Purchase Order 12905B23P0108

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Central Region awarded a $10,000 purchase order to Elementar Americas Inc., doing business as Elementar Americas, for a preventative maintenance plan for the Soli TOC carbon analyzer located at the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Branch in Lincoln, Nebraska. The firm fixed price contract runs from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024 and will provide maintenance services for the soil carbon analysis equipment to support...

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $62,666.74 firm fixed price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc., doing business as G S S, to deliver a laser soil analyzer. The contract is in response to a solicitation seeking a Mastersizer 3000 laser diffractometer from Malvern Panalytical, Inc. to enable rapid and precise soil particle size analysis up to 3.0 millimeters for boundary determination research at ERDC. The...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service has awarded a $264,635.78 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Elementar Americas, Inc. to provide a combustion elemental analyzer, stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Gilson-like autosampler, computer system, and related software. This equipment will support soil analysis, nutrient dynamics, plant health, climate impact, and environmental monitoring research conducted by the agency. The contract has no set-aside designation....

This federal contract award to Seal Analytical Inc. is for an Automated Multi-Chemistry Discrete Analyzer for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit (FAESRU) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The $49,675.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order does not have a set-aside designation. Seal Analytical, a global manufacturer of analytical instruments, will provide the discrete analyzer, associated software,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service has awarded a $23,690 firm fixed-price purchase order to Meter Group Inc., a manufacturer of environmental monitoring equipment, for the supply of Teros 54 profile soil moisture probes and associated cables. This requirement was sole-sourced due to the specific technical capabilities needed, which include direct connectivity to a data logger, easy plug-and-play operation, and measurement of soil moisture and temperature at...

The USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a $73,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Waypoint Analytical, Inc. for nutrient analysis of 3,650 soil samples. Per the original solicitation, Waypoint will analyze the soil samples for nutrients and deliver the results within 30 days of receipt, complying with all specifications and regulations. The contract has a period of performance from August 2023 through August 2024. Funding is provided by USDA ARS' Field Research Implementation and...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Northeast Region has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Sciaps, Inc., a small business based in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract is valued at $86,601.25 and is for the purchase of an X-550 soil analyzer and a Z-903 geochem analyzer, along with multiple accessories, to identify contaminants in urban and anthropogenic soils for the safety of NRCS employees. This contract award is the result of a small...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $11,671 firm fixed price purchase order to Soilmoisture Equipment Corp. to deliver a HandiTrase soil water meter and necessary accessories. The solicitation sought a soil water meter per the specifications to support USDA research programs in Ames, Iowa, with responses due September 7, 2023. Soilmoisture Equipment Corp. will provide the requested soil...

This is a $24,800 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Best-Test Analytical Services, LLC, a small business, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The contract is for analytical services to examine 800 soil samples for various chemical properties, including total nitrogen, total carbon, soil organic matter, pH, and electrical conductivity. This contract supports the USDA-ARS Grain Legume Genetics Physiology research program and was set aside for 100%...

This contract award to Campbell Scientific Inc. for a gas analyzer was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) as a firm-fixed price purchase order. The $20,554.15 contract supports the USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit in St. Paul, Minnesota, which conducts research on carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural systems. The gas analyzer is intended to measure field-scale carbon dioxide and water vapor emissions to support the unit's work on...