The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $313,763 firm fixed price purchase order to C.W. Brabender Instruments, Inc. of Germany to deliver twin screw extruder equipment and related items in support of alternative protein research. The solicitation sought a food-grade 20mm twin screw extruder with screw elements, various hoppers, temperature controls, segmented and round dies ranging from 1mm to 6mm, cutters, conveyors, and on-site training to the USDA's...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $32,222.35 firm fixed price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business, for the delivery of a motorized microtome. The microtome will be used by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service to section formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues onto slides for staining and whole slide imaging. This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation with a NAICS code of 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument...
The Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service has awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Eppendorf North America, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide a DASGIP Four Vessel Bio Upgrade for $206,331.77. This upgrade will be delivered to the USDA's National Center for Agriculture located in Peoria, Illinois by January 8, 2024. The original solicitation was issued as a request for quotation with no set-aside designation. Eppendorf North America has a history...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $31,434.88 firm-fixed price purchase order to Integra Biosciences Corp., a foreign-owned manufacturer of laboratory equipment, for a portable, semi-automatic liquid handling system. This system will support genetic and molecular biology research at the agency's Vegetable Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. The equipment, which has the capability to pipette liquid samples from 1 microliter to 1,200 microliter,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $48,496.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Infors USA Inc., a small business manufacturer of laboratory equipment, for Fermentation Monitoring Equipment. The equipment, including four complete chemostat fermentation probes, will be delivered to the ARS MWA Research Program Support facility in Ames, Iowa within 60 days. This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation (RFQ...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $80,605 firm fixed price delivery order against the Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The order is for a QUANTSTUDIO 7 PRO REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEM to Thermo Electron Corporation Financial Services Division's Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., with performance taking place in Hanover Park, Illinois over a two month period concluding in late October. As the...
The USDA awarded a $12,000 delivery order against the Thermo Electron Corporation's Multiple Award Schedule contract to Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. for the purchase of a NANODROP ONE. The delivery order was awarded on a firm fixed price basis and calls for the product to be delivered to a location in Calverton, Maryland by October 6, 2023. The Agricultural Research Service will utilize the NANODROP ONE, likely in support of laboratory analysis or research, as part of its work to fulfill the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service awarded a $104,661.06 firm-fixed-price purchase order for a pyrosequencing instrument to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business prime contractor. The award was issued as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334516 with a 1,000-employee size standard. The instrument will be delivered to the USDA's Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota. Government Scientific Source Inc. has...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $25,000 firm fixed price delivery order against the Thermo Electron Corporation Financial Services Division's Multiple Award Schedule contract. The order is for one QuantStudio 3 Real-Time PCR System with a 96-well plate capacity and laptop for use at the agency's facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Work will be performed by prime contractor Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. from September 7th through October 6th, 2023 to...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $33,116 firm fixed price delivery order against the Government Scientific Source Inc.'s Multiple Award Schedule contract. The delivery order is for the purchase of a freezer mill with the capacity to grind at least four samples simultaneously to support materials physics and mechanics research at the agency's Peoria, Illinois location. Work will be performed...