Purchase Order 12445024P0052

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business, for a PromethION 2 Integrated benchtop nanopore sequencer with a 1-year license and consumables. The $110,331.00 contract supports genomic research applications at the USDA ARS facility in Byron, Georgia, with a focus on studies of pecans and their ecological partners. The procurement was designated as a Total Small...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service awarded a $104,661.06 firm-fixed-price purchase order for a pyrosequencing instrument to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business prime contractor. The award was issued as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334516 with a 1,000-employee size standard. The instrument will be delivered to the USDA's Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota. Government Scientific Source Inc. has...

This firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business, for $108,705. The contract involves supplying parts for Oxford Nanopore next-generation sequencing systems, including flow cells, kits, cartridges and auxiliary items, to support existing MinION and GridION platforms owned by the USDA. Performance will take place in Herndon, Virginia by April 19, 2024. The award is...

<p>The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Pacific Northwest Research Station awarded a $13,960.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Ag-Biotech Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, for the NEEDLE DNA EXTRACTION requirement (REQ #6313 LWM SSMT NEEDLE DNA EXTRACTION). This total small business set-aside contract has a completion date of December 15, 2022. The contract supports the agency's high-level research programs.</p>

This $33,256.25 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service to Government Scientific Source Inc., a for-profit organization based in Reston, Virginia. The award is to provide nanopore sequencing devices and consumables, including a PromethION 2 Solo Pack and MinION Mk1D Pack, to support a project validating causative mutations in agriculturally important vertebrates, including gene-edited cells in pigs and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $57,534.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business distributor of laboratory products and equipment, for Enzymatic Methyl-Seq services including DNA extraction, library preparation, and sequencing of 106 tissue samples collected from cattle. This contract was awarded under a Total Small Business set-aside as a simplified acquisition under FAR Part 13. The period of...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine awarded a $68,697.85 firm fixed price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc. to deliver one Oxford Nanopore Technologies GridION sequencing device Mark 1, along with the associated assurance package, 12-month license and warranty for the device, and installation services. The award fulfills a total small business set-aside solicitation seeking these long-read DNA...

This federal contract award is for the procurement of a PacBio Vega System or comparable DNA/RNA sequencing system, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business based in Reston, Virginia. The $323,310.51 firm-fixed-price contract will support critical research activities in plant biology, cultivar development, plant insect genomics, viral genomics, and microbial genomics at the USDA ARS facility in...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station awarded a $107,410.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation, a manufacturer of scientific instruments, reagents, and consumables. The contract is for the purchase of a 3730XL fully refurbished and upgraded ABI 3730 DNA sequencer, with no set-aside used. Life Technologies Corporation is a division of the parent company Thermo Electron Corporation, which has provided various...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $85,955 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned biotechnology company, for the delivery of a long-read real-time genome sequencer. This requirement was set aside for total small business participation. The sequencer, equivalent or near-equivalent to the Oxford Nanopore GridION MK1 instrument, will be used by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Soil Dynamics Research Unit in Auburn,...