Official USDA 840 LF RFID ID tags approved for cattle and bison

The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) is soliciting proposals for the supply and distribution of Official USDA plastic, tamper-evident, low-frequency radio identification (LF RFID) 840 button-type ear tags approved for cattle and bison to support the Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Program. This is an unrestricted acquisition that invites proposals from all responsible USDA-approved manufacturers of official low-frequency 840 devices. Offerors must be currently approved by USDA as AIN (Animal Identification Number) compliant device manufacturers with Half-Duplex Low-Frequency RFID button tags certified by ICAR for conformance with ISO 11784 and 11785 standards. Award will be made using a lowest-price, technically-acceptable source selection approach based on evaluation of price, technical capability (approved tag certification and shipping/tracking management plan), and past performance. The proposal due date is May 1, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time, with proposals to be submitted by email to Contracting Officer Jason Wilking at Jason.L.Wilking@usda.gov.

This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns, though large business offerors must submit a subcontracting plan meeting minimum goals of 22 percent small business, 5 percent small disadvantaged business, 5 percent women-owned small business, 3 percent HUBZone small business, and 5 percent service-disabled veteran-owned small business. A five-year fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract consisting of five one-year ordering periods is anticipated, with the Government placing orders totaling a minimum of $25,000 but not exceeding a cumulative maximum of $25,000,000 per contract. The estimated requirement is 5 to 8 million tags per year across all contracts combined, though this quantity is not guaranteed. Delivery is F.O.B. destination to USDA APHIS facilities located at 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 410, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with tags required to ship within 30 business days of receipt of a tag request and a minimum delivery order of 1,000 tags per order.