Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Sep 18, 2026·Responses due Sep 26, 2026

Large format latex printer/cutter with white latex capability for the USDA, ARS, NCAH in Ames, IA

Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
323111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1232SA26Q0842
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
3610
Place
Ames, IA, USA
Contact
Shelley C Steen (shelley.steen@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q0842 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Sep 18, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Sep 22, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 23, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 4, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026, middle of the range Oct 13, 2026.
Measured from 333 past solicitations at Agricultural Research Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 18, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 1232SA26Q0842 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a wide format latex printer cutter with white latex capability for the USDA, ARS, National Centers for Animal Health � Visual Services in Ames, IA. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standa… (show all)

rd Code is 323111. The small business size standard is 650 employees. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.

Who won similar work

1981 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Multiple Washington DC USA153$1.7BSep 25, 2026
RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC15$1.9MAug 28, 2026
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC10$1.7MSep 3, 2026
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ9$1.8MSep 28, 2026
TYSON FOODS INC. · $TSN8$120.9MAug 31, 2026
THREE STRIPES CONTRACTING LLC8$748KSep 15, 2026
Xplicit Technologies LLC7$396KApr 30, 2026
PARLIAMENT LLC6$1.2MSep 8, 2026
KING MATTHEW R De Pere WI 54115 USA6$168KMay 14, 2026
Covington Firelake JV, LLC5$31.7MSep 23, 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
  • $178K 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
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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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.