The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $236,568.81 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc. to procure a microarray scanner. The scanner will be used to support high-throughput genotyping of Affymetrix/Axiom 'SNP Chip' microarrays for North American Atlantic salmon research and genetic improvement programs at the USDA ARS facility in Orono, Maine. This contract was awarded as a 100% small business set-aside...
This is a $94,385.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to R & D Enterprises, Inc., a small business vendor, for the delivery of a Nano DSC Colorimeter with Degasser and training. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, was awarded on August 26, 2020 and has a completion date of December 31, 2020. The original solicitation (Solicitation No. 12505B20S1009282) was issued by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service...
This firm fixed-price purchase order for a 3D laser scanning confocal microscope was awarded to Government Scientific Source Inc. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) for $208,579.51. The contract was not set aside and has a delivery date of November 16, 2018. The microscope is to be delivered to the USDA-ARS Canker-Greening Management and Application of Virology and Entomology (CMAVE) facility in Gainesville, Florida. This equipment award supports the...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Terzic Instruments LLC, a small business, for the provision of a confocal laser scanning inverted microscope. The contract was awarded on September 29, 2021 with a ceiling value of $245,144.89 and a completion date of January 31, 2022. The microscope will be delivered to the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility in Peoria, Illinois. This contract was awarded under a total...
This is a $189,396.89 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Agilent Technologies Inc. for a SureScan Microarray Scanner Bundle. The equipment will be used for food safety research on microbial disease and human health interventions at the Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center. The procurement was initially set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing),...
This is a $186,823.12 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Agilent Technologies Inc. Customer Service and Sales Division, a subsidiary of Agilent Technologies, Inc. The contract is for the delivery of a plate reader scope imager and has an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2022. This requirement was competed on an unrestricted basis under NAICS code 334516 with a 500-employee small business size standard....
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 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Foss North America, Inc., a small business, for the procurement of a Near Infrared (NIRS) Scanner. The contract has a ceiling value of $76,827.00 and a period of performance through December 31, 2021. The NIRS Scanner is being acquired to support USDA ARS research programs and activities at the agency's St. Paul, Minnesota location. The contract was...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Blue Sun Scientific, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a handheld near-infrared (NIR) unit with battery, case, charger, and scanning cup. The $22,000.00 contract supports agricultural research and analysis activities at the USDA ARS location in Madison, Wisconsin. The award was the result of a total small business set-aside solicitation...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $303,258 firm fixed price purchase order to Micro Photonics Inc. to deliver an X-ray micro-CT scanner. The solicitation requested quotes for a scanner with resolution under 4 micrometers and scan size up to 96 millimeters, to be delivered and installed at the USDA Vegetable Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin by October 31, 2023. Accompanying equipment was to include a materials testing stage with a 40-50 Newton load...