The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract worth $30,240.00 to Genohub, Inc. for next-generation sequencing services. The contract requires Genohub to provide library preparation and paired-end sequencing of 160 eastern oyster samples to generate whole genome sequence data with 2 x 150 bp reads and achieve 50x coverage of the 600 Mbp genome. This is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 541715, with a performance location at the USDA ARS National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. The contract has an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2025. Through previous federal contract awards, Genohub has provided a variety of next-generation sequencing, DNA and RNA extraction, and library preparation services to support agricultural, wildlife, and marine life research efforts for agencies including the USDA, Smithsonian Institution, and U.S. Geological Survey.
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