This delivery order, awarded July 11, 2018, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area office, provides for the procurement of soybean hulls from New Balance Commodities, Inc., a small business prime contractor. The firm fixed price delivery order has a ceiling value of $12,350.00 with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2018, and will be performed in Nodaway, Iowa. No small business set-aside was utilized for this award. New Balance Commodities, Inc. is a subchapter S corporation specializing in the supply of agricultural commodities and feed products to federal agencies, with particular expertise serving USDA research programs.
This delivery order was issued under a larger five-year small business set-aside indefinite delivery contract that New Balance Commodities, Inc. holds with the ARS Plains Area office for the supply of wet distillers, soybean hulls, and corn gluten meal. The parent IDV has a potential value exceeding $1.3 million and permits task order issuance through April 2020. The contractor has an established history of successful performance with the agency, having received prior delivery orders and purchase orders totaling over $400,000 for agricultural commodities supporting USDA research initiatives. These commodities support the agency's ongoing field research programs conducted at its research facilities in the Plains Area region.