Purchase Order 12305B23P0233
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- This federal contract award was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Lifeasible Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for gene expression and gene editing services in support of the Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. The $33,000 firm-fixed price purchase order contract has a period of performance ending on August 31, 2026. The work involves using a single vector to express four genes in rice...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Pacific West Area to Lifeasible Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business corporation. The $11,375 contract is for plant hormone analysis services to support the agency's agricultural research and crop improvement programs. Lifeasible previously received over $60,000 in USDA contracts to provide specialized cytogenetic and gene knockout services for sugarcane and soybean research. This latest...
- This federal contract award, valued at $14,547, was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development to Lifeasible Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is a purchase order with a firm fixed-price arrangement and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract modifies the statement of work and increases funding to add replicates for Lifeasible's work supporting agricultural research and crop improvement programs,...
- This is a $24,829 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Covariance Biosciences, LLC, a small business contractor. The contract is for genotyping services on soybean samples, including whole genome analysis of 1,700 samples covering at least 1,050 SNP positions, and targeted analysis of 54 specific SNPs across 2,100 samples. The work supports USDA-ARS genomic selection research programs. The award was made under...
- This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Covariance Biosciences, LLC DBA Agriplex Genomics, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide soybean genotyping services. The $16,277.50 contract requires Covariance Biosciences to isolate DNA, develop custom SNP genotyping panels, and analyze over 1,000 soybean samples to provide the USDA-ARS with genotypic data on at least 1,050 SNPs across 20...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for $28,688 to Lifeasible Inc. to provide custom chromosome karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) services. The award is associated with solicitation 12405B24Q0037, which sought these technical services to perform cytological analysis on sugarcane parents and identify molecular markers. The contract has a total small...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $19,900 firm fixed-price purchase order to Seqmatic, LLC, a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business, to provide single-cell sequencing services to advance the genetic improvement of soybean seed composition. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, has a period of performance of 365 days and was awarded under Solicitation No. 12505B23Q0267 issued by the USDA ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit in Columbia,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $21,788.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Pelican Residences LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to conduct elemental analysis of soybean and maize samples. The contract, which is not set aside, requires the analysis of 989 soybean seed samples to measure concentrations of 13 macro and micronutrients. The period of performance is 60 days after receipt of the order, with the work to be...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Novogene Corp Inc., a minority-owned small business, for ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing services. The contract has a ceiling value of $13,194 and a period of performance through December 31, 2021. The contract was awarded under a small business set-aside solicitation (Solicitation No. 12505B21S1028169) for biotechnology research and technology...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $57,534.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business distributor of laboratory products and equipment, for Enzymatic Methyl-Seq services including DNA extraction, library preparation, and sequencing of 106 tissue samples collected from cattle. This contract was awarded under a Total Small Business set-aside as a simplified acquisition under FAR Part 13. The period of...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Lifeasible Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for soybean gene knockout services. The contract, valued at $14,250.00, was set aside for total small business participation and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2024. The contract was awarded under a previously issued USDA ARS solicitation for gene knockout services to support the agency's agricultural research and crop improvement programs, particularly in the areas of soybean and sugarcane genetics. Lifeasible Inc. has demonstrated expertise in plant genetics, cytology, and molecular biology, and has previously secured multiple contracts with various USDA agencies for specialized services related to plant hormone analysis, chromosome karyotyping, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for sugarcane and soybean research.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Gene Knockout | 12305B23Q0198 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area | Solicitation 1/1 | 8/24/23, 12:51 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $14.3k | 9/12/23 |