This federal contract award is for a Fully Integrated Field Phenotyping Rover/Robot, valued at $14,999.00, awarded to Earthsense Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and does not have a set-aside designation. The rover is intended to support the USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit's efforts to quickly and accurately phenotype corn plants in the field to better understand...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $15,000 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Earthsense, Inc. to deliver a fully integrated phenotyping field rover. The rover must be capable of driving autonomously or remotely through corn fields with row spacing of 25-30 inches to record video, images, LIDAR data, and GPS of corn plants from multiple angles. The awarded contract is set aside for...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $14,999 firm fixed-price purchase order to Earthsense Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a Cover Crop Planting Robot. The contract has a completion date of July 11, 2024. Earthsense Inc. is a manufacturer of agricultural phenotyping rovers and robots that support the Agricultural Research Service's research efforts across the Midwest and Pacific West regions. This contract award...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at sixty-seven thousand four hundred twenty dollars ($67,420) to Farm-Ng Inc. of Burlingame, California. The contract is set aside for small disadvantaged businesses and calls for Farm-Ng to provide three self-propelled mobile electric robot platforms with adjustable widths for multiple crop applications. An intelligence kit including an Nvidia Xavier system-on-module, Luxonis...
This federal contract award, valued at $24,932.10, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Farm-Ng Inc., a small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of agricultural robotics. The contract is for the delivery of an Amiga 48" robotic platform with a research package, battery pair, and crossbar kit for the USDA-ARS facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The original solicitation (RFQ Number 12405B25Q0106) was a total small business...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $18,649.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Suncore Distribution LLC, a minority-owned small business, for the supply of a quadruped robot and LIDAR system. The contract is for the Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Lab (GIFVL) in Beltsville, Maryland to support mapping plants in research fields and capturing images/data of research plants. This contract was set aside for small...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $132,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Discovery AG PTY LTD for the provision of GO FIELD PLUS 80G crop sensor systems and associated services for a one-year base period with three one-year option periods. The contract supports the USDA ARS Stoneville, Mississippi location and includes the installation and maintenance of 30 sensor systems to monitor and forecast crop stress and irrigation...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Farm-Ng Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of goods, for the delivery of one Amiga 66-inch robot platform with a research kit. The contract has a ceiling value of $37,310.38 and a completion date of June 18, 2024. The robot platform features advanced components like the Nvidia Xavier system-on-module and Luxonis cameras,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Modernag Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the purchase of a GPS guidance system for a 2019 Case Maxxum 115 tractor and Wintersteiger Plotking 2600 planter. The contract, valued at $19,155.00, has an ultimate completion date of December 3, 2021. The purpose of this contract is to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of agricultural...
This federal contract award is for the procurement of an electric mobility platform by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The contract was awarded to Farm-Ng Inc., a small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of goods specializing in advanced agricultural robotics and autonomous platforms. The contract, valued at $28,389.24, is a firm fixed-price purchase order set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 333111 for Motor Vehicle Body...
This federal contract award, valued at $14,999.00, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Earthsense Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to provide a fully integrated phenotyping field rover. The rover is designed to quickly and accurately phenotype corn plants in the field to better understand their growth under different agronomic and environmental variables. The rover is equipped with cameras, LIDAR sensors, GPS, and software to capture and record imagery, video, and plant data. This contract is not set aside and is part of the USDA-ARS's work to support agricultural research through the use of innovative phenotyping technologies.