Purchase Order 1232SA26P0673
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- This is a firm-fixed price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Southeast Area to Novogene Corp Inc., a minority-owned small business, for whole genome sequencing of cotton DNA. The contract is valued at $88,000.00 and has an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2025. The contract was awarded under a solicitation that was not a set-aside, seeking quotes for whole genome sequencing of at least 1,000 cotton plant samples,...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $34,385 firm fixed price purchase order to Novogene Corp Inc. to provide RNA sequencing of 265 cotton samples. The solicitation sought a vendor to measure and check the RNA quantity and quality, construct a specialized library using the samples, sequence the library using next-generation sequencing to generate short reads, and upload the results to a hard disk. The work is to be completed within 45 business days of receipt...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The $35,000.00 contract is for a custom genotyping-by-sequencing service to analyze 4,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton) samples using Life Technologies' Ion Torrent sequencing platform. The award was made on a sole-source basis without a...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Southeast Area awarded a $21,606 firm fixed-price purchase order to Novogene Corporation Inc. for RNA sequencing services on 144 cotton samples. The contract, which was not set aside for small businesses, was awarded on September 9, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of March 8, 2022. Work was performed in New Orleans, Louisiana. This engagement represents the agency's investment in advanced genomic research capabilities to support agricultural research...
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a child entity of The Texas A&M University System, was awarded a $2,911.06 firm fixed-price purchase order by the Plains Area civilian federal agency for genomic sequencing equipment and services. Specifically, the contract covers a Klein's HI-SEQ-125-SE-V (HiSeq 2500-SE-V4) sequencer configured for two lanes, with performance at the College Station, Texas location. The award was issued on April 3, 2018, with an ultimate completion date of May 10, 2018. No...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Southeast Area awarded a $6,030 firm fixed-price purchase order to Novogene Corporation Inc. for Illumina genomic sequencing of four cotton line genomes. The contract was awarded on December 8, 2015, with an ultimate completion date of March 8, 2016. Work will be performed in Wilmington, Delaware. This award was not designated as a set-aside contract, despite Novogene being a minority-owned small business based in Sacramento, California. Novogene...
- Seqmatic, LLC, a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American small business specializing in genomics and bioinformatics services, was awarded a $129.82K firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service for cotton DNA sequencing services. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside, requires Seqmatic to perform next-generation sequencing on 550 cotton leaf DNA samples to support the NP301 Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and...
- The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $13,440 purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation for targeted genotyping by sequencing of 1,344 wheat samples with the AgriSeq wheat genotyping panel. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will perform DNA library preparation on the wheat samples, sequencing of the prepared libraries, and delivery of variant calls in genotype and VCF formats. The work will be carried out in Carlsbad, California and delivered...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $45,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Dante Labs Inc., a small disadvantaged business specializing in genomic sequencing services, on February 5, 2024. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, requires the vendor to sequence 255 cotton DNA samples and deliver the results to the USDA's facility in New Orleans, Louisiana by April 15, 2024. Under the solicitation requirements, Dante Labs must assess...
- The U.S. Plains Area Civilian Agency awarded a $15,537.32 firm fixed-price purchase order to Texas A&M AgriLife Research for the Perkin Elmer NextFlex Rapid Directional RNA-Seq Kit 2.0. The award was made on July 27, 2020, with an ultimate completion date of October 26, 2020, and no set-aside designation was used. This contract represents procurement of specialized molecular biology equipment supporting genomic sequencing and RNA analysis capabilities. Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a 1862...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a purchase order to Texas A&M Agrilife Research on September 4, 2026, for low-pass whole-genome sequencing of cotton accessions with a ceiling value of $38,379.00. Work is performed at College Station, Texas, and must be completed by November 3, 2026. The contractor will receive and inventory approximately 576 genomic DNA samples from the U.S. National Cotton Germplasm Collection, conduct quality-control assessments, prepare sequencing libraries using the Revvity NEXTFLEX HT system, perform paired-end sequencing on a Nova Seq X platform at approximately 6.5 average genome coverage per accession, execute standard sequencing quality-control procedures, and deliver raw sequencing data files, quality reports, and sample manifests electronically. Delivery is required within 60 days of award. Pricing is firm fixed-price. The solicitation, posted August 10, 2026, with quotations due August 26, 2026, was issued as an unrestricted RFQ under FAR Part 12 for commercial items, NAICS 541714.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Low-Pass Sequencing of Cotton Accessions - College Station TX | 1232SA26Q1144 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/2 | 8/10/26, 3:33 PM | |
Low-Pass Sequencing of Cotton Accessions - College Station TX | 1232SA26P0673 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Award Notice 2/2 | 9/4/26, 3:40 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $38.4k | 9/3/26 |