The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area awarded a $330,514.87 firm-fixed-price purchase order to T-L Irrigation CO. for the replacement of four irrigation pivot systems at the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska. The contract, which has a required completion date of December 31, 2024, was originally a small business set-aside but the requirement was removed by an amendment. The procurement was conducted under solicitation number 12805B24Q0499 using a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology.