Purchase Order AG43YKP160002

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 federal contract award to GRO Alliance LLC, a for-profit manufacturer based in Ames, Iowa, is for the provision of a Maize Winter Nursery in Chile. The $14,835 firm-fixed price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area, a civilian agency, with no set-aside designation. The contract supports the USDA-ARS Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) project, which aims to enhance the genetic diversity of corn. GRO...

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...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) to provide maize transformation services, including HI-II and B104 transformations, for an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) project. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and has a ceiling value of $7,450.00. The contract is in support of ARS project #5010-22410-017-02I and ARS agreement #60-5010-9-011. Iowa...

The USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area awarded a $43,902 firm fixed price purchase order to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis, S. De P.r. De R.l. to manage a corn winter nursery in Mexico from September 2023 through April 2024. Per the solicitation, the contractor will perform all field activities including land preparation, planting, monitoring, pest control, irrigation, fertilization, harvest and drying of harvested...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $448,693 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan for research on climate change impacts to maize production in Mexico. The grant will fund a project to quantify transitions in Mexican maize production landscapes over the last 20 years through remote sensing and analysis of census and household survey data. The research aims to understand the drivers of these transitions, including climate, policy, and...

This is a federal purchase order contract awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area to Semillas Y Agroproductos Moreno Retis S. De P.r. De R.l., a Mexican for-profit sole proprietorship, to provide a Maize Winter Nursery in Mexico. The contract has a firm-fixed price of $40,220.00 and a performance period from September 2024 to April 2025. The contractor will be responsible for land preparation, planting, monitoring,...

This $33,720 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract for "Seed Transformation Services" was awarded on December 13, 2019 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to the University of Wisconsin System's University of Wisconsin - Madison division, which operates as Research and Sponsored Programs. The contract was not set aside for any small business category. The ARS, through its Application Technology Research Lab, had conducted market research to...

This is a 12-month service contract awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service to LGC Genomics LLC, a private company that specializes in genomics products and services. The contract is for $18,123.78 and is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to provide services for the oKtopure and Meridian systems. There is no set-aside designation for this contract. LGC Genomics has also received a $80,000 cooperative agreement grant from the USDA Agricultural...

Lucigen Corporation was awarded a $20,260 firm fixed price purchase order by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area to deliver 384 fosmid clones of sorghum mitochondrial DNA that had been picked and arrayed. The contract has no set-aside designation and work is to be completed by April 17, 2015 at the place of performance in Middleton, Wisconsin. As the awarding agency, USDA ARS supports...