The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $25,185 firm fixed price purchase order contract to C E Elantech Inc. to deliver a SeedCount SC6000TR seed counter with three rice analysis modules and a paddy rice reflectance tray. This equipment will support the agency's research efforts by allowing automated analysis of rice seed samples, measuring attributes such as length, width, thickness, and defects. The award was made off the GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle and...
This is a $12,618.48 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Aantilia LLC, a small disadvantaged, women-owned small business based in Austin, Texas. The contract is for an Automated Seed Counter to support the USDA ARS dry bean genetics program in East Lansing, Michigan. The seed counter must be capable of accurately counting 25-500 dry bean seeds ranging from 1mm to 18mm in size, with programmable batch...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $26,600 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Blue Sun Scientific, LLC for the delivery of a Marvin Proline II seed analyzer with remote training. The solicitation sought a Marvin Proline II seed analyzer or equal, along with remote setup, training, delivery, and support/maintenance services to be provided in Fargo, North Dakota. No set-aside designation or...
This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Technology International Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Lake Mary, Florida. The contract, valued at $107,382.76, is for the delivery of a Seed Respiration Analyzer to support research conducted at the ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. The Seed Respiration Analyzer will allow ARS researchers to rapidly and precisely evaluate...
This federal contract award to Seal Analytical Inc. is for an Automated Multi-Chemistry Discrete Analyzer for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit (FAESRU) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The $49,675.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order does not have a set-aside designation. Seal Analytical, a global manufacturer of analytical instruments, will provide the discrete analyzer, associated software,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service awarded a $37,400 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Applied Machine Vision Technologies, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business in Katy, Texas. The contract is for the delivery of a 32-channel optical seed sorter to the USDA's research facility in Fargo, North Dakota, with a required performance period of 30 days after receipt of the order. The equipment must feature high-resolution RGB CCD cameras, an...
This federal contract award is for the purchase of a Luminar 3076 Seed Meister AOTF-NIR Spectrometer Mark II from Brimrose Corporation of America, a designer and manufacturer of high-quality optical components and spectrometers. The contract, valued at $83,490.00, was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Brimrose Corporation of America as a sole-source purchase, as this specific instrument is the only one on the market that can perform the...
This federal contract award was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Midwest Area to Seedburo Equipment Company, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company that manufactures specialized agricultural and laboratory equipment. The $13,334.00 firm fixed-price purchase order is for the delivery of a fractionating aspirator lab tester, which will be used to support critical agricultural research and testing activities at USDA ARS facilities. The lab...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price delivery order valued at forty-three thousand four hundred seventy-three dollars and ninety cents ($43,473.90) to C E Elantech Inc. under its Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The order is for a new flash EA smart soil nitrogen analyzer to replace a non-functioning unit, with performance taking place in Fort Pierce, Florida from August 23 to October 21 of this year. The analyzer will support the...
This federal contract award was made by the Southeast Area division of a civilian federal agency to Seal Analytical Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of analytical instruments and laboratory equipment. The $36,483 firm fixed price purchase order is for an AQ1 Discrete Analyzer, a type of sophisticated analytical instrument used for environmental monitoring and water quality testing. The contract has no set-aside designation and the ultimate completion date is September 25, 2015....