Purchase Order 1232SA25P0330
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- This $185,900 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Bridging Pieces Inc., a minority-owned, black American-owned, and woman-owned small business based in Marietta, Georgia. The contract, which has a total small business set-aside, is for providing lettuce untargeted metabolomic analysis services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The period of performance is from September 1, 2023, through January 30, 2024, and the work will be performed in Salinas,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to Bridging Pieces Inc., a minority-owned, black American-owned, and woman-owned small business located in Marietta, Georgia. The $23,760.00 contract requires Bridging Pieces Inc. to provide RNA sequencing data from two sets of wheat RNA samples provided by USDA-ARS in Manhattan, Kansas. The contract is set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 541380 for Testing Laboratories...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $199,925.00 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to Bridging Pieces Inc., a minority-owned, black American-owned, and woman-owned small business, to provide targeted metabolomic services for 1,100 lettuce samples. This contract is a follow-on to a previous purchase order, and the work will be performed at the USDA ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research facility in Salinas, California. The contractor...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Metware Biotechnology Inc. for $11,520.00. The contract is for profiling untargeted metabolites and pathways related to drought stress in grapes at the USDA-ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva, New York. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is a sole-source award to Metware Biotechnology, as they are the incumbent vendor with expertise in...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $83,240 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Novogene Corp Inc., a minority-owned small business, for genome sequencing of grapevine. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports research aimed at improving fruit quality, disease resistance, and tolerance of abiotic stress in grapes. Novogene, which has received over 100 prime contract awards from federal agencies since 2015 to provide genomic...
- This federal contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Bridging Pieces Inc., a minority-owned, black American-owned small business. The $4,500 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for bioinformatic analysis services to analyze intron splicing variation in potato samples. The contract has a period of performance ending on May 30, 2024. The original solicitation was a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, issued as a total...
- This is a $33,600 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Data2Bio LLC, a small business, for genotyping-by-sequencing of 672 hops samples and shipping. The contract has a completion date of July 12, 2024. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside solicitation for biological research and development services (NAICS 541714) with a 1,000-employee size standard. The services to be provided...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area awarded a $8,428 firm fixed price purchase order to Creative Biogene Inc. to provide untargeted metabolomics service and bioinformatics analysis. This contract supports USDA-ARS's research efforts through the delivery of metabolomics and bioinformatics services to analyze samples and data. As a total small business set-aside, the award was reserved for small...
- This federal contract award was made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Creative Biogene Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $19,935.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for proteomic and metabolomic analysis on 24 rainbow trout plasma samples. This contract was set aside for 100% small business participation under NAICS code 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services). The place of performance is the USDA-ARS...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva, New York has awarded a $37,635.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Percival Scientific Incorporated, a specialized manufacturer of controlled environment chambers, to provide a customized plant growth chamber. The chamber will feature precise control of temperature, humidity, and full spectrum LED lighting, including far-red capabilities, to support the agency's grapevine...
Bridging Pieces Inc., a minority-owned and women-owned small business based in Marietta, Georgia, was awarded a $25,380 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on September 5, 2025. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, supports the USDA-ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva, New York, and requires widely targeted metabolite and transcriptome analyses on grapevine bud samples treated with biostimulants, specifically seaweed and chitosan extracts. The work will be performed in Marietta, Georgia, with a completion deadline of March 31, 2026. The underlying solicitation called for comprehensive metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis utilizing Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry to detect and quantify over 30,000 plant metabolites, along with 150 base pair paired-end RNA sequencing on 54 grapevine bud samples. The primary research objective is to understand how grapevines respond to winter temperature fluctuations by correlating differentially expressed genes with metabolites to identify traits for improving cold hardiness. Bridging Pieces Inc.'s established expertise in DNA and RNA sequencing, metabolomic analysis, and biological research—demonstrated through prior contract awards from NOAA, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Army Research Development and Engineering Command—positions the company to fulfill the technical requirements within the specified timeline and budget.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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RNA Sequencing | 1155867 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Award Notice 2/2 | 9/10/25, 2:05 PM | |
RNA Sequencing | 1232SA25Q0603 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/2 | 8/9/25, 9:23 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 11/20/25 |