Purchase Order 1232SA26P0033

Todd's Feed Supply & Trailer Sales, Inc., a small business based in Sutton, Nebraska, was awarded a $43,820 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Plains Area on January 30, 2026, under solicitation number 1232SA26Q0037. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside, calls for the delivery of 70 tons of winter pasture mineral supplement for cattle to the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska, with completion scheduled for April 30, 2026. The custom-formulated mineral product will be delivered in 50-pound bags according to precise specifications including Medium Rolled Corn, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, trace minerals, and vitamin supplements, with minimum monthly deliveries of 25 tons and a required 90-day price hold period.

This award reflects the contractor's long-standing relationship with USDA ARS, having received 33 prior prime contract awards totaling approximately $4.1 million exclusively from the agency since 2004. Todd's Feed Supply & Trailer Sales specializes in providing specialized feed products and livestock equipment to federal research facilities supporting beef, sheep, and swine research operations. The evaluation methodology employed lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) criteria, consistent with the contractor's demonstrated technical capability to meet the stringent feed quality standards required for advanced agricultural research and livestock nutrition programs at USMARC.