CgrainValue Analyzers
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1143669
- Agency
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Kansas City, Missouri 64153, United States
- Points of contact
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- Todd Bierl todd.k.bierl@usda.gov (612) 336-3465
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a Special Notice regarding a sole source small business opportunity with Cgrain, a technology company specializing in grain quality analysis. The notice addresses a critical challenge in the agricultural sector involving grain grading inspections at local elevators, where accurate quality assessments are essential for farmers. The Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) is currently working with Cgrain to evaluate commodity and grain quality technologies, with two Cgrain instruments currently located at the National Grain Center in Kansas City, Missouri. These instruments are at risk of being removed due to potential budgetary constraints in fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The special notice highlights the importance of maintaining these technological resources to support the U.S. grain market's global competitiveness and provide transparency for grain producers.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to establish a monthly rental agreement with TA Scientific to keep the two Cgrain instruments at the National Grain Center, preventing potential delays in calibration updates and technology advancements for American agriculture. The opportunity is set aside for total small business participation, with a specific focus on renting two Cgrain Value Grain Analyzers with an approved Rice ANN model. The contract is a fixed-price agreement valued at $48,000, which includes the analyzers, shipping costs, and necessary peripheral equipment like an external screen, keyboard, and mouse. Eligible contractors must be small businesses capable of supporting FGIS's technology development initiatives, particularly in grain quality analysis. The initiative supports ongoing efforts to modernize grain grading inspection technologies and address staffing challenges in non-federal grain quality assessment. Key deadlines include a posting date of December 11, 2024, and a due date of December 14, 2024, emphasizing the time-sensitive nature of maintaining these critical agricultural technology resources.
Notice text
SOLE SOURCE SMALL BUSINESS
Through substantial engagement between the grain industry and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), parties have agreed that grading inspection modernization/technology is one key area that needs prioritization and immediate pursuit to maintain and improve the United States’ position in the global grain market. Parties also agree that the development and deployment of such technology would have significant impact and benefit for U.S. grain producers that sell their grain to country elevators. The United States is currently facing a national dilemma with the hiring and standardized training of non-federal/non-official graders that provide initial quality inspection to farmers at these local elevators. If these inspection entities are inadequately staffed or equipped to provide accurate grades for inbound grain from farmers, local elevators could misgrade and apply the incorrect discounts to farmers at the farmgate level. Grain grading technology could help alleviate this challenge and give producers greater transparency regarding the quality and value of their product.
To that end, Cgrain is one technology company that FGIS is working with to evaluate commodity/grain quality. FGIS currently has two Cgrain instruments onsite at the National Grain Center (NGC) in Kansas City, MO, but is in jeopardy of losing them due to FY 2024/2025 budgetary cuts that have prevented FGIS from purchasing them until potentially later this fiscal year. Cgrain has informed FGIS that the two instruments will be removed from FGIS’ NGC at the beginning of the new year unless we pay for the instruments or establish a rental agreement to allow these two Cgrain instruments to remain onsite.
To allow these meters to remain on at NGC, we need to setup a monthly rental agreement with TA Scientific until we have funding to purchase the meters. If the rental agreement is unable to be approved by then, we will risk losing these meters, create significant delays in updating the current calibration for rice and hamper FGIS/USDA in making technology advancements that may benefit American Agriculture.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SOW 2025 Cgrain_Jeffrey Vanfossan.pdf | ||
| Cgrain Certificate letter for Conditinal Approval.pdf |
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