Indefinite Delivery Contract AG3A94C170010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Administrative Services Procurement Management Branch awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $700,000 to Neogen Corporation, a Lansing, Michigan-based manufacturer of food and animal safety products, for the procurement of buffered peptone water and related laboratory media. The contract was executed on August 31, 2017, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2022. Neogen specializes in diagnostic testing materials and laboratory reagents essential to federal food safety operations, including culture media, enrichment broths, and other microbiological testing supplies. The procurement was conducted through full and open competition with no set-aside designation, reflecting the competitive award of this indefinite delivery vehicle. This contract vehicle was established to provide flexible, efficient procurement authority for the USDA's ongoing laboratory testing requirements across multiple agencies, including the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Agricultural Research Service, and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Under this Indefinite Delivery Contract, Neogen issued 17 delivery orders between September 2017 and March 2022, with individual task order values ranging from approximately $8,130 to $71,105. The primary products delivered include buffered peptone water, Universal Vegetative Medium broth, tryptic soy broth, and Listeria enrichment broth in varying quantities, with performance locations distributed across multiple USDA laboratory facilities in Athens, Georgia; St. Louis, Missouri; and Lansing, Michigan. All delivery orders utilized firm fixed-price pricing structures with no set-aside designations. These laboratory media products serve as enrichment and culture media critical to pathogen detection protocols, supporting the government's food safety testing programs for Salmonella, Listeria, and Campylobacter detection initiatives. The cumulative value of all task orders issued under this contract vehicle demonstrates Neogen's established role as a primary supplier of specialized laboratory materials to USDA agencies, with the ordering activity reflecting sustained demand for these essential diagnostic and research support materials throughout the contract period.