Purchase Order AG6197P150259

This is a $26,100.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Midwest Area to Superior Livestock, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the acquisition of 16 Holstein or Holstein crossbreed calves. The calves will be used for laboratory research at the USDA facility in Ames, Iowa. This contract award is associated with a total small business set-aside solicitation issued under NAICS code...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed price delivery order valued at approximately $32,320 to Thomas D. Morris, Inc. of Reisterstown, Maryland. The contract calls for the delivery of 15 Holstein cows weighing between 400 to 450 pounds each to the USDA's Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Greenport, New York. The contractor will provide the cows at $1,995 per cow, for a total of $29,925, plus $2,395 for transportation and delivery services. No...

This is a $27,700 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Thomas D. Morris, Inc., a small business contractor. The contract is for the delivery of Holstein cows, associated transportation, and required health papers. It has a completion date of May 14, 2015. Thomas D. Morris, Inc., based in Reisterstown, Maryland, specializes in providing livestock and related services to the USDA for agricultural research purposes, particularly at high-security...

The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska has been awarded a $341,620 firm fixed price purchase order by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area to provide 390 head of 461-pound steer calves. The contract is in response to a sources sought solicitation requesting market research on the potential to deliver approximately 390 head of 461-pound steer calves to support the agency's...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $376,821 firm fixed price purchase order to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to supply 398 male calves with specific genotypic and phenotypic traits. The solicitation notice indicated the cattle would support various research programs at the US Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska, including projects in genetics, breeding, meat safety, quality, reproduction, nutrition and environmental...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service's Plains Area to Integrated Breeders Service Plus, LLC, a small business contractor. The contract, valued at $20,083.00, is for the collection, sorting, and shipping of 500 straws of frozen sexed-semen from two Raramuri Criollo bulls. The contractor is responsible for transporting the bulls, boarding them, and performing the semen collection and processing. This...

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $241,448.40 firm fixed-price purchase order to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for the provision of 328 male steer calves. This sole-source contract is to support the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center's research programs in genetics, breeding, meat safety, meat quality, reproduction, nutrition, and environmental management. The University of Nebraska has a long-standing cooperative relationship with the...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) to Superior Livestock, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $22,400.00 contract is for the delivery of Hereford heifers to support agricultural research activities at the ARS facility in Ames, Iowa. The contract was not set aside for any small business category. Superior Livestock, a Subchapter S Corporation, has a history of providing...

Whole Hog Health Center PC, doing business as Whole Hog Health Center, has been awarded a $7,440 firm fixed price delivery order from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Plains Area field office in Clay Center, Nebraska. The delivery order, issued without a set-aside designation, is for the supply of maternal semen to support unspecified agricultural research activities being carried out by the agency. The delivery order was awarded on April 2, 2024 and requires...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $23,580.86 firm fixed-price purchase order to S & B Cattle Co, a for-profit organization, for the purchase of 24 head of beef steer for research purposes. The contract had no set-aside designation. This award is the latest in a series of contracts between S & B Cattle Co and ARS, with previous awards in 2020 and 2019 for the purchase of beef steers and heifers valued at $23,580.86 and $24,993.36,...