This $12,000 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to LC Sciences, LLC, a small business contractor. The contract is for the sequencing of 10 sets of pre-made libraries for ultra-conserved elements from approximately 1,000 samples. This work supports the agency's agricultural research programs and scientific initiatives requiring advanced genomic analysis. LC Sciences has demonstrated expertise in next-generation...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Novogene Corp Inc., a minority-owned small business, for ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing services. The contract has a ceiling value of $13,194 and a period of performance through December 31, 2021. The contract was awarded under a small business set-aside solicitation (Solicitation No. 12505B21S1028169) for biotechnology research and technology...
This is a $61,076.40 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service to Element Biosciences, Inc., doing business as Element Biosciences Inc. The contract is for next generation sequencing services to support single molecule synthetic full length microbiome studies at the USDA's Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. The contract was awarded on September 1, 2022 and has an ultimate completion date of August...
This is a federal contract award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Northeast Area to Seqcoast Genomics, LLC for non-human whole genome sequencing services. The contract award, valued at $11,189.50, is for a bundle of 175 bacterial genome samples requiring 1 GB of sequencing data per sample, utilizing Illumina library preparation and HiSeq sequencing with 2x150 bp paired-end format. The award is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a completion...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Northeast Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Genohub, Inc. for next-generation sequencing (NGS) and Illumina HiSeq sequencing services. The $51,380.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation. Genohub, Inc. is an online marketplace that provides NGS, DNA/RNA extraction, library preparation, and sequencing services to support agricultural, wildlife, and marine life research for various federal agencies. Previous...
This is a $14,700 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Psomagen Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, by the Northeast Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The contract is for the provision of RNA sample quality control, Illumina RNA library preparation, and NovaSeq 10B sequencing services for 140 pig intestine samples. This requirement was originally solicited as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 541714 (Research and Development in Biotechnology). Psomagen, a subsidiary...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Plains Area Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery office awarded a $391,630 purchase order contract to Novogene Corp Inc. of North River, ND for DNA and RNA sequencing services. The solicitation sought sequencing runs for various sample types, including small and messenger RNA, whole genome, and bisulfite whole genome sequencing, to be performed at the contractor's facility. As a 100% small business set-aside...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $24,994.10 firm fixed-price purchase order to Diagenode, LLC to provide a Bioruptor Pico sonication device and a one-year maintenance contract for the agency's facility in Hilo, Hawaii. This award was not set aside for small businesses. The contract has a performance period through July 31, 2025 and was issued in response to an unrestricted solicitation under NAICS code 334516 for Analytical Laboratory...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at forty-two thousand six hundred twenty-four dollars ($42,624) to Psomagen Inc. for Illumina Eukaryotic RNA sequencing services. Per the original solicitation, Psomagen will sequence 288 samples and deliver the results to the specified address in Potomac, Maryland by February 2024 in compliance with the Buy American Act and Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements. The contract has...
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...