Purchase Order AG2328P010AA22

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery awarded a $33,850 firm fixed price purchase order to Novogene Corp Inc. to sequence 200 cotton DNA samples. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will measure DNA quantity and quality, construct a specialized library using a PCR-free preparation method, sequence the library using next-generation sequencing to generate 24 gigabytes of sequence data for each sample, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Plant Protection and Quarantine) awarded a purchase order to Chapter Diagnostics Inc. for $48,390.00 on September 2, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. The order is for ten ChapterDx PomePlex-26 NGS assay kits capable of detecting 26 different pome pathogens simultaneously. Performance occurs in Menlo Park, California, with completion required by February 28, 2027. Each kit provides reagents for...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Pacific West Area awarded a $5,800 firm fixed-price purchase order to Molecular Research LP (doing business as MR DNA) on April 10, 2019, for a molecular research DNA diversity assay using BtEFAP Sequel 5K custom TraceITS100-ITS4BT sequencing services and associated setup components. This award supports ongoing research at the USDA ARS Physiology & Pathology of Tree Fruit program in Wenatchee, Washington, and represents a...

This is a $13,630 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station to Psomagen Inc., a for-profit organization and manufacturer of goods, for DNA sequencing and analysis services to support research on invasive forest pathogens. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis without a set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2026. Psomagen will provide Sanger DNA sequencing of 2,300 samples, whole genome sequencing of 2...

<p>The Department of Agriculture's Southeast Area awarded a purchase order to Intertek Scanbi Diagnostics AB for $9,945.00 on August 8, 2024. The order calls for DNA extraction and KASP marker analysis of 1,536 common bean samples across 16 96-well plates, design of 14 new KASP markers, and KASP analysis of all samples. Work is performed in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, with completion due November 8, 2024.</p>

The University of California, Davis was awarded a $4,263 firm fixed-price purchase order on May 28, 2015, for Illumina sequencing services of sweetpotato samples. The scope of work includes genomic DNA library preparation and sequencing using a HiSeq3000 platform with paired-end, 150 base pair reads, based on a UC Davis Genome Center quote dated May 11, 2015. The contract was completed by June 30, 2015, with no small business set-aside designation applied. The place of performance was Griffin,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $39,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Data2Bio LLC on December 20, 2018, to support ongoing crop improvement and protection research at the USDA ARS facility in Salinas, California. Under this contract, Data2Bio will provide continuity of DNA extraction and genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) analysis services for lettuce samples, along with project management, data analysis reporting, and delivery of...

This firm fixed price purchase order for $9,408 was awarded by the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to Covariance Biosciences, LLC DBA Agriplex Genomics to provide genotyping services. The original solicitation requested genotyping of plant samples in support of USDA agricultural research programs, to be performed at the specified location. As the prime contractor, Covariance Biosciences will perform DNA isolation, assay design, and single nucleotide polymorphism...

The USDA APHIS has awarded a $24,271.68 firm fixed price delivery order against an existing contract vehicle to Illumina, Inc. to provide preventative maintenance for a NextSeq 2000 sequencer. The sequencer will be used by APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine program to detect pathogens in imported plants through high-throughput DNA sequencing. The one-year order, with performance in Calverton, Maryland, will ensure the sequencer functions properly to support APHIS' agricultural safeguarding...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $110,592 firm fixed-price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation. The contract is for the delivery of custom 60K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays and associated reagents and consumables to expand the high-throughput genotyping capabilities of the USDA ARS Shellfish Genetics Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska. This full and open solicitation was not...