This firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to the small business contractor Thomas D. Morris, Inc. The contract, valued up to $999,996, is for the provision of cattle and swine to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York over a period of up to 3 years. The contract aims to procure specific quantities and types of livestock, including Holstein heifers, Yorkshire swine, and various...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) Plains Area has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) worth up to $975,000.00 to Gillespie Livestock Company Inc., a small business contractor. The contract, designated as a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) IDIQ, will provide the USDA ARS with various types of research cattle over a 5-year ordering period from August 2024 to July 2029. The task orders issued to date demonstrate the...
This indefinite delivery contract was awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to provide swine and transportation services. The single award IDV has a potential value of $999,378 and period of performance through May 31, 2023. Animal Biotech Industries Inc., a woman-owned small business, is the prime contractor. Under the IDV, the contractor has received over 30 delivery orders to supply various quantities of live swine of different weights, genders and age...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Farmers Co-Operative Association, Inc., a small agricultural cooperative and manufacturer based in Maryland. The IDC, valued at up to $1,352,301.60, is for the supply and delivery of specialized animal feed products to support the agency's agricultural research initiatives in the Northeast region. Under the IDC, the agency has issued a $244,569.59 firm...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Wapsi Hoof Care, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to provide cattle herd hoof trimming services. The $45,000 ceiling value contract has an ultimate completion date of July 22, 2029. The contract aims to procure up to three site visits per year to trim the hooves of up to 300 cattle at the National Animal Disease Center facility in...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Farmers Co-Operative Association, Inc., a small agricultural cooperative in Maryland, to supply and deliver specialized animal feed products in support of USDA ARS's livestock and pasture research programs in the Northeast region. The IDC has a potential value of $1,352,301.60 and runs from May 2023 through May 2024. Three delivery orders have been issued to date...
This indefinite delivery contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area to Landus Cooperative, a small agricultural cooperative in Iowa. The contract has a ceiling value of $71,864 and provides for the delivery of specialized cattle premix feeds to support the USDA ARS's agricultural research programs. The IDC was competitively awarded as a single-award contract with...
This federal contract IDV, awarded to the prime contractor Animal Biotech Industries Inc., a for-profit, woman-owned small business, is for the provision of live swine and related transportation services to support animal disease and veterinary research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service and its sub-agencies. The contract, valued up to $862,150.00, is a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with a total small business set-aside designation....
The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Agri Sales USA Incorporated, doing business as Aden Brook Farms, with a potential value of $880,200. Delivery orders issued against this contract support the feeding of quarantined animals at the New York Animal Import Center located in Rock Tavern, New York and the New York Port Office in Montgomery, New York. Delivery orders issued to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has awarded Whole Hog Health Center PC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, an indefinite delivery contract (IDC) valued at $115,310 to provide maternal semen in support of the agency's agricultural research activities. This single-award IDC, issued on February 17, 2021, has a period of performance through February 16, 2026. Under this contract, Whole Hog Health Center has received multiple firm-fixed...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Thomas D. Morris, Inc. to procure Holstein cows and associated services over a base year and two option years, with a potential total value of $603,590. Delivery orders issued against the contract call for the prime contractor to supply cattle, health documentation, and transportation to support various livestock research activities being conducted at the agency's facilities in locations such as Orient Point, New York; Reisterstown, Maryland; and Plum Island, New York. The original solicitation sought these bovine and ancillary goods and services on a total small business set-aside basis to enable the USDA's ongoing agricultural research efforts, particularly those involving animal disease and production studies.
Task orders awarded against the contract specify requirements for quantities of cattle in various weight ranges, to be delivered by fixed completion dates, at firm fixed prices. The contract and its usage demonstrate how indefinite delivery contracts can provide a flexible acquisition mechanism for research agencies to obtain specialized livestock and associated services as needed to support their programs.