The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $375,850 firm fixed-price contract to The Akana Group Inc. for the delivery of a track crane harvester. The solicitation requested quotes for a harvester meeting minimum specifications to support operations at the USDA Agricultural Research Service facility in Houma, Louisiana. The Akana Group will provide a CH570 Track Cane Harvester with a 10-inch lift and 337 horsepower engine, as detailed in the attached specifications, to the place of performance in Grapevine, Texas. Funding is provided by the Agricultural Research Service's Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery program. As a 100% small business set-aside awarded under NAICS code 333111 for farm machinery manufacturing, the contract furthers the agency's agricultural research goals through specialized equipment procurement from small businesses.