Livestock & Poultry Commission Arkansas

Livestock & Poultry Commission Arkansas, a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, operates as a federal prime recipient providing animal diagnostic testing and disease surveillance services to the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Commission's federal footprint is entirely prime — no subcontracts — with 120 awards spanning contracts and cooperative agreements valued at $41.2 million in combined potential value, of which $18.1 million has been obligated across invoiced work.

The Commission's capability portfolio centers on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) testing, foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance, livestock disease traceability, and emergency animal health response. Its core contract vehicle is a $20 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (12639522D0017) with APHIS Veterinary Services, awarded in December 2021 and running through November 2026, which authorizes procurement of animal laboratory testing services. Recent delivery orders against this IDC include a $100,000 order in May 2026 for HPAI diagnostic testing at Ames, Iowa under the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) program, a $50,000 order for Arkansas-based HPAI testing also in May 2026, and a $3,000 FAD testing order in April 2026 — all firm fixed-price with no set-asides applied. The Commission also holds positions on two smaller vehicles: a Blanket Purchase Agreement (AG6395B140002) carrying three task orders totaling $43,000 and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (AG6395C070094) with two task orders worth $134,000.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. APHIS accounts for 104 of 120 awards (92% coverage) across three funding sub-offices: Veterinary Services (16 awards, $20.5 million), Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services (6 awards, $20.1 million), and the parent APHIS office (82 awards, $102,000). The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration contributes 4 awards totaling $298,000. The dollar split tracks the organizational structure — Veterinary Services and Marketing/Regulatory Programs together anchor $40.6 million of the $41.2 million portfolio, leaving the remaining $600,000 distributed across FDA and Agricultural Marketing Service awards.

Federal grant work dominates recent activity. APHIS awarded Livestock & Poultry Commission Arkansas multiple cooperative agreements (CFDA 10.025, Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care) including a $492,473 cooperative agreement (April 2026–March 2027) for national animal disease surveillance, preparedness, and response covering bovine spongiform encephalopathy surveillance, approximately 60,000 avian influenza tests, and tuberculosis testing across Arkansas's 1.56 million cattle and 43,000 breeding swine operations. A $234,967 cooperative agreement (April 2026–March 2027) supports animal disease traceability, including RFID tag assignment and distribution across all 33 Arkansas livestock markets, National Program Trace exercises, and inspector presence at markets during sales. Emergency HPAI response funding includes a $123,349 cooperative agreement (December 2025–December 2026) for disease response to the outbreak that began in December 2025, covering state responder overtime, quarantine enforcement, biosecurity monitoring, euthanasia oversight, and cleaning-and-disinfection monitoring. A $127,792 cooperative agreement (September 2025–June 2027) funds capacity building for mass livestock depopulation during foreign animal disease events, including equipment acquisition and training delivery to inspectors, veterinarians, disposal technicians, laboratory personnel, and producers. Prior-year grants include multiple $492,473 cooperative agreements for general surveillance and response activities, animal disease traceability, swine health, and NAHLN laboratory infrastructure support. The Commission acts as prime recipient on all grant awards with no subrecipients.

Activity has remained flat over the past five years, averaging six to eight awards annually from 2022 through 2025, with five awards in 2026 through May. Eleven awards (combined potential value $223,000) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete risk. Performance locations span Arkansas and Iowa, with administrative oversight from the Commission's Little Rock headquarters. Place of performance includes the Commission's own laboratory facilities in Little Rock and Ames, Iowa testing locations serving the NAHLN network.

The Commission operates in full-and-open competition; no set-asides appear across the prime footprint. NAICS concentration centers on Veterinary Services (19 awards) and Testing Laboratories and Services (8 awards), with PSC work split between Support–Professional Veterinary/Animal Care (18 awards) and Reference Laboratory Testing (13 awards). As a state government entity, the Commission participates in federal procurement as a recipient and laboratory partner embedded in APHIS's disease surveillance and emergency response infrastructure rather than as a commercial vendor.