The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $76,500.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, for the cultivation of different types of corn to support agricultural research projects. The contract is a Total Small Business set-aside with a period of performance from September 15, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Hawaii Seed Pro LLC will be responsible for land preparation, planting,...
This federal contract award, valued at $194,124.65, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit organization and manufacturer of agricultural goods based in Ames, Iowa. The contract is for the provision of a corn isolated crossing breeding nursery, including land preparation, planting, maintenance, pollination, harvesting, and shipping of corn seeds. This work supports the USDA's Germplasm...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $101,969 firm fixed price purchase order to the Illinois Crop Improvement Association Inc. to provide 1000 plots for the cultivation and seed increase of sorghum breeding lines in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. The contract supports the agency's research into plant stress and germplasm development and has a period of performance through August 2028 with no...
The USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $43,902 firm fixed price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis, S. De P.r. De R.l. to manage a corn winter nursery in Mexico from September 2023 through April 2024. Per the solicitation, the contractor will perform all field activities including land preparation, planting, monitoring, pest control, irrigation, fertilization, harvest and drying of harvested...
This firm fixed-price purchase order contract, valued at $110,409.00, was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer of goods, to provide six corn isolated crossing blocks for production of topcross (hybrid) seed. The contract supports the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) project under the Plant Introduction Research Unit. The contract has no set-aside designation and is intended to contribute to the...
This firm-fixed price purchase order contract was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Midwest Area to Hawaii Seed Pro LLC, a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business located in Kihei, Hawaii. The contract, valued at $79,000.00, is for the provision of a Maize Winter Nursery in Hawaii, including all field activities such as land preparation, planting, monitoring, weed and pest control, pollination services, irrigation,...
This federal contract award to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer based in Ames, Iowa, is for the provision of a Maize Winter Nursery in Chile. The $14,835 firm-fixed price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area, a civilian agency, with no set-aside designation. The contract supports the USDA-ARS Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) project, which aims to enhance the genetic diversity of corn. GRO...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $212,687.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project of the Plant Introduction Research Unit (PIRU). The contract is for eight corn isolated crossing blocks to produce topcross (hybrid) seed and two hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries to be delivered by November 2023. This is the latest in a series of similar...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis, S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican for-profit manufacturer. The $22,553.60 contract is for the provision of 500 6-meter and 480 3-meter nursery rows to support the agency's maize germplasm enhancement efforts. This award is not associated with a set-aside program and aligns with the USDA ARS's objective to conduct agricultural...
This delivery order increases the value of an existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract held by Servi-Tech, Inc. for $18,355 to provide soil and plant samples to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area. As the prime contractor, Servi-Tech Laboratories will deliver the requested samples to the ARS by October 13, 2021 under a firm fixed price arrangement. The samples will support ongoing research at the...