This is a federal delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The contract, valued at $428,716.01, is for the provision of services related to the "EDNA SAMPLE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE REFINEM" requirement under the Professional Services Schedule (PSS) contract vehicle. The contract has a completion date of January 4, 2019 and was awarded on February 10, 2017. The contract is a firm fixed-price type and does not have a set-aside designation. ARA is an experienced federal contractor, holding multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with agencies such as the Air Force, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Department of Homeland Security, enabling it to provide a range of technical services including modeling, simulation, software development, and testing and evaluation.