The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $18,570.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Firstchoice Group America LLC for a tissue homogenizer and cooling unit. The contract is not set aside. The tissue homogenizer and cooling unit will be used by the USDA-ARS Cell Wall Biology & Utilization Research Unit in Madison, WI to support their research programs, which include cattle genomics and transcriptomics studies, rumen microbial community...
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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $16,328.33 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Thomas Scientific, LLC, a small business vendor, for the delivery of a rotary grinding mill. The contract is set to be completed by November 19, 2023. This award falls under a total small business set-aside solicitation, with the procurement conducted using simplified acquisition procedures. The rotary grinding mill will be used by the ARS Food Systems...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at thirteen thousand eight hundred ninety-five dollars and eighty-eight cents ($13,895.88) to Franklin Young International, Incorporated for a Tissuelyser 3 plant cell disruption system. Per the original solicitation, the USDA-ARS required a system capable of processing one hundred ninety-two samples simultaneously for its Miami Station Cacao Genetics Laboratory, to include...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $18,933.60 firm fixed-price delivery order contract to Government Scientific Source Inc. (GSS) to provide a GENO/GRINDER, 115V MODEL NO. HG-600. This order is placed under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, a governmentwide acquisition vehicle. The work will be performed in Somerville, TX and is scheduled for completion by May 31, 2024. GSS is a for-profit organization that serves as a prime contractor...
The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded Franklin Young International, Inc. a $20,498 firm fixed price delivery order against its Multiple Award Schedule contract. Under this order, Franklin Young will provide the Egg and Poultry Production Safety Research Unit with a high-throughput bead mill homogenizer system to disrupt cell walls through bead beating as a preliminary step in isolating genetic material from cells. The order has a period of...
This federal contract award, valued at $180,197.00, was awarded to M2P-Labs, Inc., a small business entity, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The contract is for the delivery of a BioLector II System, including modules for gas regulation, low pH measurement, and GFP fluorescence, to support research efforts at the USDA's National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. This contract award was the result of a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $48,496.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Infors USA Inc., a small business manufacturer of laboratory equipment, for Fermentation Monitoring Equipment. The equipment, including four complete chemostat fermentation probes, will be delivered to the ARS MWA Research Program Support facility in Ames, Iowa within 60 days. This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation (RFQ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $22,533 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Texture Technologies Corp, a small business, for a 3D Volume Profiler. This award was made under a Total Small Business set-aside solicitation for an analytical laboratory instrument. The contract has a performance period ending on November 24, 2023. The equipment will be delivered to the USDA ARS location in Athens, Georgia to support the agency's research mission...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $40,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Seedburo Equipment Company, LLC, a small business manufacturer of agricultural and laboratory equipment. The contract is for the delivery of a WESTRUP LA-K Gravity Separator, a piece of specialized laboratory equipment used for separating grains, cereals, oil seeds, and other granular agricultural products. This purchase order was awarded under a small business...