Idaho Department Of Agriculture

Idaho Department Of Agriculture Agriculture Division, a division of the State of Idaho, operates as a federal grant recipient and contract prime delivering specialized laboratory diagnostic testing, agricultural pest surveillance, animal health management, and specialty crop development services to civilian federal agencies. The entity is a U.S. state government structure competing without set-aside designations across 347 recent awards spanning multiple federal agencies and grant programs.

The division's federal footprint centers on laboratory testing and disease surveillance. Idaho Department Of Agriculture holds a $25 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with USDA Veterinary Services (awarded September 30, 2026, performance through September 29, 2031) for diagnostic testing services to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, encompassing culture, isolation, immunoassay, molecular diagnostics including PCR and whole genome sequencing, and ancillary testing for endemic and foreign animal diseases across facilities in Boise, Idaho and Ames, Iowa. The division also operates under a $610,000 single-award IDIQ with USDA Veterinary Services (October 30, 2025 through September 30, 2026) for animal health laboratory testing and HPAI diagnostics, with four delivery orders issued to date totaling $175,000. On the natural resources side, Idaho Department Of Agriculture manages a $250,000 single-award blanket purchase agreement with the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (May 22, 2024 through March 31, 2029) for seed testing laboratory services, with two task orders issued totaling $27,892. The division also holds a $250,000 BLM soil-testing BPA (August 22, 2022 through August 21, 2027) supporting land management operations across Idaho.

Grant work dominates the recent activity profile. The division is the prime recipient on over 160 cooperative agreements and project grants funded by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), performing avian influenza surveillance sampling, brucellosis and tuberculosis monitoring in cattle and bison, National Poultry Improvement Plan data management, honeybee pest surveys, plant pest early detection surveys (spongy moths, apple maggot, emerald ash borer, Japanese beetle), wheat grain disease sampling for karnal bunt, and animal disease traceability administration. Representative awards include a $243,436 cooperative agreement (April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027) for comprehensive animal health management with HPAI, brucellosis, and tuberculosis focus; a $188,927 cooperative agreement (November 1, 2025 through October 31, 2027) for poultry disease prevention and Secure Food Supply planning; and recurring honeybee surveillance agreements with APHIS funding sample collection from 19 Idaho apiaries for disease and pest analysis. The division also received a $1.926 million specialty crop block grant from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028, CFDA 10.170) funding 13 sub-awarded projects spanning beans, wine grapes, hops, potatoes, onions, apples, garlic, and mustard for research, education, marketing, and pest control initiatives. EPA Region 10 funds pesticide regulatory and enforcement programs under CFDA 66.700, including applicator certification, training, worker protection, and water-quality monitoring; the most recent award was $674,287 for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. The Fish and Wildlife Service funded invasive species outreach ($121,006.67 project grant, CFDA 15.608) for the Clean Drain Dry media campaign on aquatic invasive species education.

Customer concentration is extreme: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service accounts for 163 of 347 recent awards (47% of award count), heavily weighted toward veterinary services and plant health programs. The top five agencies account for 81% of awards. By potential value, APHIS Veterinary Services dominates with $25.9 million across eight awards (96% of the division's combined potential value of $26.9 million), while the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region places 68 awards valued at $691,000 combined. The division reports $102.7 million in combined obligated dollars across all awards, indicating substantial invoiced revenue against smaller stated potential values, reflecting the nature of recurrent sampling, testing, and surveillance work.

Activity has been steady but declining slightly: 18 awards in 2022 contracted to 10 awards through September 2026, though the dollar value per award has increased significantly. Within the next twenty-four months, sixteen awards (combined potential value $321,000) reach ultimate completion and face renewal or recompete. The division's primary NAICS concentration is 541940 (Veterinary Services) and testing-laboratory-and-services classifications, with secondary strength in pest survey and agricultural consulting work. The division operates as 100% prime recipient with no subcontractor role in recent awards, leveraging its in-house laboratory capabilities and state regulatory authority to serve as a sole-source provider for specialized testing and surveillance services where federal agencies lack competing internal capacity.