This firm fixed price purchase order for $9,408 was awarded by the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to Covariance Biosciences, LLC DBA Agriplex Genomics to provide genotyping services. The original solicitation requested genotyping of plant samples in support of USDA agricultural research programs, to be performed at the specified location. As the prime contractor, Covariance Biosciences will perform DNA isolation, assay design, and single nucleotide polymorphism...
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...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Southeast Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Covariance Biosciences, LLC dba Agriplex Genomics, a small business provider of agricultural genotyping services. The $19,720.00 contract is for PLEXSEQ genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to support USDA research on sugarcane. Covariance Biosciences has received over $100,000 in prior USDA contract awards to provide SNP...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to Ag-Biotech Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that provides expertise in plant genomics and biotechnology. The $16,516.00 contract is for the genotyping of 250 single nucleotide polymorphisms across 192 onion DNA samples, which supports the agency's high-level research programs related to plant breeding and genomics. The contract did not have a set-aside...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service has awarded a $6,720 purchase order contract to Covariance Biosciences, LLC, doing business as Agriplex Genomics, for sugarcane sequencing services. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside award and was issued on July 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 28, 2026. The work will be performed in Cleveland, Ohio, where the small business vendor is located. This firm fixed price purchase order...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Lifeasible Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for soybean gene knockout services. The contract, valued at $14,250.00, was set aside for total small business participation and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2024. The contract was awarded under a previously issued USDA ARS solicitation for gene knockout services to support the agency's...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $22,857 firm fixed-price purchase order to Neogen Corp. for genomic testing services and custom DNA analysis support. Under the award dated November 8, 2018, with completion by December 15, 2018, Neogen delivered 1,736 units of a custom Agena panel containing 29 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at $12 per unit, as well as 405 DNA extraction services at $5.00 each. The services were shipped to the USDA ARS...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Northeast Area awarded a purchase order valued at $17,160 to Genewiz, LLC on September 22, 2016, for genomic services to be delivered by the contract completion date of January 24, 2017. This firm fixed-price contract, referencing quote DT1603175_R1, encompasses five line items of services to be performed at Genewiz's facility in South Plainfield, New Jersey, with deliverables shipped to the USDA ARS Molecular...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to LGC Genomics LLC, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of genomics products and services. The $5,510.50 contract is for the procurement of KBS-1004-002 KASPAR SNP genotyping chemistry reagents, which are used for high-throughput DNA analysis in agricultural research. This contract is not a set-aside for small businesses. LGC Genomics has a history of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $110,592 firm fixed-price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation. The contract is for the delivery of custom 60K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays and associated reagents and consumables to expand the high-throughput genotyping capabilities of the USDA ARS Shellfish Genetics Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska. This full and open solicitation was not...
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, to provide soybean genotyping services. The $16,277.50 contract requires Covariance Biosciences to isolate DNA, develop custom SNP genotyping panels, and analyze over 1,000 soybean samples to provide the USDA-ARS with genotypic data on at least 1,050 SNPs across 20 chromosomes, as well as an additional 319 user-provided SNPs. This sources sought notice was issued to determine market capabilities prior to a potential future solicitation, but did not have a set-aside designation. Covariance Biosciences has previously received over $100,000 in firm fixed-price purchase orders from USDA-ARS for similar agricultural genotyping services since 2019.