Purchase Order AG32SDP150158

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at nineteen thousand five hundred seventy five dollars ($19,575) to Psomagen Inc. of Potomac, Maryland. This contract is to provide wheat sequencing services in support of the agency's research and development efforts. Specifically, the contractor will generate approximately two hundred seventy gigabytes of Hi-Fi sequencing data from three wheat cultivars using PacBio long-read sequencing...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $212,687.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project of the Plant Introduction Research Unit (PIRU). The contract is for eight corn isolated crossing blocks to produce topcross (hybrid) seed and two hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries to be delivered by November 2023. This is the latest in a series of similar...

This is a firm fixed price delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area to DNA Genetics, LLC, doing business as Danbred North America. The contract, valued at $15,007.41, is for the provision of swine semen and related genetic materials. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating that DNA Genetics, LLC competed in the open market for this opportunity. The goods and services provided under this contract...

This firm fixed price contract for $24,500 was awarded by the USDA Agricultural Research Service to Diversity Arrays Technology PTY LIMITED of Lincoln, Nebraska. The contract calls for the genotyping of switchgrass plant DNA samples provided in seven plates for the purpose of extracting and calling single nucleotide polymorphism markers for potential use in genomic selection. Specifically, the contractor will receive the plant DNA from the USDA-ARS and perform genotyping services at its...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $4,159.77 firm fixed price delivery order to Whiteshire Hamroc LLC of Clay Center, Nebraska on January 26, 2022. The order is for "Maternal Semen" with an expected completion date of April 6, 2022. No set-aside designation was used for this contract placed under the agency's research programs. Whiteshire Hamroc LLC will provide the specified...

This federal contract award, valued at $194,124.65, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit organization and manufacturer of agricultural goods based in Ames, Iowa. The contract is for the provision of a corn isolated crossing breeding nursery, including land preparation, planting, maintenance, pollination, harvesting, and shipping of corn seeds. This work supports the USDA's Germplasm...

Fast Genetics LLC, doing business as FAST Genetics, has been awarded a $7,280 firm fixed price delivery order from the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to provide maternal semen in support of the agency's research efforts. This delivery order was issued against an existing indefinite delivery contract held by FAST Genetics with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service valued at over $118,000 for maternal semen to advance livestock breeding identification research...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $153,876.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Second Nature Research, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for a wheat nursery planting project. The work involves growing, harvesting, and delivering novel wheat germplasm seed in Yuma, Arizona. This contract is not set-aside. The original pre-solicitation notice indicated that the requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open...

CGI Seed LLC was awarded a $61,366 firm fixed price purchase order from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area to provide seed corn under the Golden Harvest/Northrup King (1672) program. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and deliverables must be completed by April 10, 2017. As the awarding agency, USDA ARS supports agricultural research to meet the needs of farmers, ranchers and...

The USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order valued at $27,601.99 to Wintersteiger Inc. to fulfill a solicitation for a PLOT ROW MOTION KIT 7R to upgrade an existing plot planter. The solicitation requested quotes for retrofitting a 2006 Hege 7-row cone planter frame with a new plot planting system at the USDA-ARS facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Wintersteiger Inc. will deliver the specialized plot planter upgrade as the prime contractor by November 16,...