Purchase Order AG7D28P150064
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- The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $20,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Desert Sun Dairy, LLC for the procurement of 20 head of cattle to support a USDA research experiment. The contract, awarded on March 31, 2016, with an ultimate completion date of April 29, 2016, represents a short-duration acquisition with performance to be completed in Clovis, New Mexico. No set-aside designation was utilized for this procurement. The contract was funded through the USDA's Plains Area...
- This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Superior Livestock, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the provision of 18 Holstein calves that are colostrum-deprived for use in agricultural and veterinary research. The $18,300.00 contract has a completion date of June 5, 2020 and was not set aside for any specific socioeconomic category. The calves are required to be negative for bovine...
- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Superior Livestock, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of 12 dairy calves, 2 months of age, to the USDA National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa. The contract has a ceiling value of $19,400.00 and a period of performance ending on May 31, 2024. The calves are to be used in agricultural research studies conducted by the USDA's Agricultural Research...
- This is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Superior Livestock, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to provide 14 colostrum-deprived Holstein cross-bred calves. The contract, valued at $17,200.00, was awarded on March 30, 2022, with a completion date of April 11, 2022. The contract supports USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and its ongoing research activities, which may include investigations into diseases like...
- This $20,600 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Superior Livestock, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to provide twelve colostrum deprived Holstein or Holstein/cross calves. The calves will be used in research to evaluate the nasopharyngeal colonization of Mannheimia haemolytica and its isogenic mutants in cattle at the USDA's National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa. This contract was set...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Felling Dairy, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide 10 Holstein or Holstein cross-bred milking cows for a research study on highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in cattle. The contract, valued at $42,500.00, has an ultimate completion date of March 3, 2025. The procurement was conducted as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 112120...
- 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,...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Plains Area to Gillespie Livestock Company Inc., a small business contractor, for the delivery of a lot of research cattle. The contract, valued at $6,031.20, is for the supply of cattle meeting specific weight, age, and breed requirements to support various agricultural research projects conducted by the ARS, such as studies on cattle fever ticks, fly colonies,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $4,130 to Producers Livestock Auction Co. on February 14, 2023, for the procurement of eight head of cattle to support research activities at the Cattle Fever Tick Research Unit (CFTRU) facility in Edinburg, Texas. The livestock specifications require a mix of steers and heifers aged 6–24 months, each weighing between 250–375 pounds. Performance of this contract is based in San Angelo, Texas, with an...
- This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract for $37,100.00 was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Superior Livestock, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Joice, Iowa. The contract is for the delivery of 32 colostrum-deprived Holstein bull calves to support research activities at the USDA ARS National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa. The calves must meet specific requirements, including being bovine...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through its Plains Area office, awarded a $36,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Desert Sun Dairy, LLC for the procurement of cattle designated for research experimentation. The contract was awarded on June 22, 2015, with a completion deadline of August 31, 2017. The work is being performed in Clovis, New Mexico. This contract type and pricing structure indicate a straightforward procurement of livestock without price adjustments or escalation provisions. No set-aside provisions were applied to this award. Desert Sun Dairy, LLC served as the prime contractor for this requirement, with no subcontractors noted in the award documentation. The use of cattle for research purposes aligns with USDA's mission to support agricultural research and development initiatives, which frequently require live animal subjects to advance scientific understanding in livestock management, genetics, and other related agricultural disciplines.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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purchase of cattle | AG-7D28-S-15-0430 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area | Award Notice 1/1 | 4/30/15, 1:27 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $36.0k | 6/22/15 |