<p>This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Southeast Area of the U.S. government to Kimmel Aviation Insurance Agency Inc. for AIR TRACTOR INSURANCE RENEW (AERIAL) with a ceiling value of $12,493.00. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 12, 2020. The contract was awarded on July 23, 2019 and does not have a set-aside designation. No further details about a larger contract vehicle or subcontractors are provided.</p>
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Farm Air Inc., a for-profit organization, for the replacement of a failed engine on an Air Tractor 402B aircraft. The contract, valued at $228,236.97, was awarded on April 17, 2019, with a completion date of July 26, 2019. The contract was awarded without a set-aside designation. The work will be performed by Covington Aircraft, Turbine Division, and includes the installation...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $35,650 firm fixed price purchase order to Inspired Flight Technologies, Inc. for an unmanned aerial system. The contract has a period of performance from July 21, 2023 to September 21, 2023 and is set aside for total small business. Inspired Flight Technologies will provide an unmanned aerial system to support the USDA ARS AATRU's research requirements. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $230,656.64 firm fixed-price purchase order to Air Tractor, Inc. to conduct an inspection of an Air Tractor Model 402B airframe and provide materials and labor for the necessary repairs. This sole source award was made under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, as Air Tractor is the only manufacturer capable of performing the required services. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $79,370 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Skyfront Corp, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for an 8-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone. This contract was competed as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing). The contract supports USDA ARS mission requirements for surveillance, magnetic surveys, and LiDAR mapping. Skyfront Corp has provided UAVs,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to GGN Solutions LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for pilot services to support aerial imaging related to an ARS research program in College Station, Texas. The contract, valued at $12,800.00, will provide pilot services to fly a Cessna aircraft equipped with cameras to capture aerial imagery over study sites from June 12, 2024 to June 11, 2025. This is a...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery (USDA - ARS - FRIID) awarded a $4,250 purchase order to Inspired Flight Technologies, Inc. doing business as Inspired Flight Technologies Inc. to provide integration services for the KLAU system. Performance will take place in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi over a two-month period concluding on September 21, 2023. This firm fixed price order supports the USDA-ARS's efforts to...
The USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area awarded a $40,044 firm fixed price purchase order to Aero Systems West, Inc. for a Precision Drone for Fertilizer Application. Per the solicitation, the drone must be delivered to East Wareham, Massachusetts and comply with the October 2022 Buy American Certificate. Aero Systems West will provide the requested Precision Drone for Fertilizer Application to support the USDA ARS's research...
This is a firm fixed-price Purchase Order contract awarded by the USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to AG Technologies, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a TMX-2050/NAV3 Autopilot Kit. The contract has a total ceiling value of $24,509.50 and a performance period ending on October 31, 2021. The contract was awarded on September 10, 2021 and was competed under an unrestricted solicitation. The Autopilot Kit is being procured to support the ARS research...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $29,145.70 firm fixed price purchase order to Vision Aerial Inc. to provide a tricopter drone with multispectral and visual sensors. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will supply and deliver the drone to Sidney, Montana, equipped as specified. The solicitation sought quotes for a tricopter drone to support USDA ARS research programs in the Plains...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Southeast Area awarded a $7,750 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Kimmel Aviation Insurance Agency Inc. for aircraft insurance coverage for a 1990 Air Tractor AT-402 aircraft. The insurance coverage is for the period of April 12, 2020 through April 11, 2021. The contract was awarded on April 17, 2020 through a total small business set-aside solicitation. The contract provides ground and in-flight hull coverage up to $450,000, liability limits of $100,000 per person/$300,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, and $100,000 per occurrence for property damage. The aircraft is used for aerial application by the USDA ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit in Stoneville, Mississippi.