Purchase Order 12505B24P0104
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- This federal contract award, valued at $14,999.00, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Earthsense Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to provide a fully integrated phenotyping field rover. The rover is designed to quickly and accurately phenotype corn plants in the field to better understand their growth under different agronomic and environmental variables. The rover is equipped with cameras, LIDAR sensors, GPS, and software to...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at sixty-seven thousand four hundred twenty dollars ($67,420) to Farm-Ng Inc. of Burlingame, California. The contract is set aside for small disadvantaged businesses and calls for Farm-Ng to provide three self-propelled mobile electric robot platforms with adjustable widths for multiple crop applications. An intelligence kit including an Nvidia Xavier system-on-module, Luxonis...
- Farm-Ng Inc., a California-based small disadvantaged business specializing in agricultural robotics, was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $24,932.10 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) on July 28, 2025. The contract calls for delivery of an Amiga 48-inch agricultural robotics platform configured with a comprehensive research package, including a ruggedized Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX computational module, two Luxonis Edge Cameras, an...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $15,000 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Earthsense, Inc. to deliver a fully integrated phenotyping field rover. The rover must be capable of driving autonomously or remotely through corn fields with row spacing of 25-30 inches to record video, images, LIDAR data, and GPS of corn plants from multiple angles. The awarded contract is set aside for...
- This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Farm-Ng Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of goods, for the delivery of one Amiga 66-inch robot platform with a research kit. The contract has a ceiling value of $37,310.38 and a completion date of June 18, 2024. The robot platform features advanced components like the Nvidia Xavier system-on-module and Luxonis cameras,...
- The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $56,850 firm fixed-price purchase order to Veris Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for an automated soil sensor probe with UTV-mounted skid capabilities. The contract, awarded on February 26, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of May 26, 2026, fulfills a solicitation issued by the Southeast Area for specialized agricultural research equipment. The probe must simultaneously measure...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $13,760 firm fixed price purchase order to It Vision Networks Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Flushing, New York, for the procurement of a five-foot seed drill compatible with three-point hitch tractor mounting. This equipment will support direct seeding operations for crop and turf research at the USDA ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, New York. The contract, awarded on September 18, 2024, with...
- The U.S. government has awarded a $127,770.60 firm fixed-price purchase order to Seed Research Equipment Solutions LLC, a for-profit limited liability company that manufactures and provides research planters, plot planters, plot drills, and application modules. The award is for the delivery of 4 row-mounted GPS-controlled precision plot planters. The contract has no set-aside designation and was issued directly by the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Through past...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a definitive, firm fixed-price contract to Wintersteiger Seedmech LLC, a small business, for specialized agricultural research equipment to support crop variety evaluation and agronomic research trials. The contract, valued at $460,865.40, covers procurement of a cone-regulated seeder for high-throughput planting trials and a plot combine harvester for gathering data from food and feed grain crop research...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $16,452.60 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Gandy Company, a for-profit manufacturer and Subchapter S corporation, for a 23 cubic foot hydraulic drive cover crop seeder and granular chemical applicator under a total small business set-aside. The contract has a completion date of February 18, 2023 and was originally solicited as a request for quotation (RFQ) with a due date of September 12, 2022. The award...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $14,249.05 firm fixed price purchase order to Earthsense Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business specializing in agricultural robotics. The contract, issued on June 12, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of May 1, 2026, calls for the delivery of a cover crop planting robot to support agricultural research operations. The place of performance is Champaign, Illinois. This award was not set aside for small businesses, indicating open competition in the procurement process. Earthsense Inc. brings specialized expertise in autonomous agricultural technologies and field phenotyping systems to this engagement. The company has an established track record providing robotic solutions to the USDA Agricultural Research Service across multiple regional areas, including the Midwest, Pacific West, and Southeast. The cover crop planting robot aligns with Earthsense's core competency in developing advanced sensing and autonomous navigation capabilities for agricultural research and data collection. This contract represents the company's continued partnership with federal agencies in delivering innovative technological solutions for precision agriculture and research applications.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | ($750) | 1/9/26 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $15.0k | 6/12/24 |