Purchase Order 12505B24P0208

This $67,762.59 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Aantilia LLC, a minority-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) based in Austin, Texas. The contract is for the delivery of a vertical tillage implement with a seedling attachment, in support of USDA ARS research activities at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. The procurement was initially solicited as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 333111 (Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing), with a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) evaluation approach. Aantilia has also secured a $407,941.32 indefinite delivery contract (IDC) with USDA ARS for the supply of specialty gases to support the agency's research initiatives.