Purchase Order 1232SA26P0137
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- Seqcenter LLC, a small business specializing in advanced genomic sequencing services, was awarded a $33,580 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on September 27, 2023. The contract calls for PacBio sequencing services with library preparation (no size selection) and PacBio 8M SMRT cell 30-hour analysis, with performance to be completed by March 26, 2024 at the Arsenal, Pennsylvania location. This award was set aside exclusively for...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area awarded a $33,320 purchase order to Microbial Genome Sequencing Center LLC, doing business as Seqcenter, for PACBIO RNA sequencing services. The contract has a period of performance from July 14, 2023 through September 30, 2023 and utilizes a firm fixed price pricing structure. It has a total small business set aside designation. Seqcenter will provide RNA...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $57,534.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business distributor of laboratory products and equipment, for Enzymatic Methyl-Seq services including DNA extraction, library preparation, and sequencing of 106 tissue samples collected from cattle. This contract was awarded under a Total Small Business set-aside as a simplified acquisition under FAR Part 13. The period of...
- This is a federal contract award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Northeast Area to Seqcoast Genomics, LLC for non-human whole genome sequencing services. The contract award, valued at $11,189.50, is for a bundle of 175 bacterial genome samples requiring 1 GB of sequencing data per sample, utilizing Illumina library preparation and HiSeq sequencing with 2x150 bp paired-end format. The award is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a completion...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), awarded a $100,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Cosmosid, Inc., a small business contractor, for next-generation sequencing services. The contract, which has a completion date of July 21, 2023, requires Cosmosid to extract DNA and perform shotgun sequencing on hundreds of complex microbial samples. The sequencing data will be analyzed to identify the sample contents at the strain level. This contract is...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $66,600 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Cosmosid, Inc., a small business, for 40M read shotgun sequencing (6GB) to support research on the gut microbiome at the USDA Northeast Area Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit. The contract, which has an ultimate completion date of October 7, 2024, was awarded on August 8, 2024 under a total small business set-aside solicitation. Cosmosid will provide DNA sequencing, data analysis, and...
- This firm-fixed-price purchase order for $79,920.00 was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Seqmatic, LLC, a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business specializing in genomics and bioinformatics services. Seqmatic will perform DNA extraction, quantification, library construction, and sequencing for 672 piglet fecal samples. This work supports ARS-ABBL researchers in their agricultural research efforts. The contract has a...
- This is a $11,266 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to Admera Health LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for shotgun sequencing of DNA samples to support metagenomic analysis of gut microbial communities. The work involves next-generation sequencing of 131 microbial samples to analyze structural changes in response to food, nutrition, and environmental stimuli. The contract has a...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Seqcoast Genomics, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to perform metagenomic sequencing of 192 pig fecal and digesta samples. The contract has a ceiling value of $14,974.08 and a performance period ending on February 28, 2026. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded under a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)...
- This federal contract award, valued at $23,800.00, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Microbiome Insights Inc., a for-profit organization specializing in DNA sequencing and analysis services. The contract is for shallow shotgun sequencing, 16S amplicon sequencing, and associated analysis. No set-aside designation was used. Microbiome Insights Inc. has a history of securing prime federal contracts, primarily from civilian...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $14,670 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Seqcenter LLC, a small business specializing in advanced genomic sequencing services. Under RFQ 1232SA26Q0300, Seqcenter will perform metagenomic shotgun sequencing on 310 DNA samples extracted from bacterial pellets derived from in vitro gut microbiota cultures. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside and requires the contractor to deliver shallow shotgun sequencing using the Illumina pipeline with specified library generation, barcoding methods, and production of 3–5 million read pairs per sample using a 2x150 base pair configuration. All work must be completed within 45 days of sample receipt, with sequencing and data transfer performed entirely in the United States. The contract, awarded on March 24, 2026, has an ultimate completion date of March 23, 2027, aligning with the estimated performance period outlined in the original solicitation. Seqcenter's services will support the USDA ARS Eastern Regional Research Center's microbiology research initiatives, enabling advanced genomic analysis that contributes to agricultural and food science research. The contract pricing includes all associated costs for DNA library preparation, shipping, secure data delivery, sample return, and compliance with Service Contract Act wage rate requirements applicable to Pennsylvania counties. Seqcenter's selection reflects its demonstrated technical capability in providing high-precision genomic sequencing services to federal research institutions.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Metagenomic or Shotgun Sequencing | 1232SA26Q0300 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/1 | 3/5/26, 3:37 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $14.7k | 3/23/26 |