Purchase Order 12405B24P0189

This firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Covariance Biosciences, LLC dba Agriplex Genomics, a for-profit limited liability company. The $9,908 contract is for SUGARCANE GENOTYPING services, including DNA isolation, assay design, and analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to genotype agricultural product samples in support of USDA research programs. Covariance Biosciences has previously received over $100,000 in similar USDA-ARS purchase orders for genotyping services on soybean, sorghum, and other crops. This award utilizes lowest price technically acceptable contracting procedures but does not have a small business set-aside designation.