The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $313,763 firm fixed price purchase order to C.W. Brabender Instruments, Inc. of Germany to deliver twin screw extruder equipment and related items in support of alternative protein research. The solicitation sought a food-grade 20mm twin screw extruder with screw elements, various hoppers, temperature controls, segmented and round dies ranging from 1mm to 6mm, cutters, conveyors, and on-site training to the USDA's...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service Pacific West Area awarded a $24,948.61 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Triex LLC (doing business as Filabot) for a benchtop extruder with multiple temperature zones for 3D printing filament. The extruder is required to have an extrusion rate over 4.5 kg per hour for PLA, at least 4 independently controlled heat zones with active fan cooling, and the ability to extrude common polymers like PLA, ABS, and PETG. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $31,619.28 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Aantilia LLC, a small disadvantaged, women-owned small business, for the delivery of one grain auger. This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation (12805B24Q0537) for the USDA ARS Plains Area. Aantilia LLC, a minority-owned limited liability company based in Austin, Texas, has secured numerous prime contracts and indefinite delivery...
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 $24,206.68 firm fixed-price purchase order to Aantilia LLC, a small disadvantaged and women-owned small business, for the delivery of two Model 250 AccuCoat Seed Treating Machines with accessories. This procurement was set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 333111 (Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing). The contract has an ultimate completion date of October 1, 2024. Aantilia LLC is a...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for $8,100.00 to Peractos LLC, a small business contractor, to provide a FastPrep-24 5G Bead Beating Grinder and Lysis System. This equipment will be used by the USDA-ARS Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory in Columbia, Missouri to break down insects and bacteria to enable extraction of nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins for research purposes. The contract has a...
The USDA awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $24,215 to Lummus Corporation, doing business as Delecta B.V., a foreign-owned company based in Geneva, Switzerland. Under the terms of the award, Lummus will provide and install 1 digital ginning and feeding control system for the Agricultural Research Service at its facility in Lubbock, Texas, with work to be completed between August 31 and October 15, 2023. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified. The purchase...
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...
This is a $39,500 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Lummus Corporation, a foreign-owned company doing business as Delecta B.V. and based in Geneva, Switzerland. The contract is for the assembly of a cotton module feeder, supporting the ARS's ongoing research efforts to modernize cotton production technologies. The original solicitation was a Small Business Set-Aside with a NAICS code of 811310. This...
This firm fixed-price purchase order, valued at $185,185, was awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Lummus Corporation, doing business as Delecta B.V., a foreign-owned company based in Geneva, Switzerland. The contract is for a micro feeding/ginning/lint cleaning system with lexan-sided components to support cotton production research projects conducted by the ARS Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area office. Past awards...