Purchase Order 12805B21P0261

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $1.51 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Progressive Recovery Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in environmental protection and waste treatment systems. Under this total small business set-aside contract, Progressive Recovery Inc. will provide maintenance and repair services for thermal tissue autoclaves and effluent decontamination systems at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas. The contract, awarded on July 30, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2026, was issued following a competitive solicitation posted in early July 2021 that evaluated proposals based on technical acceptance, past performance, and price.

The maintenance and repair services are critical to supporting the facility's biosafety and biocontainment research operations. Progressive Recovery Inc., headquartered in Dupo, Illinois, is the original equipment manufacturer for these specialized systems and brings established expertise in federal government contracting with prior work across multiple agencies including the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and the U.S. Geological Survey. The contract structure includes a base year of performance with four optional one-year extensions, allowing the government flexibility to extend services as needed over the five-year period while supporting the facility's ongoing scientific research missions.