This federal contract award is for the purchase of a Raman imaging spectrograph and a highly sensitive camera to develop a new compact macro-scale line-scan Raman chemical imaging system for food safety research. The $95,700 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Sensir Incorporated, a for-profit manufacturer. The award is not associated with a set-aside and is intended to support the ARS Environmental...
This federal contract award is for the procurement of two Raman point lasers with different wavelengths, issued by the Northeast Area of a civilian federal agency with the ID 1200|12H2|VPARSFRIIDNEA-A. The award was made on June 21, 2022 to Innovative Photonics Solution Corporation, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, for a firm-fixed price of $15,487.00. The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2022 and does not have a set-aside designation. No additional details about a...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order for two miniature Raman spectrometers awarded to Ocean Optics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized optical and spectroscopic equipment, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The contract has a total ceiling value of $31,511.00 and was awarded on January 31, 2018, with a final completion date of March 9, 2018. No set-aside designation was used for this contract. Ocean Optics has a history of providing advanced...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Foss North America, Inc. for the procurement of a near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer. The $85,560.26 contract has a completion date of January 7, 2023. This award was made without a set-aside after market research was conducted to identify qualified small business sources. Foss North America specializes in analytical solutions for food quality and control, and has...
This is a $94,385.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to R & D Enterprises, Inc., a small business vendor, for the delivery of a Nano DSC Colorimeter with Degasser and training. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, was awarded on August 26, 2020 and has a completion date of December 31, 2020. The original solicitation (Solicitation No. 12505B20S1009282) was issued by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service...
The USDA ARS awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at twenty-seven thousand nine hundred thirty-five dollars to RBI of France. This contract will deliver a dual tip fiber optic probe system to replace an existing velocity and air concentration measurement system for the agency's Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area. Key requirements of the pre-solicitation included a probe with reinforced sapphire tips, over 500 kHz sample frequency and 0.033 ms...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $42,645.74 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Optigrate Corp, a subsidiary of IPG Photonics Corporation, to provide a Compact High-Power Diode Line Laser. This laser will be used to develop a Compact Macro-Scale Line-Scan Raman Chemical Imaging System for food safety research. The contract has no set-aside designation and the product will be delivered to Beltsville, Maryland by October 18, 2024. IPG Photonics...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory awarded a $250,910 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Horiba Instruments Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer, to provide a confocal Raman microscope system with 532 nm, 633 nm, and 785 nm laser excitation sources. The contract was awarded on September 30, 2019, with a completion date of March 31, 2022. The microscope system is intended to support research activities and must meet detailed technical specifications outlined...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $219,123.10 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Printersys LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to deliver various equipment and supplies for the Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area. The contract includes items such as a camera body, lens adapter, computer, and specialized trays and related components for an automated sample loading and unloading system prototype. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Aantilia LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged, women-owned small business, to purchase an FTIR probe for $139,012.07. The award was set aside for small businesses and the item will be delivered to the USDA's Midwest Area National Center for Agriculture in Peoria, Illinois. Aantilia LLC is an experienced federal contractor, having received numerous awards from various...