This federal contract award, with an ID of 12619720P0315, was made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to Proteinsimple, a subsidiary of Bio-Techne Corporation. The contract, which is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order, is for the provision of a JESS System immunoassay platform to support the National Veterinary Services Laboratory located in Ames, Iowa. The contract has a ceiling value of $85,022.00 and a completion date of June 23, 2020. This award was made without the use of a set-aside and was a sole-source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b). The original contract opportunity was posted as a Special Notice, seeking evidence that other vendors could provide equivalent consumables in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. Bio-Techne and its subsidiaries are known to provide a wide range of specialized research tools and services to various government agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense, to support biomedical research, drug development, and healthcare initiatives.