Laboratory Research Support

The Government intends to award a 5 year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for intermittant research support to AgriChemical Technologies, Inc.  under the authority granted in section (m) of the Small Bsuiness ACt, 15 U.S.C 637(m) - the Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small bsuiness Federal Contract Program.  

The USDA Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is the national research laboratory of the United States Forest Service, which provides scientific research on wood, wood products and their commercial uses in partnership with academia, industry, tribal, state, local and other government agencies. The primary goal of FPL’s Forest Biopolymer Science and Engineering (FBSE) unit is understanding the basic properties of wood and other materials used in conjunction with wood to improve their properties, enhance their service life, and develop new uses. FBSE requires skilled laboratory technician support to accomplish this goal.

The contractor shall provide skilled laboratory technician support to PBSE by supporting the following research activities:

• protein modification and analysis
• adhesive formulation and testing
• recording data in notebooks and spreadsheets
• analyzing and graphing of the data in reports
• providing weekly progress reports

This BPA will be used to expedite contracting of uncertain research requirements in support of the scientific work takin g place at the USDA Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory.