The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a purchase order to the American Society for Microbiology on September 30, 2026, for a perpetual electronic subscription to 15 specified microbiology journals with a ceiling value of $471,748.00. Performance is located in Calverton, Maryland. The subscription provides all USDA-authorized personnel authenticated access to journals including Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Virology, and mBio, with guaranteed perpetual access to content made available during the performance period from September 30, 2026, through August 1, 2027. The procurement was issued under FAR Part 12 as a Request for Quotation for commercial items, with a sole-source justification based on ASM's exclusive copyright and perpetual access rights to the specified journals.