Purchase Order 12805B21P0048
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- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $9,112.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to the National Sheep Improvement Program, Inc., a non-profit organization, for the genotyping and parentage identification of approximately 300 sheep, including associated data fees. The contract has an ultimate completion date of January 16, 2025 and was not set aside. National Sheep Improvement Program, Inc. has previously provided similar sheep genotyping and data...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $14,590 firm fixed-price purchase order to Imyawb Consulting LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to provide sheep shearing services in support of research at the Roman L. Hurska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska. The award, which is set aside for small businesses, requires shearing of 910 ewes and 138 rams/teaser rams by May 2, 2025. The contract was competitively...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order contract valued at $9,100.00 to Faimon Electric & Digging, Inc., a small business based in Nebraska, for sheep shearing services at the USDA's U.S. Meat Animal Research Center facility in Clay Center, Nebraska. This contract, which is a total small business set-aside, requires Faimon Electric & Digging to shear 510 ewes and 200 rams by the end of April 2024 to support...
- <p>The U.S. Pacific West Area, a civilian agency, awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract valued at $84,750.00 to Agresearch LIMITED, an international non-profit organization, to conduct high-density genotyping on 750 mixed breed sheep samples using the Illumina Ovine High-Density SNPchip for a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) project. The contract is set to be completed by December 31, 2024 and did not have any set-aside designation.</p>
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract to The Bandana Sheep Co, a sole proprietorship owned by Ronald Kilstrom. The $1,120 task order is for sheep shearing services to be performed at the ARS facility in Ames, Iowa. This delivery order is issued under a larger $65,250 Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) awarded to The Bandana Sheep Co on April 1, 2024 as a 100% small business set-aside. The IDC provides for...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Midwest Area office awarded a $3,937.50 firm fixed-price delivery order to The Bandana Sheep Co, operated by Ronald Kilstrom, a small business located in Madrid, Iowa. This delivery order is issued under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract (#12505B24D0004) and represents the second ordering period of the multi-year agreement valued at $65,250 through March 31, 2029. The contract utilizes no...
- The Bandana Sheep Co, a sole proprietorship owned by Ronald Kilstrom, was awarded a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order contract by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area office. The contract, valued at $1,050, is for sheep shearing services to be performed at the ARS facility in Ames, Iowa between April and September of each year. This delivery order is issued under the Bandana Sheep Co's $65,250 Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the...
- This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to Novogene Corporation Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Sacramento, California. The $140,000 contract is for genome sequencing services to support research on cellular dynamics of host-parasite interactions in goats, sheep, and rodents at the agency's Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory. The contract was set aside for total small business participation and has a...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Pacific West Area office awarded a $24,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Neogen Corp for sheep head genotyping services. The contract was awarded on August 6, 2015, with an ultimate completion date of October 15, 2015, and was performed in Pullman, Washington. This award was issued through full and open competition with no set-aside designation. Neogen Corporation, headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, is a established provider of genomic testing and...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $38,500 firm fixed price purchase order to Gencove, Inc. of Clay Center, Nebraska to provide bovine DNA samples and return whole genome genotypes for more than 30 million genomic variants using low pass sequence and imputation. This award was made under a total small business set aside solicitation posted on June 23, 2020 seeking these genomic services to...
National Sheep Improvement Program, Inc., a nonprofit organization specializing in sheep genetic evaluation services, was awarded a $36,000 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to provide scientific evaluation data processing services at its facility in Clay Center, Nebraska. The contract, which was not designated with a set-aside, was awarded on February 1, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2026. The vendor's expertise in sheep genotyping, parentage identification, and associated scientific data processing aligns with USDA-ARS's mission to conduct agricultural research and develop improved livestock breeds. This award represents a continuation of the department's relationship with National Sheep Improvement Program, Inc., which has received multiple prior contract awards for similar genetic evaluation and sheep tissue analysis services supporting the Plains Area research operations. The multi-year contract duration reflects the ongoing nature of the data processing work required to support the federal government's sheep improvement and genetic research initiatives. As a civilian agency contract, this purchase order contributes to USDA-ARS's broader livestock research and improvement programs conducted through its field research operations across the Plains region.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00003 | Exercise an Option | $7.0k | 12/13/23 | |
| P00002 | Exercise an Option | $7.0k | 12/1/22 | |
| P00001 | Exercise an Option | $7.0k | 1/7/22 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $8.0k | 1/29/21 |