Purchase Order 1232SA26P0536
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- This is a $89,645.22 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Midwest Area of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, a small business manufacturer of specialized agricultural equipment. The contract is for the delivery of a seed counting carousel to be used at the USDA Germplasm Enhancement of Maize Project. Almaco has a long history of supporting USDA agricultural research efforts through the provision of precision planters,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $167,337.21 to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, for a PowerPlant system with a telescoping toolbar. This Total Small Business set-aside contract, awarded on September 16, 2025, calls for the upgrade and conversion of an existing Almaco SeedPro360 planter to support maize breeding research operations. The system will feature hydraulic-controlled telescoping toolbar...
- This is a $27,930.66 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, for the delivery of a seed treater for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) project located at the North Central Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa. The purchase order was awarded on September 27, 2021, with a completion date of December 12, 2021. The seed treater is required to be compatible with...
- This is a firm-fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, a small business manufacturer of specialized agricultural equipment. The contract is for an automated seed shelling processing line to include shelling, aspiration, color sorting, and treating, in support of USDA ARS agricultural research activities. The contract has a ceiling value of $39,709.86 and was awarded...
- This is a $24,979.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service to Adam N Eve Safety LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for a programmable seed counter compatible with the agency's existing Almaco PowerPlant carousel system. The contract is set aside for small businesses and was competed under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334516 for Analytical Laboratory Instrument...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, a small business manufacturer of specialized agricultural equipment. The contract, valued at $18,148.17, is for maintenance and upgrade modifications to an Almaco 4R CTS research planter. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The award supports agricultural research activities focused on crop...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $284.7K firm fixed-price purchase order to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, a small business manufacturer of specialized agricultural equipment based in Nevada, Iowa. The contract, set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 333111 (Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing), calls for the delivery of one small plot combine designed to harvest large quantities of field samples prior to genetic...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, for the purchase of a seed coater. The $29,744.91 contract is a 100% small business set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of September 5, 2024. The seed coater must meet specific technical requirements such as the ability to treat 50-1,500 seeds, apply 0.1-40 mL of treatment, and produce uniform...
- Gary W. Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, has been awarded a $37,974.46 firm fixed price purchase order from the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to provide a bulk corn sheller. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and requires delivery of the requested agricultural research equipment to the agency's Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery location in Clayton, North Carolina by December 30, 2023. As the prime...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Gary W Clem Inc., doing business as Almaco, a small business manufacturer of specialized agricultural equipment. The contract, with a ceiling value of $12,477.78, is for the delivery of a "Small Bundle Thresher" and has a total small business set-aside designation. Almaco, a for-profit corporation headquartered in Nevada, Iowa, has a history...
USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a purchase order to Gary W Clem Inc. (doing business as Almaco) for $139,024.03 on August 20, 2026, under a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The order procures a seed counting carousel for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize Project at the USDA Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa. The carousel will support yield trial location entries across Iowa for maize breeding research and integrate with current planting equipment. Technical specifications include 120-kernel seed cartridges, a dual-head solvent-based printer capable of printing every 2.3 seconds, barcode verification, and an Agriculex Inc. ESC-2 seed counter. Delivery is required by December 31, 2026, F.O.B. destination. The procurement originated from a Total Small Business Set-Aside request for quotation posted July 31, 2026, with quotations due August 17, 2026.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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1232SA26Q1190 – Combination Synopsis/Solicitation for a Seed Counting Carousel USDA-ARS-MWD Ames IA | 1232SA26Q1190 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/1 | 7/31/26, 11:08 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $139.0k | 8/19/26 |