The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services has awarded a series of firm fixed-price delivery orders under a $45 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to Allflex USA, Inc. for the supply of radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags compliant with the Animal Identification Number (AIN) system. These RFID button ear tags, operating at 840 megahertz in a half-duplex low frequency...
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...
The USDA APHIS awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Datamars Inc. to provide radio frequency identification cattle tags supporting the Animal Disease Traceability Program. Delivery orders against the IDV provided half duplex and low frequency RFID button ear tags for placement on livestock. Tags were to be delivered to Datamars' Temple, Texas facility. Delivery orders totaled over $44.9M for tags to be provided from 2020 through 2025 for APHIS' animal tracing efforts. Datamars provided...
The USDA APHIS Veterinary Services awarded a single-award IDV contract to Datamars Inc. for half duplex low frequency RFID button ear tags to support animal disease prevention programs. The five-year IDIQ has a potential value of $1.74M. Datamars will provide approximately 130K ear tags from its Temple, TX division location for livestock identification and tracing under a $180K firm-fixed-price order issued in September 2023. The original solicitation sought the IDV to acquire official...
This Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services division to International Identification, Inc., a family-owned manufacturer of animal identification products. The $6 million, five-year contract provides for the delivery of various metal alphanumeric serial tags, including tamper-evident or resistant animal ear tags, to support federal animal health programs, wildlife...
This indefinite delivery contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to International Identification, Inc., a family-owned manufacturer of animal identification products based in Newport, Kentucky. The contract, valued at an undisclosed ceiling, is for the provision of metal ear identification tags for use in USDA animal health programs, wildlife research, and disease control initiatives. Specific task orders issued under this IDC include delivery of metal cattle...
Shearwell Data LIMITED, a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods, has been awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services division. The IDC, valued up to $2,430,000, covers the period from September 2019 through August 2024 and tasks Shearwell Data with providing plastic tamper-evident ear tags, tag applicators,...
This Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services is for the provision of cattle backtags to support the agency's animal disease traceability and livestock management programs. The prime contractor is E.J. Brooks Company, doing business as Tydenbrooks Security Products Group, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of specialized security products. The $7.326...
This federal contract IDV award, held by Shearwell North America Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit, woman-owned manufacturer, is focused on the procurement of specialized livestock identification products for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Veterinary Services division. The IDV, valued at $1,231,920.60, covers the delivery of plastic tamper-evident premises and alphanumeric serial identification ear tags, along with associated applicators, specifically designed for sheep and goats....
The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services awarded a single award indefinite delivery contract to E.J. Brooks Company, operating as Tydenbrooks Security Products Group, to secure swine backtags. The contract has a potential value of $388,875 over five years from August 2020 to June 2025. Under the contract, the prime contractor delivers swine backtags to replenish warehouses in various states through firm fixed price delivery orders, with no...
This indefinite delivery contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services to Allflex USA LLC, a manufacturer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for livestock. The $45,009,300 IDIQ contract, which runs through July 2025, is for the provision of Animal Identification Number (AIN) RFID cattle tags to support the USDA's Animal Disease Traceability Program.
Under a $4,999,998.78 firm fixed-price delivery order issued against this IDIQ, Allflex will provide USDA-approved low-frequency (LF) RFID 840 MHz swine ear tags. This aligns with the USDA's intent, as outlined in the pre-solicitation notice, to procure 2-3 million RFID tags annually to improve traceability and disease management capabilities in the swine industry. The contract does not have any set-aside designations, indicating full and open competition.