This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Picturae Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to digitize 10 fragile bound herbarium volumes containing approximately 2,520 pages located at the USDA ARS Northeast Area in Washington, DC. The contract is valued at $10,989.20 and has a period of performance from September 19, 2024 to January 31, 2025. The award was made under a total small business set-aside...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Northeast Area division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Imageworld Technologies LLC, a minority woman-owned small business, for $129,273.81. The contract is for specimen label imaging, optical character recognition (OCR), and data services to support the digitization and accessibility of fragile and irreplaceable documents and specimen collections at the Mycology & Nematology...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Imageworld Technologies LLC, a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to provide imaging services for the Mycology & Nematology Genetic Diversity & Biology Lab (MNGDBL) fungus collection library. The contract, which has a potential value of $117,219.72, is a total small business set-aside. The services include imaging, optical character recognition, and...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $856,506 firm fixed price contract to Picturae Inc. to digitize approximately 800,000 herbarium specimens housed at the U.S. National Arboretum and develop a searchable website. Picturae will image the specimens onsite at a minimum resolution of 600 pixels per inch, transcribe label data, design the website, and manage digital assets over a two-year base period with four one-year options. The solicitation was set aside for...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Imageworld Technologies LLC, a minority woman-owned small business, for imaging, optical character recognition (OCR), and metadata services. The contract, valued at $188,557.50, supports the digitization and accessibility efforts for fragile and irreplaceable documents and specimen collections at the Mycology & Nematology Genetic Diversity &...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $97,504.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Phenospex B.V., a Netherlands-based biotechnology company, for the delivery of a PHENOSPEX MICROSCAN F600 imaging system with accessories. The contract has an ultimate completion date of March 1, 2025. This contract award was not associated with any set-aside program. The USDA-ARS in Houma, Louisiana originally solicited this requirement under a...
This is a $3,414,071.90 Firm Fixed Price delivery order contract awarded by the Northeast Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Fedscale Inc., a SBA Certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, 8(a) Program Participant, Women-Owned Small Business, and HUBZone Firm. The contract is for the digitalization of records for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), as well as transition assistance services. The contract has...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $219,123.10 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Printersys LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to deliver various equipment and supplies for the Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area. The contract includes items such as a camera body, lens adapter, computer, and specialized trays and related components for an automated sample loading and unloading system prototype. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order to Penacity LLC, a small disadvantaged veteran-owned small business, to provide maintenance services for the U.S. National Fungus Databases public-facing website. The $124,735.00 contract has a period of performance through July 31, 2029. The contractor will be responsible for ensuring website compatibility with USDA security and style requirements, maintaining software...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $230,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Penacity LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the development of database tools for the U.S. National Fungus Collections Fungal Databases internal website. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and an ultimate completion date of September 24, 2028. The key requirements include ensuring website/tool compatibility with USDA security and...