This is a firm-fixed price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Badger Bluff AG Service LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of 50 units (80,000 seeds per unit) of Pioneer corn hybrid variety P9880 seed or equivalent. The contract has a total ceiling value of $15,800.00 and a completion date of April 13, 2020. This award was made as a 100% Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 111150 (Corn Farming) with a small...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Eurofins Scientific, Inc. for $28,800.00 to provide cottonseed analysis services. The contract supports the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Cotton Ginning Research Unit (CGRU) and does not have a set-aside designation. The services include quality trait analysis and protein concentration analysis of cottonseed samples. This contract award is part of Eurofins' ongoing work...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Rockingham Cooperative Farm Bureau Inc. (doing business as Rockingham Co-Operative) for the supply of cottonseed and citrus pulp. The $10,998.46 award does not have a set-aside designation and will support ongoing research activities at the agency's facility in Beltsville, Maryland. Rockingham Cooperative Farm Bureau Inc. is a for-profit vendor that has previously...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Southeast Area to C & M Baling Systems, Inc., a for-profit small business, for the delivery of a Model CM-3050V715 vertical cotton baler. The $99,476.80 contract has a completion date of December 31, 2021 and is not associated with a larger contract vehicle or set-aside program. C & M Baling Systems has previously provided cotton baling and packaging equipment, installation, maintenance, and training...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $921,865 purchase order to Bravo Inc. for a CP690 Self-Propelled Cotton Picker or equivalent equipment. The solicitation sought quotes for one cotton picker to meet minimum specifications and be delivered to the agency's facilities in Stoneville, Mississippi within 30 days of order receipt. This contract has a total small business set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, Bravo Inc. will provide the specified cotton...
This is a $26,300.10 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded to O & A Enterprises Inc. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for the infield screening and evaluation of 87 cotton lines for Fusarium Race-4 susceptibility/tolerance. The original contract opportunity was a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 111920 (Cotton Farming). The contract supports the USDA ARS's Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture program located in...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Southeast Area to Uster Technologies, Inc., a global leader in textile testing and quality control. The contract is for the procurement of an Uster AFIS PRO 2 (Advanced Fiber Information System) for cotton fiber testing, with a ceiling value of $230,000.00 and a completion date of December 10, 2019. Uster Technologies, Inc. is a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer that has provided a wide range of goods and...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $34,385 firm fixed price purchase order to Novogene Corp Inc. to provide RNA sequencing of 265 cotton samples. The solicitation sought a vendor to measure and check the RNA quantity and quality, construct a specialized library using the samples, sequence the library using next-generation sequencing to generate short reads, and upload the results to a hard disk. The work is to be completed within 45 business days of receipt...
This federal contract award was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton and Tobacco Program to Uster Technologies, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of textile testing and quality control equipment. The $4,565,740.00 firm-fixed-price delivery order is for the purchase of 20 High Volume Instrument (HVI) 1000 automated systems to support cotton quality monitoring in Crop Year 2016. This award is part of a larger $26 million...
This federal contract award to Creekbank Equipment LLC, a for-profit partnership, was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) under the Sustainable Water Management Research Unit (SWMRU) in Stoneville, Mississippi. The $18,025 firm fixed-price purchase order is for harvesting corn, soybean, and cotton crops at USDA research locations in Washington County, Mississippi. The contract supports the USDA's ongoing agricultural research activities to...