FY26 50-60Gb of 3kb metagenomic sequencing from rumen samples
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Department of Agriculture
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000 to $499,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- Place of performance
- Madison, WI
- Forecast number
- 46760
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Agriculture is seeking a contractor to provide 50-60 gigabytes of 3-kilobase metagenomic sequencing services from rumen samples, with the work to be performed using Nanopore Promethion flow cell technology. This new requirement will be procured through full and open competition with an estimated solicitation release date of April 17, 2026, and an estimated award date of June 30, 2026.
The contract is valued between $250,000 and $499,000, with a basic exercised value of $481,000, and will be awarded as a purchase order to a testing laboratory or sequencing service provider. The work will be performed in Madison, Wisconsin, and interested parties should contact Nicole McKenzie, Contracting Officer at the United States Department of Agriculture, via email at nicole.mckenzie@usda.gov for additional information regarding this opportunity (Funding Office: 12H2-125616).
Forecast text
Requires up to 50-60Gb of 3kb metagenomic sequencing from rumen samples which would be most efficiently run on a Nanopore Promethion flow cell. Our current set up allows for only 1 PrometION flow cell to be run at a time due to the computing demands.
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