This is a $33,600 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Data2Bio LLC, a small business, for genotyping-by-sequencing of 672 hops samples and shipping. The contract has a completion date of July 12, 2024. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside solicitation for biological research and development services (NAICS 541714) with a 1,000-employee size standard. The services to be provided...
The USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a $201,479.50 firm fixed price purchase order to Buck Canyon Construction LLC for the Construct Two (2) Pole Barns project in Corvallis, Oregon. Per the solicitation, the contractor will remove one existing pole barn and construct two new pole barns at the Hop Research Lab within 45 calendar days of the notice to proceed. The contractor must use biobased products where possible and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $76,500.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, for the cultivation of different types of corn to support agricultural research projects. The contract is a Total Small Business set-aside with a period of performance from September 15, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Hawaii Seed Pro LLC will be responsible for land preparation, planting,...
This firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to Oregon Wholesale Seed Co. to provide seed increases for eight plant species native to the Olympic and Siuslaw National Forests in Washington and Oregon. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will deliver seeds for Prunella vulgaris, Lupinus rivularis, Achillea millefolium, Plectritis brachystemon, Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata, Aquilegia formosa, Carex mertensii, and Solidago...
This firm-fixed price purchase order contract was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Midwest Area to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business located in Kihei, Hawaii. The contract, valued at $79,000.00, is for the provision of a Maize Winter Nursery in Hawaii, including all field activities such as land preparation, planting, monitoring, weed and pest control, pollination services, irrigation,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $17,956.63 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to the University of Wisconsin System to generate malting barley lines. The project involves transforming barley lines to either strongly express an Arabidopsis transcription factor (AtEIL3) or to knockdown expression of a barley kinase (HvMKK3). This contract has a performance period ending on July 11, 2025 and was not set aside for any socioeconomic...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $212,687.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project of the Plant Introduction Research Unit (PIRU). The contract is for eight corn isolated crossing blocks to produce topcross (hybrid) seed and two hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries to be delivered by November 2023. This is the latest in a series of similar...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to Oregon Wholesale Seed CO., a woman-owned small business, for $132,000.00. The contract is for the OLYMPIC AND SIUSLAW NF WESTSIDE SEED INCREASE 2023 project, which involves increasing the seed stock of native plant species like blue wildrye, Prunella vulgaris, and Lupinus rivularis to support reforestation and ecological diversity goals on national...
This federal contract, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is a $41,504.00 purchase order for the delivery of 44,000 rigid seedling tubes, 51,000 mesh shade envelopes, and 51,000 wire wickets. The contract was set aside for small businesses and was awarded to Forstat Inc., doing business as Pacforest Supply Co. The supplies will be used by the USDA Forest Service to prevent browse damage to seedlings during reforestation efforts in the Pacific Northwest region. The contract has...
This is a $122,581.32 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region, to International Horticultural Technologies LLC (doing business as International Horticulture Technology), a small business manufacturer of horticultural goods. The contract is for the supply and delivery of 12,000 government-furnished expanded polystyrene trays (Hortiblocks 200) filled with Q-Plug growing media, to be delivered by...