The Defense Health Agency has awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to K Bar Livestock LLC, a woman-owned small business, to provide live goats for biomedical research and teaching purposes. The BPA has a potential value of $150,000 and a period of performance from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2029. K Bar Livestock LLC is an experienced federal contractor, having received previous purchase orders from the Defense Health Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs totaling over...
The Department of the Army awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to 4B Livestock with a potential value of $808,282 to acquire various caprine-related products and services in support of its installation operations and research programs. Task orders issued against the BPA between 2020-2025 include the delivery of goats, unmanned aircraft support, medical training models, and other livestock-related supplies. Awards were made using total small business set-asides and involved...
The United States Special Operations Command awarded Indigo Ridge Farm LLC a single award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a potential value of $11,202,863.35 to provide caprines and related services under the CAPRINES program. Task orders issued against the contract call for the delivery of goats and unspecified caprine-related products to various special operations facilities, including Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Liberty, North Carolina; and Hunter Army Airfield,...
The Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency and Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) have awarded a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) worth up to $2 million to 4B Livestock, a woman-owned small business in Texas. This IDV enables the procurement of caprine (goat) models, live tissue training models, remotely piloted aircraft, and other livestock-related products and services to support military training programs. 4B Livestock has also been awarded a single-award $808,282...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract was awarded by the U.S. Army's Medical Command (MEDCOM) to Twisted S Ranch, Inc., a woman-owned small business. The contract has a ceiling value of $650,000.00 and a period of performance through August 28, 2027. The purpose of this BPA is to provide live pigs, sheep, and goats. No set-asides were used for this single-award contract. The place of performance is not specified. This contract aims to procure live animals to support the Medical...
This firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to the small business contractor Thomas D. Morris, Inc. The contract, valued up to $999,996, is for the provision of cattle and swine to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York over a period of up to 3 years. The contract aims to procure specific quantities and types of livestock, including Holstein heifers, Yorkshire swine, and various...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract, awarded by the U.S. Defense Health Agency (DHA), provides a flexible procurement vehicle for the agency to acquire research pigs from Premier Biosource, Inc., a for-profit organization. The $886,500 IDV allows the DHA to place orders for specific quantities of pigs, typically ranging from 2 to 16 animals per call, to support various medical research and training programs within the U.S. Military Health System. Premier Biosource, a subsidiary of S...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was awarded by the Department of the Army to Thoroughbred Management LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of Caprine products and services. The $808,282 single-award BPA has a 5-year ordering period from July 27, 2020 to July 26, 2025. The original solicitation W911SF-20-R-0018 sought Caprine-related products and services, with no set-aside requirements. The contracted scope covers the full range of Caprine-related items,...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract to S&S Farms, LP (a subsidiary of S And S Farms) to provide Yorkshire pigs of various weights and sex for research purposes. The contract has no set-aside designations and is a single award valued up to $250,000. S&S Farms, LP will deliver the Yorkshire pigs to locations in Ramona and San Diego, California over the contract's period of performance from May 2021 through May 2026. The task orders issued under...
The Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Oak Hill Genetics, LLC on August 7, 2023. The contract has a potential value of $2.025 million and expires on February 6, 2029. Under the contract, Oak Hill Genetics will provide Yorkshire swine to the agency. As the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery supports Navy and Marine Corps medical readiness, the swine are likely being procured to support medical research, training, or testing...