The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Costanza Orchards, a woman and veteran-owned small business based in Tucson, Arizona, to provide 145 packages of 3-pound bees including queens and feeders to support agricultural research efforts in the Pacific West region. The contract has a ceiling value of $20,300.00 and a performance period through April 24, 2015. Costanza Orchards, as the prime contractor, will...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Pacific West Area to Costanza Orchards, a woman-owned, veteran-owned small disadvantaged business based in Edgewood, New Mexico. The contract, valued at $38,750.00, is for the delivery of 125 honey bee colonies to support agricultural research efforts in the Pacific West region. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis without a set-aside...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Pacific West Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Act Environmental Inc., a for-profit S corporation, for an asbestos survey, inspection, and report at the USDA's Honey Bee Research Lab in Tucson, Arizona. The contract has a ceiling value of $4,950.00 and a completion date of July 31, 2020. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. This contract supports the USDA's research operations at the facility, which will...
This federal contract was awarded by the Pacific West Area office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to BZ Bodies, a small disadvantaged business based in Clovis, California. The $3,008 firm fixed price blanket purchase agreement call order was set aside for total small businesses and requires the delivery of bees for general crop pollination activities by March 31, 2023 to support the ARS's agricultural research efforts. This call order was issued...
This federal contract award is for the FURNISH AND DELIVER OF RENTED FIVE-FRAME NUC BEEHIVES for the Northeast Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a 1-year base period plus 4 option years, totaling a potential 5-year period of performance. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a ceiling value of $135,500.00. The contract was awarded to Kutik's Honey Farm, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, on December 20, 2011. The purpose of the rented beehives is...
This federal contract award is for bee pollination services, with a total ceiling value of $20,165.00. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Roberto Jimenez, operating as R.J. Handyman Services, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business and Hispanic American-owned for-profit sole proprietorship. The contract is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call, with a firm fixed price pricing type and an ultimate...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call contract valued at $2,632 to BZ Bodies, a small disadvantaged woman-owned business, for the provision of bee nucs to support June pollination services. This contract was set aside for total small businesses and has a completion date of March 31, 2023. BZ Bodies, which does business as Elegant Homes, has previously received a $150,000 single award BPA from...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Pacific West Area has awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Costanza Orchards, a woman and veteran owned small business based in Tucson, Arizona. The $186,964.00 contract, which has no set-aside designation, is for the provision of bee hives, queens, travel screens, and honey bee colonies to support agricultural research efforts in the Pacific West region. The...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of the Secretary to Pollinator Partnership, a woman-owned non-profit organization, for $9,900.00 to provide facilitation services for the State of the Science Workshop on research and outreach to support the health of agricultural pollinators. The period of performance is from July 12, 2021, to January 11, 2022. This contract was not set aside for any small business program. Pollinator Partnership,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Northeast Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for beekeeping services. The contract, valued at $17,133.04, was awarded on December 17, 2015 with a completion date of December 31, 2015. The awardee is Kenneth Warchol, a self-certified small disadvantaged business that is also veteran-owned. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. This award appears to be for standalone beekeeping services rather than being part of a...