Purchase Order 1232SA26P0542
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- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $155,276.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Second Nature Research, LLC for wheat nursery planting services. The contract, which has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026, was not set aside for any specific type of business. The contract was awarded under a pre-solicitation opportunity that sought market research on parties capable of growing, harvesting, and delivering novel wheat germplasm seed in Yuma, Arizona. The...
- Second Nature Research, LLC was awarded a $8,175 firm fixed-price purchase order by the Plains Area office of a civilian federal agency on March 28, 2019, for wheat nursery planting services. The contract requires ultimate completion by June 30, 2020, and the work will be performed at Martinez Lake, Arizona. No set-aside designation was applied to this award. This procurement supports agricultural research and development activities, likely related to wheat breeding, genetic evaluation, or...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $28.8K firm-fixed-price purchase order to North American Genomics LLC, a small business, for wheat genotyping services under RFQ 1232SA26Q0236. The contract, awarded on March 13, 2026, requires the contractor to perform targeted genotyping-by-sequencing on 1,920 wheat samples using the AgriSeq Wheat 4k genotyping panel to support the Plant Science Research Unit's investigation of complex genetic traits. Services include...
- On December 27, 2016, the Plains Area, a civilian component of the funding federal agency, awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Second Nature Research, LLC (UEI: EHUCBMDCYXA6) for $3,685.00. The contract calls for the contractor to grow, harvest, and deliver seed samples from 400 wheat varieties, with performance to be completed in Manhattan, Kansas by July 1, 2017. No set-aside designation was applied to this procurement. This agricultural seed production contract supports the...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a purchase order to Seed Research Equipment Solutions LLC for an ultra narrow 8-row spaced planter with accessories and a Classic Aire control system. This Total Small Business set-aside contract, valued at $125,571.75 on a firm fixed-price basis, was awarded on September 21, 2015, with a completion date of December 31, 2015. The change order confirmed the acceptance of a demonstration unit at no additional...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $54,088 firm fixed-price purchase order to Wintersteiger Inc. for a Drill Row/Plotseed XL 4-row planter designed for small grains research. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and awarded on August 30, 2016, supports the USDA's Agricultural Research Service operations at its Pacific West Area location in Salt Lake City, Utah. The equipment is referenced to Wintersteiger quote number 8845 and was procured through the purchasing...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Southeast Area of a Civilian federal agency to Texas Agriscience, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the Maize Winter Nursery Harvest and Ship Harvested Ears to Raleigh, NC project. The contract is for $18,800.00 and has an ultimate completion date of February 19, 2021. The work involves harvesting 70 female rows for cross-pollination, each 20 feet long and planted with 30 kernels per row, and shipping the harvested ears to...
- This is a $84,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Wintersteiger Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit small business organization. The contract is for the supply of a plot row motion seeder and accessories to support agricultural research activities at the USDA ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, New York. The original solicitation was a total small business set-aside, seeking...
- The USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $43,902 firm fixed price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis, S. De P.r. De R.l. to manage a corn winter nursery in Mexico from September 2023 through April 2024. Per the solicitation, the contractor will perform all field activities including land preparation, planting, monitoring, pest control, irrigation, fertilization, harvest and drying of harvested...
- The USDA Agricultural Research Service issued a firm fixed-price purchase order to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, on September 1, 2026, for $14,000.00 to establish and manage a maize winter nursery in Mississippi State, Mississippi through March 15, 2027. The order requires the contractor to establish a 200-row nursery consisting of 30 rows of self-pollinated corn and 170 rows of paired corn for cross-pollination, with each row 2.5 meters long and 8...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a purchase order to Second Nature Research, LLC for $256,500 on September 1, 2026, under a total small business set-aside for wheat nursery planting services in Yuma, Arizona. The contract requires planting approximately 2,000 lines of winter wheat across 511 rows and 30 lines in 540 plots, with the contractor providing irrigation, weed control, fungicide application, bird deterrence, hand-harvesting, threshing, and delivery of harvested seed to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas by June 15 each year. Base year pricing runs at $18.00 per row; option years escalate to $20.00, $22.00, $24.00, and $26.00 per row respectively, with pricing inclusive of planting, fungicide application if needed, and hand harvest. The Production Manager must hold five or more years of experience with contract production of winter wheat genetic stocks in the Yuma growing environment. Performance runs from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2031 under one base year plus four one-year options. Service Contract Labor Standards wage determination 2015-5475 applies, with Tractor Operator minimum wage of $19.01 per hour plus fringe benefits. FAR 52.219-14 limitations on subcontracting apply.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Yuma, AZ Winter Wheat Nursery - Manhattan, KS | 1232SA26Q1151 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Award Notice 2/2 | 8/25/26, 4:03 PM | |
Yuma, AZ Winter Wheat Nursery - Manhattan, KS | 1232SA26Q1151 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/2 | 7/30/26, 8:34 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $42.5k | 8/23/26 |