The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at sixty-seven thousand four hundred twenty dollars ($67,420) to Farm-Ng Inc. of Burlingame, California. The contract is set aside for small disadvantaged businesses and calls for Farm-Ng to provide three self-propelled mobile electric robot platforms with adjustable widths for multiple crop applications. An intelligence kit including an Nvidia Xavier system-on-module, Luxonis...
This federal contract award, valued at $24,932.10, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Farm-Ng Inc., a small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of agricultural robotics. The contract is for the delivery of an Amiga 48" robotic platform with a research package, battery pair, and crossbar kit for the USDA-ARS facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The original solicitation (RFQ Number 12405B25Q0106) was a total small business...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Farm-Ng Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of goods, for the delivery of one Amiga 66-inch robot platform with a research kit. The contract has a ceiling value of $37,310.38 and a completion date of June 18, 2024. The robot platform features advanced components like the Nvidia Xavier system-on-module and Luxonis cameras,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $14,999 firm fixed-price purchase order to Earthsense Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a Cover Crop Planting Robot. The contract has a completion date of July 11, 2024. Earthsense Inc. is a manufacturer of agricultural phenotyping rovers and robots that support the Agricultural Research Service's research efforts across the Midwest and Pacific West regions. This contract award...
This federal contract award is for a Fully Integrated Field Phenotyping Rover/Robot, valued at $14,999.00, awarded to Earthsense Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and does not have a set-aside designation. The rover is intended to support the USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit's efforts to quickly and accurately phenotype corn plants in the field to better understand...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $79,370 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Skyfront Corp, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for an 8-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone. This contract was competed as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing). The contract supports USDA ARS mission requirements for surveillance, magnetic surveys, and LiDAR mapping. Skyfront Corp has provided UAVs,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $18,573.60 firm-fixed-price contract to Phoenix Lidar Systems, LLC, a small business based in Austin, Texas, for the provision of a LiDAR system software and training package. This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation (RFQ #12805B25Q0002) to support research projects focused on 3D measurements of crops, weeds, and fruit trees at the ARS facility in College Station, Texas. The...
<p>The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $122,050.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Routescene, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the purchase of a complete RouteScene unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) LiDAR pod system, ground station, and post-processing software. This contract supports the activities of the USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory in Calverton, Maryland. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.</p>
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $24,429 firm fixed price purchase order to Dataspeed Inc., a small business, for two Ouster OS0-64 LiDAR systems and a magnetic LiDAR mount. This award was made under a total small business set-aside pursuant to solicitation number 12805B24Q0516. Dataspeed Inc. is a pioneer in autonomous vehicle technology, specializing in drive-by-wire ADAS kits for research and development. The USDA ARS has procured this...
This federal contract award, valued at $14,999.00, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Earthsense Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to provide a fully integrated phenotyping field rover. The rover is designed to quickly and accurately phenotype corn plants in the field to better understand their growth under different agronomic and environmental variables. The rover is equipped with cameras, LIDAR sensors, GPS, and software to...