Purchase Order 140G0326P0024
- Not listed
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service to Aquatic Biology Associates Inc. (ABA), a small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business. The contract is for $21,500.00 and covers macroinvertebrate sampling and analysis work, with a base year plus five option years. ABA has previously received similar prime contracts from the Forest Service and Department of the Interior to perform macroinvertebrate lab analysis,...
- This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Aquatic Biology Associates Inc. (Aba), a small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, and woman-owned business, by the United States Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior. The contract is for the provision of aquatic invertebrate samples and is set aside for total small business. The potential value of the contract is $64,800.00. Aba has an established relationship with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service...
- This is a $11,500 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region, to Aquatic Biology Associates Inc. (ABA), a small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, and woman-owned business, to conduct a macroinvertebrate survey and analysis on the Umpqua National Forest. The contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside. ABA will collect samples, analyze the aquatic invertebrates, and provide a...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order award to Aquatic Biology Associates Inc. (Aba), a small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business, in the amount of $12,000.00. The award is for surveys of rare caddisflies and stoneflies on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, to be performed for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. The award has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2018. Aba has an established relationship with the Forest Service and...
- This is a $4,180 firm fixed price contract awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, to Aquatics Associates Inc., a woman-owned small business. The contract is a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) call for macroinvertebrate sample analysis to support the USGS's aquatic science programs in Fort Collins, Colorado. Aquatics Associates holds a larger $50,000 BPA with the USGS to provide ongoing macroinvertebrate sample analysis over a 5-year period,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Aquatic Biology Associates Inc., a small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business, to process aquatic macroinvertebrate samples. The $6,300 contract was set aside for small businesses and has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2015. Aquatic Biology Associates provides consulting and technical services related to aquatic invertebrates, including macroinvertebrate lab analysis, identification,...
- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Aquatics Associates Inc., a woman-owned small business. The contract is for $3,760.00 and involves the identification and enumeration of lab samples. This work supports the Geological Survey's aquatic science programs in Fort Collins, Colorado. Aquatics Associates is a subchapter S corporation that holds several set-aside prime contracts with federal...
- This $5,440 firm-fixed-price federal contract award was made by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to the prime contractor Aquatics Associates Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The contract is for the provision of macroinvertebrate sample analysis services in support of the USGS's aquatic science programs. Aquatics Associates Inc. has previously received other USGS and U.S. Forest Service contracts for similar sample analysis work....
- This federal contract award is for the analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate samples by Aquatics Associates Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The award, valued at $5,790, is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order against a larger $50,000 BPA contract with the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants. The BPA, which was awarded in February 2022, allows the USGS to obtain macroinvertebrate sample analysis services from Aquatics...
- This firm fixed price BPA call award from the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey to Aquatics Associates Inc. is for $4,488 to provide ongoing macroinvertebrate sample analysis services. As a total small business set-aside, it was awarded under the $50,000 BPA with the Survey designated as G16PA00017, of which $16,740 has been obligated across three calls to date. Aquatics Associates will analyze benthic macroinvertebrate samples in Pueblo, Colorado to support the Survey's...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $53,100 firm fixed-price purchase order to Aquatic Biology Associates Inc. (ABA), a small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, to analyze approximately 180 invertebrate drift samples collected from the Willamette River Basin. Under this Total Small Business set-aside contract, ABA will provide specialized laboratory services including sorting invertebrates from debris, conducting expert taxonomic identification, enumerating organisms by taxonomic groups and life stages, and characterizing size distributions of sub-samples. The analytical work supports USGS ecohydraulic modeling efforts designed to predict juvenile Chinook salmon habitat and growth potential in the region. The contract runs from February 2, 2026 through February 1, 2027, with work performed at USGS facilities in Cook, Washington. ABA's selection reflects its established expertise in aquatic macroinvertebrate analysis and prior experience with federal agencies including the Forest Service and Department of the Interior. The solicitation prioritized technical capability and past performance significantly over price, with particular weight given to vendors with demonstrated experience analyzing samples from the Willamette River Basin—a qualification ABA appears to meet based on its contract history. This award represents part of the USGS's broader aquatic resource assessment and fisheries research mission under civilian agency funding.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANALYSIS OF INVERTABRATE DRIFT SAMPLES | 140G0326Q0012 | Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants | Solicitation 1/1 | 1/12/26, 4:07 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | Not listed | $53.1k | 2/5/26 |