The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $38,350 firm fixed price purchase order to Seqmatic, LLC for ALFALFA RNA SEQUENCING FROM NINE GENOTYPES. The solicitation requested Illumina RNA sequencing of alfalfa samples to support the agency's agricultural research efforts. As a total small business set-aside awarded under the LPTA process, the contract calls for Seqmatic to provide library sequencing services at its St. Paul, Minnesota location within 90 days of the...
<p>The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $9,828 firm fixed price purchase order to the University of Delaware for genomic DNA PacBio sequencing. As a private university and 1862 land grant college located in Newark, Delaware, the University of Delaware will provide these sequencing services to support the agency's agricultural research efforts. No set-aside was used for this award made under an indefinite delivery vehicle.</p>
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Northeast Area awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Novogene Corporation Inc. valued at $28.2K for whole genome bisulfate sequencing (WGBS) services. The contract, effective April 11, 2017 with completion targeted by December 31, 2017, references updated pricing from a March 16, 2017 quote and does not utilize a set-aside designation. Deliverables will be shipped to the USDA ARS National Enumeration Area at...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Northeast Area for $7,489.00 to the University of Delaware, a private research university. The contract is for DNA library preparation and high-fidelity or continuous long-read single-molecule real-time (SMRT) cell sequencing using a Sequel II system. The University of Delaware has extensive experience conducting federal research and development work, including animal health testing for the USDA. This...
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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $57,534 firm fixed-price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business based in Reston, Virginia, for enzymatic methyl-seq (methyl-sequencing) services. The contract, awarded on September 12, 2024, encompasses DNA extraction, quality control, library preparation, and sequencing for 106 tissue samples collected from cattle as part of the agency's genomic research initiatives. This is...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Northeast Area awarded a $28,150 firm fixed-price purchase order to Novogene Corporation Inc. on May 9, 2017, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2017. The contract, based on revised quote NVUS2017030903, calls for metatranscriptome sequencing services including library preparation, sequencing analysis generating 16 gigabytes of raw data per sample, a hard drive for data storage, and freight charges. The...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery (USDA - ARS - FRIID) awarded a $32,670 firm fixed price purchase order to Dante Labs Inc. of New Orleans, LA to provide sequencing of 220 cotton DNA samples. Per the original solicitation, upon receipt of samples, the contractor will measure DNA quantity and quality, construct specialized libraries, and sequence each sample using next-generation sequencing to generate 24Gb of...
This federal contract award was issued by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to Illumina, Inc., a leading manufacturer of genetic sequencing and genomic analysis technologies. The $21,857 firm fixed-price delivery order is intended to cover the diagnosis and repair of a malfunctioning Illumina NextSeq500 sequencing instrument used by ARS's Western Regional Small Grain Genotyping Labs. This contract is not associated with a...
This federal contract award is for genome sequencing services for 32,000 samples, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Rapid Genomics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The $25,350 firm-fixed-price contract is for services including DNA library preparation, next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatics analysis of sugarcane samples. This award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and was not set aside for small...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $27,820 firm-fixed price purchase order to the University of Delaware to perform high-fidelity DNA sequencing of alfalfa genomic samples. The contract supports the USDA ARS's goal of developing genomic resources for alfalfa, which currently lacks a reference genome. The University of Delaware will isolate DNA, prepare libraries, and conduct long-read sequencing using Pacific Biosciences technology to generate at least 64 gigabases of circular consensus sequence data for four alfalfa plant samples. This work is expected to identify the core and accessory genomes of alfalfa, with a focus on genes related to fall dormancy, winter survival, and disease resistance. No set-aside designations were specified for this contract.