Lifeasible Inc.

Lifeasible Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Shirley, New York, provides specialized plant genetics and molecular biology services to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively — gene expression analysis, gene editing, chromosome karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), plant hormone analysis, and yeast two-hybrid screening for agricultural research programs. The company competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides; five of the seven awards in its recent footprint carry that designation, with the remaining two awarded on a non-set-aside basis to the Environmental Protection Agency and the USDA Pacific West Area.

Lifeasible's customer base is narrowly concentrated in the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The top two funding entities account for 100% of awards: the Northeast Area (3 awards, $102 thousand combined potential value) and the broader Agricultural Research Service umbrella organization (2 awards, $47 thousand combined potential value), with single awards from the Pacific West Area ($11 thousand) and the EPA Office of Research and Development ($15 thousand). All work is performed at the contractor's facility in East Yaphank or Shirley, New York. Recent representative awards include a $55 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from the Northeast Area for yeast two-hybrid screening services for the Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health (awarded September 2026, ultimate completion September 2031), a $33 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from the Northeast Area for gene expression and gene editing in rice, corn, and soybean (awarded September 2025, completion May 2027), a $28.688 thousand Total Small Business order for custom chromosome karyotyping and FISH services in sugarcane research (awarded January 2024), and a $14.547 thousand non-set-aside purchase order from the EPA Office of Research and Development for custom plant tissue compound analysis (awarded February 2025).

Activity is flat at approximately two awards per year over the past three years, with seven prime awards totaling $175 thousand in combined potential value and $131 thousand obligated (75% drawdown). One award worth $33 thousand reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and faces recompete in that window. Lifeasible operates exclusively as a prime contractor on small-dollar botanical and molecular biology tasks; it has no subcontract footprint in the federal portfolio and does not hold seats on government-wide vehicles or agency IDIQs. The vendor's capability set — high-resolution cytology, genetic analysis, and seed production for crop improvement — positions it in a narrow, specialized niche within USDA Agricultural Research Service contracting, with minimal exposure to other federal customers or contract vehicles.