The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service awarded a $56,300 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Cryptobiotix, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide DNA production setup and generation services. The contract requires the vendor to submit samples of DNA from cultures inoculated with fresh fecal samples subjected to food or food components to study the impact on human gut microbiota. This was a small business set-aside contract opportunity with a North...
The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars to Cryptobiotix of Belgium. The contract is for the batch production and generation of DNA samples in support of type A DNA production set-up. Performance will take place in Belgium over a one year period beginning in September 2023 and concluding in September 2024. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified....
This is a $44,097.50 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Microbiome Insights Inc., a for-profit organization specializing in DNA sequencing and analysis services. The contract, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), is for amplicon sequencing and analysis to support various agricultural research initiatives. The work will be performed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Microbiome...
This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Clear Labs Inc., a for-profit manufacturer and genomic analysis company. The contract is for microbiome testing services covering 400 samples, including non-recurring engineering project costs and community analysis, comparative analysis, and reporting. This $28,300 contract supports USDA ARS's research on the persistence of foodborne pathogens in foods and food...
This federal contract award, valued at $23,800.00, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Microbiome Insights Inc., a for-profit organization specializing in DNA sequencing and analysis services. The contract is for shallow shotgun sequencing, 16S amplicon sequencing, and associated analysis. No set-aside designation was used. Microbiome Insights Inc. has a history of securing prime federal contracts, primarily from civilian...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), awarded a $100,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Cosmosid, Inc., a small business contractor, for next-generation sequencing services. The contract, which has a completion date of July 21, 2023, requires Cosmosid to extract DNA and perform shotgun sequencing on hundreds of complex microbial samples. The sequencing data will be analyzed to identify the sample contents at the strain level. This contract is...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $66,600 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Cosmosid, Inc., a small business, for 40M read shotgun sequencing (6GB) to support research on the gut microbiome at the USDA Northeast Area Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit. The contract, which has an ultimate completion date of October 7, 2024, was awarded on August 8, 2024 under a total small business set-aside solicitation. Cosmosid will provide DNA sequencing, data analysis, and...
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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $26,250.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Prodigest, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the provision of 11 glass bioreactors with PTFE lids for use with the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecology (SHIME) system. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The place of performance is Belgium, and the ultimate completion date is June 30, 2025. This contract was awarded as...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Northeast Area awarded a $110,400 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Mirxes Pte. LTD., a for-profit organization, for specialized stereo-sequencing services. The contract supports advanced genomic research and technology development, particularly in the areas of gene activity measurement and DNA sequencing for agricultural applications, such as genetic improvement of ruminants. This award is one of multiple...