APHIS Animal Lab Testing 2016-2021

The APHIS Animal Lab Testing 2016-2021 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a master vehicle established by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to procure diverse animal disease testing and diagnostic services. The contract enables APHIS to rapidly engage multiple prime contractors, primarily public research universities and state agricultural laboratories, to conduct specialized veterinary and animal health testing across various disease surveillance programs. Task orders under this vehicle cover a wide range of diagnostic testing services, including avian influenza surveillance, antimicrobial resistance testing, foreign animal disease detection, and specific pathogen screening for various animal populations.

The task orders typically range from $5,000 to $185,000 and have performance periods of approximately 3-12 months, with most delivery orders completed within the same fiscal year. Frequently winning prime contractors include major public research universities such as Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, University of Georgia, Colorado State University, Washington State University, and the University of Nebraska. The contract does not utilize specific small business set-aside designations, and task orders are predominantly awarded to state university veterinary diagnostic laboratories located across different U.S. regions. Common testing services include National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) testing, classical swine fever and African swine fever detection, avian influenza surveillance, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy screening. Performance locations are primarily at university and state agricultural laboratory facilities in states like Iowa, Minnesota, Georgia, California, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.