The USGS awarded a single-award IDV contract to the University of Arkansas for stable isotope analysis of carbonate minerals and organic matter. The contract value is $250,000 with a period of performance through January 2029. The original solicitation sought these analytical services to support the USGS Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center in Reston, Virginia. No set-asides were applied to this requirement, which was competed under RFQ 140G0123Q0196 and posted to SAM.gov in June 2023...
The Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded Purdue University a single award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $274,750.00 for isotopic sample analysis of rock and sediment. The contract has no set-aside designation and allows ordering through January 31, 2029. Under this contract, Purdue University will provide isotopic sample analysis services to the USGS in support of their research and assessment activities. Typical...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a civilian agency within the Department of the Interior, has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued up to $13,000,000 to SGS Canada Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for chemical analysis of geological materials. The IDIQ contract, awarded in July 2024 with a period of performance through January 2030, enables the USGS to issue firm fixed price delivery orders for specialized analytical services as...
The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to SGS Canada Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for chemical analysis services. Under this single-award IDIQ contract valued at up to $1.75 million, SGS Canada Inc. will provide chemical analysis of geologic materials such as plants, waters, soils, sediments, and rocks to identify inorganic constituents. The USGS can issue firm fixed price...
This is a single-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Office of Acquisitions and Grants, to Trichanalytics Inc., a for-profit woman-owned business. The contract is for the provision of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) services to support the analysis of trace element concentrations in small solid and biological samples. The contract has a ceiling value of $499,999 and a performance...
The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey awarded a single award Indefinite Delivery Contract to Washington State University to provide geochemical laboratory analyses services. The contract has a potential value of $500,000 and a period of performance through July 2028. No set asides were used. Under the contract, the awardee will conduct major and trace element rock sample analyses using X-ray fluorescence and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry methods at its...
Purdue University, a 1862 Land Grant College and educational institution, holds an indefinite delivery contract (IDC) from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a civilian agency within the Department of the Interior. The IDC allows USGS to issue task orders to Purdue for isotopic sample analysis services such as radiocarbon dating, stable isotope ratio measurements, and trace element determinations to support the agency's research and assessments related to earth materials and geological...
The Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution a single award indefinite delivery contract for radiocarbon laboratory services. The contract has a potential value of $249,999.99 and a period of performance through October 31, 2028. The original solicitation sought proposals for an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a five-year estimated value of less than $250,000.00 to provide radiocarbon...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Zirchron LLC, a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned business, for mineral separation services to support future geochronology and isotopic tracer investigations. The contract has a potential value of $200,000.00 and a period of performance through May 14, 2029. The contracted services involve processing rock and sediment samples to individual mineral separates based on size, density, and magnetic...
The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract to Nanometrics Inc., a subsidiary of Onto Innovation Inc., to procure seismic equipment. The IDV has a potential value of $30,000,000 and period of performance through August 15, 2026. Under the IDV, multiple firm fixed price delivery orders were awarded to Nanometrics for seismic equipment. Performance took place at Nanometrics' facility in Ottawa,...