Purchase Order 12405B23P0250

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order (Contract # 12405B23P0250) awarded by the Southeast Area, a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois for $21,166.00 to provide laboratory services for RNA sequencing of palm trees. The award has no set-aside designation. The University of Illinois, a public land-grant research university, has a history of serving as a prime contractor and subcontractor on various federal research and development projects for agencies like the Department of Defense and NASA. The University also frequently receives federal grants to conduct scientific research and STEM education initiatives. This particular award appears to be part of the agency's efforts to support research in the area of plant genomics and bioinformatics.