Lifestock, Inc.

Lifestock, Inc., a woman-owned nonprofit organization based in Athens, Georgia, acts as a prime recipient for federal cooperative agreements that establish international surveillance networks and capacity-building programs for foreign animal and zoonotic disease detection, with all eleven recent awards issued as grants rather than contracts. The organization does not hold federal contracts or seats on federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based through USDA cooperative agreements.

Lifestock's capability portfolio centers on establishing and managing transnational laboratory partnerships and disease surveillance infrastructure in high-risk endemic countries. The $1.9 million Global Partnership for Animal and Zoonotic Disease Surveillance (GPAZDS) award from USDA APHIS (Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care, CFDA 10.025), granted May 8, 2026, with completion November 7, 2027, charges Lifestock with coordinating international laboratory networks across West Africa, East Africa, and Southeast Asia to detect foreign animal and zoonotic disease threats before they reach U.S. livestock and food systems. Complementary work includes a $215,769 cooperative agreement to strengthen Mongolia's foot-and-mouth disease and peste des petits ruminants diagnostic capacity at provincial and state central laboratories, awarded concurrently May 8, 2026. Lifestock also administered a $468,209 APHIS grant (June 2025, completion June 2026) evaluating oral fluid aggregate sampling methods for African Swine Fever detection in commercial U.S. swine operations, with sub-award execution through the Accra Veterinary Laboratory in Ghana. Additional APHIS grants address ASF surveillance methodology (December 2023 through May 2025) and international disease surveillance coordination (April 2022 through January 2024). One cooperative agreement with USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (August 2023 through July 2027) funds Lifestock to conduct outreach and mentorship for the Veterinary Services Grants Program, engaging 15 veterinary colleges and four major animal health meetings to build applicant pools for rural veterinary health and food security programs.

Customer concentration reflects a nearly exclusive USDA footprint: APHIS accounts for nine awards (82% of awards), NIFA for one, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency for one $1.3 million award. The portfolio shows modest growth trajectory — one award in 2022, two in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, two in 2026 — with three awards (including the largest GPAZDS award) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and facing recompete. Combined obligated dollars ($8.3 million) exceed combined potential value ($1.3 million), indicating Lifestock has received amendments and incremental funding extensions across its active agreement base. The organization operates exclusively as a prime recipient on grants; it does not subcontract or serve as a sub-recipient.