Purchase Order 12505B22P0046

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...

<p>This is a purchase order awarded by the Pacific West Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Medallion Laboratories, a for-profit manufacturer of goods, to conduct vitamin A (beta carotene) and sugar profile (fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, and sucrose) analyses on 600 lettuce samples. The firm-fixed-price contract has a ceiling value of $94,860.00 and a completion date of November 30, 2017. The contract did not use a set-aside.</p>

This is a $20,665.50 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to Research &amp; Testing Laboratory Of The South Plains LLC. The contract is for the preparation of amplicon libraries, quality control, and Illumina high throughput sequencing of 624 samples (312 individuals x2) with a minimum of 50,000 reads per sample and an average of 150,000 reads. The work must be completed by December 1, 2024. This contract did not use a...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded Azenta US Inc., doing business as Brooks Life Sciences Inc., a $24,435 firm fixed price purchase order for ALFALFA RNA SEQUENCING FOR FULL LENGTH TRANSCRIPTS FROM 9 GENOTYPES AND 5 TISSUE TYPES. The sequencing services are to be delivered by April 24, 2023 in support of plant science research being conducted by the Agricultural Research Service. Azenta US Inc. will perform the RNA sequencing under an indefinite...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area issued a $14,621.70 firm fixed price delivery order against the Soil Samples to be Analyzed IDIQ contract to increase the amount by $15,036.50. Under the order, Servi-Tech Laboratories will analyze approximately 290 soil samples at $51.85 per sample in Bushland, Texas, with work to be completed by September 25, 2021. The IDIQ contract supports the agency's research...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $34,675.59 firm fixed price purchase order to Acclima Inc. to deliver 144 soil moisture and temperature sensors and 15 data loggers. This contract fulfills a sources sought notice issued by the agency's Grazinglands Research Laboratory in El Reno, Oklahoma, seeking Acclima model ACC-TDR-315L v2 TDR single-ended sensors and ACC-AGR-D03S solar snap SDI-12 data loggers to support the laboratory's research efforts. No...

The USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a $73,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Waypoint Analytical, Inc. for nutrient analysis of 3,650 soil samples. Per the original solicitation, Waypoint will analyze the soil samples for nutrients and deliver the results within 30 days of receipt, complying with all specifications and regulations. The contract has a period of performance from August 2023 through August 2024. Funding is provided by USDA ARS' Field Research Implementation and...

This is a firm fixed price delivery order awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Plains Area to Servi-Tech, Inc., doing business as Servi-Tech Laboratories, a for-profit analytical testing provider. The $13,827.76 order is for the analysis of soil samples collected in the central United States plains region to support the agency's research programs. This delivery order is a standalone award, not associated with a larger indefinite delivery vehicle. The...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pacific West Area to Cornell University for $28,044.00. The order is for untargeted metabolomics analysis of 105 lettuce leaf samples across 7 cultivars and 3 time points to identify plant metabolites involved in the lettuce wound response. Key requirements include sample preparation, use of a Q-Exactive Orbitrap mass spectrometer, access to metabolite databases,...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $13,440 purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation for targeted genotyping by sequencing of 1,344 wheat samples with the AgriSeq wheat genotyping panel. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will perform DNA library preparation on the wheat samples, sequencing of the prepared libraries, and delivery of variant calls in genotype and VCF formats. The work will be carried out in Carlsbad, California and delivered...