Purchase Order 1232SA25P0254
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- This firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business located in Kihei, Hawaii. The $24,400.00 contract provides winter nursery services for the North Carolina Germplasm Enhancement of Maize Project, including comprehensive maize germplasm production activities such as land preparation, planting, monitoring, pest control, pollination,...
- This firm-fixed price purchase order contract was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Midwest Area to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business located in Kihei, Hawaii. The contract, valued at $79,000.00, is for the provision of a Maize Winter Nursery in Hawaii, including all field activities such as land preparation, planting, monitoring, weed and pest control, pollination services, irrigation,...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $76,500.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, for the cultivation of different types of corn to support agricultural research projects. The contract is a Total Small Business set-aside with a period of performance from September 15, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Hawaii Seed Pro LLC will be responsible for land preparation, planting,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $70,168 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican agricultural services company, on September 12, 2019. The contract, designated GEM 2019 CORN WINTER NURSERY, was performed in Ames, Iowa and completed by May 31, 2020. No small business set-aside was used in this competitive award. The contractor specializes in providing winter nursery services for...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $43,560 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican agricultural services firm based in San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit, for winter nursery services supporting maize curation and research. The contract, awarded on August 2, 2018, with an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2019, was competitively awarded without a small business set-aside. The work...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $23,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican agricultural services firm based in San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit, for winter nursery services. The contract, which was not set aside for small businesses, was awarded on September 21, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of March 29, 2024. The Southeast Area of USDA ARS funded this civilian contract,...
- This federal contract award is for a Corn Winter Nursery project in Chile, with a firm-fixed price ceiling value of $86,555.00. The contract was awarded to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit organization and manufacturer of goods based in Ames, Iowa, that specializes in agricultural research services, particularly in corn genetics and seed production. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Midwest Area, under solicitation number...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Southeast Area awarded a Firm Fixed Price purchase order to 27 Farms of Homestead Inc. (UEI: RMB5HDLJCDF5) for corn winter nursery acreage services. The contract, valued at $19,855.51, encompasses the provision of 600 rows of corn winter nursery acreage with two one-year options, as well as an additional 127 rows plus associated labor. Performance took place in Homestead, Florida, with an award date of August 26, 2015, and ultimate completion by August 25,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $21,375 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican agricultural services company, on September 21, 2020. The contract required the vendor to establish and maintain 650 cross-pollination rows measuring 6.0 meters in length, each planted with 26 corn kernels, in support of maize research conducted by the USDA ARS Southeast Area. The work was...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $14,875 firm fixed-price purchase order to Centro Internacional De Mejoramiento De Maiz Y Trigo Internacional (CIMMYT), a nonprofit research and training organization, to conduct winter nursery activities for maize. The contract was awarded on April 30, 2019, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2019, and was performed in Ames, Iowa. This was a non-set-aside procurement that leveraged CIMMYT's expertise in agricultural research and crop...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $39,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business based in Kihei, Hawaii, for maize winter nursery services supporting the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, requires the contractor to establish and maintain a comprehensive corn seed production operation from September 2025 through April 2026, encompassing all field activities including land preparation, planting, monitoring, weed and pest control, pollination services, irrigation, fertilization, and harvesting. The work involves cultivating 420 nursery rows with multiple pollination types—specifically 120 self-pollinated rows, 150 paired cross-pollination rows, 50 sib-pollinated rows, and 100 additional self-pollinated rows—to produce germplasm for USDA agricultural research and corn development initiatives. Although the nursery operations will be conducted on one of the Hawaiian Islands (Maui, Oahu, or Kailuali), the seed delivery is specified to the USDA's Midwest Area Plant Introduction Research facility at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The contract requires Hawaii Seed Pro LLC to achieve specific performance objectives, including an 80% desired plant stand, 75% or greater pollination coverage, and proper seed moisture levels of 12-15% at harvest. The contractor is subject to prevailing wage requirements under the Service Contract Act with a minimum wage of $17.75 per hour and must comply with a detailed Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan involving monthly inspections and performance monitoring by the Contracting Officer's Representative.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Maize Winter Nursery in Hawaii | 1232SA25Q0631 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/1 | 8/14/25, 10:35 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $39.0k | 8/26/25 |