The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Gillespie Livestock Company Inc., a small business, for the provision of 6 research animals. The $11,610.00 contract, which has no set-aside designation, will support various agricultural research projects conducted by the USDA ARS Plains Area, such as studies on cattle fever ticks, fly colonies, essential oils, and dust bag effectiveness. The award indicates Gillespie...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a delivery order contract to Farmers Co-Operative Association, Inc., a small agricultural cooperative based in Maryland, to fund a 6-month extension of an animal feed contract. The $483,126.33 firm fixed-price contract provides specialized animal feed products in support of USDA ARS's livestock and pasture research programs in the Northeast region. The contract is part of a larger USDA ARS single-award indefinite...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $14,625.85 firm fixed-price purchase order to Farmers Co-Operative Association, Inc., a small agricultural cooperative and manufacturer based in Maryland. This interim rush order is for the supply of animal feed ingredients per attached specifications, while the agency awaits the award of a larger contract. The order has an ultimate completion date of May 22, 2023 and supports the USDA ARS's livestock and...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for $8,100.00 to Peractos LLC, a small business contractor, to provide a FastPrep-24 5G Bead Beating Grinder and Lysis System. This equipment will be used by the USDA-ARS Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory in Columbia, Missouri to break down insects and bacteria to enable extraction of nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins for research purposes. The contract has a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $22,533 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Texture Technologies Corp, a small business, for a 3D Volume Profiler. This award was made under a Total Small Business set-aside solicitation for an analytical laboratory instrument. The contract has a performance period ending on November 24, 2023. The equipment will be delivered to the USDA ARS location in Athens, Georgia to support the agency's research mission...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order (Contract ID: 12505B24P0010) to Wilson's Prairie View Farm, Inc. in the amount of $13,011.08. This contract, which was set aside for small businesses, is for the provision of 80 weaned piglets, including associated ear tags, pre-purchase sample testing, health certificates, and transportation to the USDA's facilities in Ames, Iowa. The piglets will be used to...
The USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery awarded a $10,633 delivery order against the Multiple Award Schedule to TECH Service Solutions LLC of Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm fixed price order is for the delivery of a dissociator with heaters to support ARS's agricultural research programs. Work will be performed in Little Rock through November 2023. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified. TECH will provide equipment to...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $16,797 firm fixed price purchase order to Loligo Systems APS of Denmark. The contract calls for Loligo Systems to provide a 24-channel, 80-microliter respirometry system and deliver it to the USDA-ARS-NEA PA Plant & Animal Genetic Resource Center in Fort Collins, Colorado by November 17, 2023. The original solicitation sought a respirometry system and...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $247,618.13 purchase order contract to Tecniplast USA, Inc. (a for-profit manufacturer of laboratory equipment and supplies) to provide new rodent housing systems. The contract was set aside for small businesses and has a completion date of April 5, 2024. Tecniplast has an extensive history of delivering specialized equipment and services, including individually ventilated caging systems, automated cage washers, and...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to C-Lock, Inc., a small business manufacturer of agricultural technology equipment. The contract, valued at $358,800.72, is for the delivery of two GreenFeed and ten SmartFeed Pro units to the Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (OCPARC) in El Reno, OK. These specialized units are designed for measuring respiratory gas fluxes from...
The USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at eleven thousand eight hundred twenty dollars to Firstchoice Group America LLC. The contract is for the delivery of a rodent behavioral testing system to support research activities at the USDA/ARS Agricultural Commodities and Nutrient Composition Laboratory in Little Rock, Arkansas. The solicitation requested quotes for rodent behavioral testing equipment to meet the minimum specifications provided, with award based on lowest price technically acceptable. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and no subcontractors were identified. The equipment will support animal research efforts aimed at improving agricultural productivity and nutrition.