Purchase Order 1232SA26P0197
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- This federal contract award, valued at $194,124.65, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit organization and manufacturer of agricultural goods based in Ames, Iowa. The contract is for the provision of a corn isolated crossing breeding nursery, including land preparation, planting, maintenance, pollination, harvesting, and shipping of corn seeds. This work supports the USDA's Germplasm...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $212,687.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project of the Plant Introduction Research Unit (PIRU). The contract is for eight corn isolated crossing blocks to produce topcross (hybrid) seed and two hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries to be delivered by November 2023. This is the latest in a series of similar...
- This federal contract award is for a Corn Winter Nursery project in Chile, with a firm-fixed price ceiling value of $86,555.00. The contract was awarded to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit organization and manufacturer of goods based in Ames, Iowa, that specializes in agricultural research services, particularly in corn genetics and seed production. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Midwest Area, under solicitation number...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $45,500 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Molbreeding Biotechnology LLC, a small business, for genotyping services supporting the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) project. Under solicitation 1232SA25Q0591, the contractor will perform comprehensive genotyping analysis on 2,500 maize line samples using a 45,000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker panel. The scope of work encompasses kernel chipping, DNA...
- CGI Seed LLC was awarded a $61,366 firm fixed price purchase order from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area to provide seed corn under the Golden Harvest/Northrup King (1672) program. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and deliverables must be completed by April 10, 2017. As the awarding agency, USDA ARS supports agricultural research to meet the needs of farmers, ranchers and...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $39,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business based in Kihei, Hawaii, for maize winter nursery services supporting the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, requires the contractor to establish and maintain a comprehensive corn seed production operation from September 2025...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $70,168 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican agricultural services company, on September 12, 2019. The contract, designated GEM 2019 CORN WINTER NURSERY, was performed in Ames, Iowa and completed by May 31, 2020. No small business set-aside was used in this competitive award. The contractor specializes in providing winter nursery services for...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $21,375 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican agricultural services company, on September 21, 2020. The contract required the vendor to establish and maintain 650 cross-pollination rows measuring 6.0 meters in length, each planted with 26 corn kernels, in support of maize research conducted by the USDA ARS Southeast Area. The work was...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Shaw AG Solutions Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, to provide hybrid corn and soybean crop seeds in support of agricultural research activities at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska. The $111,911.10 award, set aside for total small businesses, covers the delivery of specific seed varieties from vendors like Lumigen and Pioneer by March 15, 2023. This order is...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $76,500.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, for the cultivation of different types of corn to support agricultural research projects. The contract is a Total Small Business set-aside with a period of performance from September 15, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Hawaii Seed Pro LLC will be responsible for land preparation, planting,...
GRO Alliance LLC, a Wisconsin-based agricultural research services company specializing in corn genetics and seed production, was awarded a $212,038.50 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Midwest Area on April 18, 2026. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of December 1, 2026, requires GRO Alliance to establish and maintain isolated crossing blocks and hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries at the Plant Introduction Research Unit at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, as part of the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project. Services include land preparation, fertilization, weed and pest control, hand pollination, harvesting, and drying of corn ears to specific moisture content standards between April/May 2026 and November 2026. The work encompasses maintaining six isolated crossing blocks with minimum 500-foot separation from adjacent corn fields and two hand-pollinated nurseries managing approximately 2,038 total plot rows for self- and cross-pollination purposes. The contract was awarded without set-aside designation despite originating from a Total Small Business Set-Aside solicitation (1232SA26Q0356), where GRO Alliance was selected based on its technical approach and demonstrated past performance with USDA-ARS agricultural research initiatives. The company's expertise in complex agricultural services, including precise pollination methodologies and seed preparation for corn breeding experiments, positions it to meet the specialized technical requirements of the GEM Project, which focuses on enhancing corn genetic diversity through rigorous field-based research protocols. All deliverables, including harvested and properly dried seed materials, must be completed by November 15, 2026.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Isolated Crossing and Breeding Nursery | 1232SA26Q0356 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/1 | 3/23/26, 2:46 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $212.0k | 4/16/26 |