The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey awarded Aquatics Associates, Inc. a blanket purchase agreement to provide macroinvertebrate sample analysis services. Under the BPA, Aquatics Associates was issued three call orders totaling $16,740 to analyze benthic macroinvertebrate samples. The orders were set aside for total small businesses and require performance in Fort Collins, Colorado by dates ranging from March 2023 to February 2027. The blanket purchase agreement and...
The Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey to BSA Environmental Services, Inc. provides for phytoplankton and periphyton analyses excluding picoplankton. The contract holds a potential value of $55,000 and was awarded on June 1, 2022 with a period of performance through June 5, 2027. Under this agreement, the USGS issued a subsequent task order worth $9,385 to BSA Environmental Services for phytoplankton and periphyton analyses excluding picoplankton. This firm fixed...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement from the United States Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Phycotech, Inc. provides for the identification and enumeration of akinetes in bottom sediment samples. The initial BPA established a potential value of $200,000 to support research focused on oligotrophic lakes in the Adirondacks and Northeastern New York through August 2026. Three subsequent firm fixed price calls awarded to Phycotech total $11,865.60 to analyze 71 samples at unit...
The National Park Service Midwest Region awarded Normandeau Associates, Inc. a blanket purchase agreement to provide macroinvertebrate sampling services across multiple task orders. Under two firm fixed price calls issued against this vehicle, the prime contractor received awards totaling $15,200 to conduct macroinvertebrate sampling in Ashland, Wisconsin from July 2023 through April 2028. As a small business set-aside, the work aims to support the agency's efforts to monitor aquatic...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, to Michigan State University (MSU) to provide metagenome sequencing services. The single-award BPA has a $250,000 ceiling value and runs through December 31, 2026. The original contract opportunity was a small business set-aside solicitation for metagenome sequencing services. MSU, as a large public research university, was able to compete for...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Jonah Ventures, LLC, a small business limited liability company, to provide environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis services. The BPA has a 5-year period of performance from February 10, 2025 through February 9, 2030 and a ceiling value of $250,000. Under this single-award BPA, Jonah Ventures will perform metabarcoding analysis of macroinvertebrate communities and fecal source...
The Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a single award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Green Eyes LLC on September 20, 2021. The BPA is for soluble reactive phosphorus reagent and standard kits with a potential value of $150,000. The original solicitation was set aside for total small businesses and sought quotes for the same reagent standards, with a posting date of August 12, 2021 and due date of August 27, 2021. The BPA enables the USGS to...
The USGS issued a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Prolab Inc. for LAMP assay reagent test kits. The potential value of the BPA is $142,000. The BPA was awarded pursuant to Solicitation 140G0223Q0100, which was set aside for total small business and sought LAMP-mediated isothermal amplification reagent test kits. The solicitation indicated the USGS requires these kits to support its operations. It instructed vendors to submit quotes in accordance with FAR provisions for simplified...
The U.S. Geological Survey, a scientific agency within the Department of the Interior, awarded a single-award blanket purchase agreement to Environmental Resource Associates, Inc. to provide chemical concentration mixes in support of the agency's Organic Blind Sample Project. Two firm fixed price calls were placed against the BPA totaling $128,452.81 to deliver specified chemical products to the USGS locations in Lakewood and Golden, Colorado by September 2022 and November 2021 respectively. The...
The U.S. Geological Survey, a science agency within the Department of the Interior, awarded multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements to Michigan State University under BPA number 140G0220A0006. The BPAs have potential values ranging from $0 to approximately $23 million and completion dates from April 2022 through August 2025. Michigan State University will serve as the prime contractor providing unspecified services and products to support the USGS's science, mapping, monitoring, research and...