The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has awarded a $672,000 fixed-price contract to Steve Michel, a sole proprietorship based in Albany, California, to continue developing and enhancing the GrainGenes database through September 2027. The contract was set aside for small businesses and falls under NAICS code 541511 for custom computer programming services. Under this contract, Michel will improve the Drupal-based web interface, develop and customize web...
This federal contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Steve Michel, a sole proprietorship based in Albany, California. The $153,894 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for database developer and administration services to support the ongoing GrainGenes database, which is part of the USDA ARS Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit's Small Grains Database and Bioinformatics Resources project. The contract period of performance...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Steve Michel, a sole proprietorship in Albany, California, to provide database development and administration services for the GrainGenes database project. The $248,234.40 contract, which runs from June 2020 to July 2022, with a one-year option, engages Michel as the subject matter expert and database developer to maintain continuity of the GrainGenes database...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Reisinger Martin Andrew, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for $560,704.10. The contract is for technical documentation and training services related to the GRIN-GLOBAL information management system, a critical component of the ARS National Germplasm Resources Laboratory's agricultural research infrastructure. This contract is a total small...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to About Web, LLC, a prime contractor under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The contract, valued at $99,157.24, is for the provision of yearly database services, including modernization and security improvements for the USDA's Literature Application within the Microdat system, from September 6,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Metware Biotechnology Inc. for $11,520.00. The contract is for profiling untargeted metabolites and pathways related to drought stress in grapes at the USDA-ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva, New York. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is a sole-source award to Metware Biotechnology, as they are the incumbent vendor with expertise in...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Northeast Area for the provision of technical documentation and training services related to the GRIN-GLOBAL information management system. The contract, valued at $136,800.00, was awarded to Reisinger Martin Andrew, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The scope of work includes software testing, technical writing, documentation services, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $106,288.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Reisinger Martin Andrew, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to provide technical documentation and training services related to the GRIN-GLOBAL information management system. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of April 10, 2024. Reisinger Martin Andrew has a history of securing...
This is a $33,600 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Data2Bio LLC, a small business, for genotyping-by-sequencing of 672 hops samples and shipping. The contract has a completion date of July 12, 2024. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside solicitation for biological research and development services (NAICS 541714) with a 1,000-employee size standard. The services to be provided...
This is a federal contract awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Proworks Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the creation and enhancement of scientific discovery websites and related information technology services. The contract, which has a firm fixed price of $147,946.00, was awarded on January 13, 2020 and has a completion date of July 14, 2021. It was issued under the General Services Administration...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Steve Michel, a sole proprietor small business located in Albany, California. The contract is for $124,132.24 to provide database developer and administration services for the GrainGenes database, a public scientific database that houses genetic information on small grain crops like barley, wheat, oat, and rye.
The contract is to support the ongoing operations and development of the GrainGenes database, which runs on a Drupal content management system and MySQL database, with the primary programming languages being Perl and PHP. The contract is a sole source award due to the specialized knowledge and experience required, as Michel has worked with the GrainGenes database for over 20 years, including migrating it to newer Drupal versions and modernizing the underlying code. The contract period of performance is from July 6, 2019 to May 5, 2020, with the actual completion date of July 31, 2020. There is no set-aside designation for this contract.