Purchase Order 1232SA25P0269
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- This is a $572,861.95 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Shekar Engineering, P.L.C., an 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business, to replace the heat exchanger and distribution system at a facility in Ames, Iowa. The contract was awarded on September 2, 2015, and the work is scheduled for completion by March 2, 2018. This contract is part of the USDA's Midwest Agricultural Research Service (MWA HPRL #6) program to upgrade...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $17,800 firm fixed price purchase order to Hydronic Energy, Inc., doing business as Hydronic Wholesale, as a total small business set-aside. The contract is for the delivery of steam to tank systems to the agency's location in Urbandale, Iowa by the February 20, 2015 completion date. As the awarding agency, Agricultural Research Service supports research to...
- The United States Department of Agriculture awarded a $532,804 definitive contract to Trane U.S. Inc. for re-tubing a Trane absorber chiller in Building 154 and replacing a condensate heat exchanger on September 29, 2025, with ultimate completion by September 28, 2026. Place of performance is Ames, Iowa. The originating pre-solicitation (posted June 2, 2025) describes removal and replacement of tubes in a Trane absorber chiller at the National Centers for Animal Health, including replacement...
- Heat Transfer Solutions, Inc. was awarded a purchase order valued at $8,850 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) for the service and complete retube of an Ajax WGXFD-1375 boiler (Serial Number 83197) at the USDA-ARS research facility in Riverside, California. The award, announced on June 29, 2018, carries a firm fixed price structure with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2018, and is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. Invoicing...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $316,340.51 firm fixed-price contract to Shekar Engineering, P.L.C., a small disadvantaged business certified under the SBA 8(a) program, for the demolition and relining of refractory material in Incinerator 5 located at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. The contract, awarded July 15, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of January 15, 2024, was designated as a total small business set-aside under...
- This is a $30,909.85 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Power-Process Equipment, Inc. for the replacement and rebuild of renderer seals for Building 9 at the ARS facility in Ames, Iowa. The contract has a completion date of December 31, 2021 and was set aside for small businesses. The original solicitation was a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items under FAR Subpart 12.6, seeking proposals for...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order to Shekar Engineering, P.L.C., a small disadvantaged minority-owned business, to replace the south steam header bypass valve in Building 154 at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. The $45,864.30 order is part of a larger $75 million General Services Administration (GSA) Region 6 small business set-aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract that Shekar...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $26,000 firm fixed price purchase order to JAE Industries LLC to repair a steam leak at its laboratory facility in Ames, Iowa. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will provide materials including a 14-inch black pipe spool piece, two 14-inch flanges, two flexotalic gaskets, and 40 bolts to replace an existing 14-inch valve in Valve Vault 101. The...
- T & T Technologies Inc. was awarded a $33,566 firm fixed price purchase order by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area (USDA-ARS-FRIID) to provide annual boiler service under a base year plus four option years. The solicitation requested annual maintenance and tuning for two Kewanee steam boilers located at the USDA-ARS facility in Manhattan, Kansas as described in the statement of work....
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a purchase order to Mineral Beauty 707 Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business, for $39,350.00 on September 8, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. The order covers comprehensive maintenance and tuning of seven low-pressure hot water boilers—three ARECO units, two Lochinvar wall-mounted units, and two Lochinvar floor-mount units—at the USDA ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research in Manhattan,...
TIM Hildreth Company, a small business, was awarded a $31,228 firm fixed-price purchase order by the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Midwest Area on September 1, 2025, to perform Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) tube replacement services at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa. The project scope includes locating and replacing six leaking tubes across three areas of the HRSG boiler with new tubes matching original specifications (2-inch outer diameter SA178-A material), along with hydro testing, failure assessment, refractory patching, and pressure testing to 1.5 times operating pressure. Work must be completed by February 19, 2026, with restricted work hours of 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday. The contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside following a solicitation posted on August 4, 2025, which required a mandatory site visit and utilized lowest-price technically acceptable evaluation criteria. The award includes all project costs encompassing travel, taxes, and incidental expenses, and the contractor must comply with strict security and safety protocols including controlled site access and confined space entry requirements at the USDA ARS facility, which operates biosafety level 2 and 3 laboratories. Delivery is required within 30 days after award date.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) Tube Replacement - Ames IA | 1232SA25Q0483 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/1 | 8/4/25, 12:14 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $3.9k | 12/23/25 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 12/3/25 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $27.4k | 8/28/25 |