Notice of Intent John Deere Seed Drill
Agriculture (all) · USDA, FSIS, OAS PCMB
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 123A9426P0030 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 3, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on behalf of the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to C&B Operations, LLC (1116 State Highway 23 Pipestone, MN 56164) for the procurement of a John Deere 1590 No-Till Drill � 20ft. Please review the attached notice of intent for more information.
Who won similar work
17 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same product/service code (PSC) 3710.
Single-winner award sizes (17): middle half $35K to $110K, median $57K; range $16K to $343K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ · $121.6B | 4 | $249K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Unique Technology Systems LLC | 2 | $359K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| RKJ, LLC | 2 | $139K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| AGPRO MARKETING AND MANUFACTURING, INC | 1 | $318K | Jun 12, 2026 |
| FED CREW INC | 1 | $187K | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Bouldin & Lawson LLC | 1 | $144K | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Champlain Valley Equipment, Inc. | 1 | $102K | Mar 10, 2026 |
| AMS, INC | 1 | $63K | Sep 17, 2026 |
| SWIDERSKI EQUIPMENT, INC. | 1 | $50K | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Komro Sales and Service, Inc. | 1 | $45K | Apr 29, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $CCZ reported $121.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 17 past awards, $57K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 30, 2026Unique Technology Systems LLC$16KPurchase Checchi & Magli Transplanter
- Sep 29, 2026RKJ, LLC$28KOrchard Air-Blast Sprayer, Pecan Breeding & Genetics Program, ARS Facility, USDA
- Sep 24, 2026BRAVO, INC.$50KSecondary Tillage Disk
- Sep 17, 2026AMS, INC$63KDeep Core Soil Sampler & Transport Vehicle
- Sep 8, 2026BRAVO, INC.$57KJohn Deere 1590 (Brand Name or Equal) No-Till Drill
- Sep 4, 2026FED CREW INC$187KSeed Drill
- Sep 3, 2026BRAVO, INC.$107KGrain Drill
- Jun 12, 2026AGPRO MARKETING AND MANUFACTURING, INC$318K28ft Conservation No-tilt Drill
- Jun 4, 2026Unique Technology Systems LLC$343KAutonomous Liquid Dairy Manure Applicator
- May 13, 2026H. C. DAVIS SONS' MANUFACTURING CO., INC$28KHigh-capacity soil batch mixer
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- $129K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Committee on Appropriations
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 132 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.