Purchase Order 12444726P0014
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- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $45,500 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Molbreeding Biotechnology LLC, a small business, for genotyping services supporting the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) project. Under solicitation 1232SA25Q0591, the contractor will perform comprehensive genotyping analysis on 2,500 maize line samples using a 45,000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker panel. The scope of work encompasses kernel chipping, DNA...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $212,687.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project of the Plant Introduction Research Unit (PIRU). The contract is for eight corn isolated crossing blocks to produce topcross (hybrid) seed and two hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries to be delivered by November 2023. This is the latest in a series of similar...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $18.2K firm fixed-price purchase order to SGS North America Inc. on September 19, 2025, for DNA extraction and genotyping services on maize varieties. Under solicitation 1232SA25Q0204, SGS North America will process approximately 1,000 maize varieties and conduct genotyping analysis across roughly 8,000 single nucleotide polymorphism marker loci. The work involves extracting DNA from leaf tissue samples, performing...
- The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $38,200 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Data2Bio LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide genotyping-by-sequencing services for moose DNA samples. The goal is to generate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data to conduct population genetic structure analysis. This work was sole-sourced to Data2Bio based on their specialized expertise and technology in DNA genomic sequencing. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 20, 2024...
- The U.S. government has awarded a $4,440.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Novogene Corporation Inc., a minority-owned small business located in Sacramento, California. The contract is for MRNA library preparation, RNA sequencing, and quantification analysis of maize samples, to be performed in Riverside, California. The funding agency is the Pacific West Area, a civilian agency of the U.S. government. This contract award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle, and no...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The $35,000.00 contract is for a custom genotyping-by-sequencing service to analyze 4,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton) samples using Life Technologies' Ion Torrent sequencing platform. The award was made on a sole-source basis without a...
- The Department of Agriculture awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $68,511.99 to Novogene Corp Inc., a minority-owned small business, to sequence and assemble the genomes of three cultivated and wild barley species. This contract is associated with the originating solicitation requesting offers for plant and animal genome survey and de novo sequencing services for the three barley samples, including quality control, library preparation, whole genome sequencing using NovaSeq...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery awarded a $33,850 firm fixed price purchase order to Novogene Corp Inc. to sequence 200 cotton DNA samples. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will measure DNA quantity and quality, construct a specialized library using a PCR-free preparation method, sequence the library using next-generation sequencing to generate 24 gigabytes of sequence data for each sample, and...
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a division of DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition, was awarded a $18,000 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Northeast Area for sorghum reference genome sequencing services. The contract, awarded on September 20, 2018, with an ultimate completion date of September 27, 2019, involves work to be performed at Cold Spring Harbor, New York. This administrative modification changed the contracting officer from Lynn Hults to John...
- This is a $24,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. The contract is for targeted genotyping by sequencing (GBS) of 2,400 wheat DNA samples using the AgriSeq wheat genotyping panel. The work must be completed by September 5, 2025. This contract was awarded as a result of a sources sought notification issued by the USDA,...
The USDA Forest Service awarded a purchase order to Molbreeding Biotechnology LLC on September 21, 2026, for targeted sequencing and genotyping of tropical-derived corn lines under the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project, with a ceiling value of $20,608.80. Work is performed in Irvine, California. The order requires DNA extraction from kernel-chipped seed, sequencing library preparation using validated SNP marker panels (approximately 10,000 secondary and 45,000 primary SNPs), high-quality sequencing with quality controls, and comprehensive bioinformatics analysis. The Government furnishes corn seeds by December 31, 2026, with all work due by March 31, 2027. The procurement is sole-source firm fixed-price; the Government determined that only Molbreeding Biotechnology LLC possesses the proprietary workflows, germplasm-validated markers, and integrated sequencing-to-analysis processes necessary to meet requirements within the 180-day performance window.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Sole Source-Genotyping Tropical Derived Corn Lines | 12444726Q0077 | Department of Agriculture Forest Service | Solicitation 1/1 | 9/3/26, 10:33 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $20.6k | 9/18/26 |