NOAA awarded a purchase order to Jonah Ventures, LLC for environmental DNA sample processing and sequencing services valued at $33,500 on September 30, 2026. The order carries a total small business set-aside designation.
Work is performed in Honolulu, Hawaii. The contractor will process 100 eDNA water-filter samples through DNA extraction, quantification, metabarcoding PCR amplification using multiple markers (12S MiFish, COI Leray, MarVer1, and others), high-throughput Illumina sequencing, and bioinformatic workflows. Sequencing read-depth target is 100,000 reads per sample per assay. Deliverables include sample receipt acknowledgments within two business days, sequencing data packages within 90 days of sample receipt (demultiplexed FastQ files, metadata, and taxonomic assignment tables), and a final project summary within 30 days of contract end. Period of performance runs September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027, with delivery required by September 20, 2027. The order originated from a NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center solicitation posted August 21, 2026, with quotes due September 4, 2026.