The USDA APHIS awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Y-Tex Corporation to provide radio frequency identification tags in support of the agency's Animal Disease Traceability Program. The multiple award IDV has a potential value of $45 million and period of performance through July 2025. Against this master contract, APHIS has issued three firm fixed price delivery orders to date for RFID tags, totaling over $1 million, to be performed in Cody, Wyoming. The tags will support livestock traceability efforts by providing half duplex, animal identification number compliant low frequency buttons tags for cattle. No set asides were designated under the IDV or associated task orders. Originally, the agency released a pre-solicitation notice for its requirements under the program, seeking proposals for AIN compliant RFID tags to begin in May 2020 without any set aside designation. The contracted tags aim to enable APHIS's Veterinary Services branch to safeguard animal health through disease tracing and response initiatives utilizing radio frequency identification technology.
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