The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service awarded Biolog, Inc. an indefinite delivery contract to supply Rainbow Agar O157 30-gram packs across three agency laboratories through May 2025. The contract has a potential value of $400,000 and facilitates continued access to specialized media supporting foodborne pathogen screening. Associated delivery orders under the contract vehicle specify provision of the agar to FSIS sites in St. Louis and elsewhere, enabling the agency to maintain critical testing capabilities to detect contaminated meat and poultry products.
Delivery orders issued against the contract have totaled over $100,000 to date for supplying the agar to FSIS laboratories in various locations. Performance periods range from approximately three to eighteen months, with the media utilized to aid meat and poultry testing per the agency's mandate to ensure the safety of the nation's commercial supply of these products. No set-aside designations were applied under the contract or task orders awarded on a sole source basis, consistent with the original notice of intent to negotiate with Biolog as the proprietary source for the required supplies.
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