The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $271,384.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Scientific Services Plus LLC to replace the autoclave controls at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. The contract has a period of performance ending on September 29, 2025. This award was not set aside for any small business category. The original solicitation was a pre-solicitation notice to identify qualified contractors, including small,...
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...
This is a federal contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Shekar Engineering, P.L.C., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, to perform repairs on pumped pretreatment waste (PPW) piping at the USDA campus in Ames, Iowa. The contract is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract with a ceiling value of $359,482.90 and a period of performance through June 30, 2025. The work was originally solicited under USDA Solicitation 12505B23R0008, which was a 100% small business...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to All American Federal Construction LLC, a woman-owned small business (WOSB), for $75,460.00 to replace a 12-inch pressure reducing valve and associated components at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. This contract was set aside for a WOSB under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 237110, which has a small business...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $653,917.90 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Shekar Engineering, P.L.C. (SHEKAR), a Small Disadvantaged Business, to perform rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer system at the USDA campus in Ames, Iowa. The work includes replacing approximately 413 linear feet of 8-inch gravity sewer pipe with new PVC pipe, installing 134 linear feet of 6-inch PVC gravity sewer pipe, and repairing 23...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $237,177.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Shekar Engineering, P.l.c., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, to provide redundancy for the aquaculture system at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. The contract, which has a total small business set-aside, involves adding tanks, pumps, piping, valves, and controls to the water entrance for the Building 20...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Minturn Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for concrete sidewalk repairs and concrete pad extensions at the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. The $164,170.00 contract has a period of performance of 180 days after the receipt of the Notice to Proceed and is set aside for small businesses. The work includes concrete sidewalk repair at Building...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has awarded a $25,775.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Corn States Metal Fabricators, Inc., a woman-owned small business, for the replacement of a manifold exhaust system at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, Iowa. The contract was set aside for small businesses. The scope of work includes providing a new manifold exhaust fan, a 60-foot crane for installation, removal and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $111,400.00 firm-fixed price purchase order to Sypur Construction, LLC for the repair of the cold room at the Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa. This contract has a total small business set-aside designation under NAICS code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, with a $45 million size standard. The period of performance is 120 days, and the work requires the use of biobased...
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...