery order to Microtech Computers Inc., a minority and woman-owned small business, to provide high-performance computing nodes, a management node, and switches for USDA ARS facilities in Ames, Iowa and Beltsville, Maryland in support of the ScINet initiatives. The contract was issued under the General Services Administration's Information Technology Schedule 70 (IT-70) and was not set...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $776,784 firm fixed price delivery order against the Microtech Computers Inc. Atipa Technologies Division's Multiple Award Schedule contract. The order is for priority computer nodes to support the USDA ARS facilities in Ames, Iowa under the agency's Scientific Cloud and Infrastructure for NExT Generation Initiative. As the prime, Microtech will provide the requested computer equipment through its Atipa Technologies...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service (ARS) awarded a delivery order valued at $82,620.55 to Vinsys Information Technology, Inc. for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) renewal services supporting the SCINet program. The contract, awarded on February 14, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of February 13, 2027, is designated as a total small business set-aside and issued under a Firm Fixed Price delivery order structure. This award falls under the USDA STRATUS Cloud...
- This federal contract award, valued at $1,654,522.00, was issued by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to CGI Federal Inc., a subsidiary of CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. The contract provides 90-day program support for the USDA's SCINet initiative, which aims to enhance the agency's scientific computing infrastructure. As a definitive, firm fixed-price contract, this award does not have a set-aside designation. CGI Federal, a...
- This federal contract award was issued by the Central Program Planning Coordination and Support division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Software Consultants Inc. (SCI), a minority-owned, for-profit technology consulting firm. The $230,620.96 delivery order is for the development of a data collaboration server and data curation application prototype. This award is under the Agricultural Research Service Library Services IDIQ contract vehicle,...
- This is a sole source 8(a) contract awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Digital Infuzion, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to provide services for the design, build, deployment, and configuration of the continued engineering of the ARS Science Network Infrastructure (SCINet). The contract has a potential value of $3,957,491.74 and was issued as a delivery order under the Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business...
- This federal contract award is a $8,400 firm fixed price delivery order issued to Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) under the university's existing $250,000 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Quarantine program. The delivery order is for AMR WGS (antimicrobial resistance whole genome sequencing) testing services as part of the Iowa State IDIQ contract. The contract has a...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to the Iowa Crop Improvement Association, a non-profit organization. The $23,687.00 firm fixed price contract is for research plot services in Cass County, Iowa, including land preparation, planting, and evaluation of experimental corn varieties. The contract has an ultimate completion date of October 30, 2020 and was awarded on May 8, 2020. No set-aside designation was used for this...
- This federal contract award, valued at $100,000.00, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) as the prime contractor. The contract is a delivery order under the APHIS Animal Lab Testing 2016-2021 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. It does not have a set-aside designation. Under this contract, Iowa State University will provide research, education, and outreach services...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price definitive contract valued at $136,320 to Iowa Communications Network, a state government entity, on March 1, 2026. The contract is scheduled for completion by February 28, 2031, and supports the SCINet Program, which provides advanced computing infrastructure and networking capabilities to facilitate agricultural research across the USDA. The funding originates from the USDA's Office of the Chief Information Officer, and work will be performed in Des Moines, Iowa. No set-aside designation was applied to this award. Iowa Communications Network, doing business as a state government agency, was selected as the awardee for this contract. The vendor has not previously received prime federal contract awards but has experience serving as a subcontractor and subgrantee on various government initiatives. The specific deliverables and services to be provided under this SCINet support contract are not detailed in the award documentation. Given SCINet's mission to advance agricultural research through computing and networking infrastructure, this award likely involves telecommunications, network services, or data connectivity support essential to the program's operations in the region.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $27.3k | 2/25/26 |