Joshua Whiddon was awarded a $23,890 firm fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants on September 17, 2025, for operation of a precipitation collection station in Quincy, Florida. The contract supports the National Atmospheric Deposition Program's National Trends Network (NADP-NTN), which monitors atmospheric deposition and precipitation quality across the United States. Under this sole-source acquisition, the contractor will conduct weekly site visits to collect, process, and ship precipitation samples, collect and transmit associated environmental data, and perform routine instrument maintenance at the Gadsden County monitoring location. The contract is designated as a small business set-aside with a performance period extending through September 17, 2030.
This award was issued through a cooperative agreement structure with the State Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Florida, which previously provided the site operator. The contract falls under the Testing Laboratories and Services NAICS category (541380) and represents a specialized data collection role critical to USGS's atmospheric monitoring mission. The award represents the government's determination that the selected contractor possesses the specific qualifications necessary to maintain continuity and quality standards for this particular monitoring station within the national precipitation monitoring network.