The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $98,669.98 firm fixed price purchase order to Colorado State University under a sole source solicitation. The contract is for tick surveillance bioinformatics pipeline development to obtain a bioinformatics pipeline to support CDC's tick-borne disease surveillance efforts. Performance will take place in Fort Collins, Colorado over a three year period concluding in May 2023. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified....
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $220,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station to conduct research on the evaluation of fall and spring acaricide (pesticide) applications to suppress host-seeking Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged) ticks. The research aims to clarify the value of fall acaricide applications in controlling Ixodes scapularis ticks on residential properties, which can...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $257,036.00 firm-fixed-price contract to the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station (CAES), a state government research entity, to conduct oral delivery of the acaricide (pesticide that kills ticks and mites) moxidectin to white-tailed deer populations. This effort aims to manage the vector tick Amblyomma americanum, which transmits pathogens. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, runs through September 27,...
This federal contract award was made by the Southeast Area division of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a civilian agency, to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas, a U.S. state government entity and 1862 land-grant college. The $3,779.10 firm fixed-price purchase order is for "OTHER FUNCTIONS RESEARCH FEES-SEED-N & S, P-K-ZN FERTILZER-HERBICIDE-INSECTICIDE-FUNGICIDE-APPLICATION-IRRIGATION-PLANTING & HARVEST FEE" and has an ultimate completion date...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $42,626 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), a state government entity. The contract, titled "ARKANSAS NDI 2023," has a performance period through May 1, 2024. This award does not have a set-aside designation. ADH is a significant recipient of federal public health funding, including both contracts and grants from agencies such as the CDC, Food and Drug Administration,...
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded a $14,760 firm fixed price purchase order to Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University Division for IXODES SCAPULARIS TICKS & NYMPHS. The contract has a period of performance from August 31, 2023 through August 30, 2024 for the delivery of blacklegged ticks and nymphs to support research being conducted by NIAID. As the lead federal agency for...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) awarded a $52,200.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to provide 11,600 adult Amblyomma Mixtum ticks for an industry study. The ticks must be between 45-90 days post-nymphal molt. This contract does not have a set-aside designation and is expected to be a commercial service purchase under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, with a simplified acquisition procedure under FAR Part...
This federal contract award, valued at $699,713.00, was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a component of the Texas A&M University System. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for work under the CDC's 2020 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Topic 2.1. The contract is a definitive, firm fixed-price agreement with a performance period ending on December 31, 2023. Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a state...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to the University of Rhode Island (URI) for $266,070.00 to provide natural products for tick control. The contract was awarded on September 1, 2019 with a completion date of December 31, 2020. The place of performance is in Kingston, RI. URI, as a U.S. state government entity and 1862 land grant college, has provided similar services to federal agencies in the...
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Inc. T.erry L. Schulze, Phd, a for-profit S-corporation, for a Feasibility Tick Disease Management effort. The $230,000.00 contract, which has a completion date of September 10, 2022, is focused on tick habitat management, tick-borne disease management feasibility studies, and evaluations of acaricide application methods. The contract does not have...