Swing Sling and Hammock Sets
Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS PA AAO ACQ/PER PROP
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12805B25Q0088 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- 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
Solicitation Number 12805B25Q0088 Swine Sling and Hammocks National Agro and Bio-Defense Facility Manhattan, Kansas The Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area Administrative office, Acquisition and Personal Property office intends to solicit and award a single firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of 2 Swine Sling and Hammock sets. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 � Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and supplemented with additional information include… (show all)
d in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) number 12805B25Q0088. This requirement is being solicited under NAICS code 115210, Support Activities for Animal Production and is set-aside for 100% Total Small Business. The size standard is $11M. All FAR references are based off FAC 2025-02, Effective 3 Jan 2025. This firm-fixed-priced award will be awarded as firm-fixed price contract. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is applicable to this acquisition. An addendum will be added on page 12. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Offerors, is applicable to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) factors will be used for the evaluation process. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Factor #1. Documentation is provided for that the sling and hammocks to be provided meets or exceeds all the salient characteristics and specifications listed in Attachment 1. Failure to provide this or not meet the characteristics will cause the vendor to be rated unacceptable. 2. Technical Factor #2. Vendor submitted a filled out FAR Provision 52.225-2. Failure to submit this shall cause the vendor to be rated unacceptable. If an offeror receives an adjectival rating of �unacceptable� in any factor they shall not be eligible for contract award. Offeror must sign and date the 52.212-1 Addendum found of page 12, along with all amendments posted to sam.gov for 12805B25Q0088. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and no addendum has been added. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and applicable clauses within 52.212-5 to this acquisition have been marked with three X�s. Other additional FAR Clauses have been added to this synopsis/solicitation. If they are incorporated by reference in this synopsis/solicitation, use acquisition.gov to read them in their entirety. Submittals Formats: Only Electronic submissions via email will be accepted due to Contract Specialist working remotely. Quotes are due to the Contract Specialist, Mr. David Hildebrand, at david.hildebrand@usda.gov by 4:00 PM (CST) 31 January 2025. For information regarding this synopsis/solicitation, please contact Mr. David Hildebrand at david.hildebrand@usda.gov. Only written submitted questions will be given a response. They will be answered via a Questions from Industry posting to sam.gov. Due to USDA-ARS operating remotely, Mr. Hildebrand is only available via email. Notice to Offeror(s): The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred. Site Visit: None offered. Questions must be submitted in writing via email to david.hildebrand@usda.gov. Questions received after January 29, 2025 may not receive a response. Responses will be posted to sam.gov in a document titled Questions from Industry. You will not receive a direct response.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA ARS PA AAO ACQ/PER PROP), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $21K to $42K, median $37K; range $13K to $359K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-LOCK, INC. | 1 | $359K | Jan 10, 2025 |
| AGRI IOT LIMITED | 1 | $42K | Dec 17, 2024 |
| APPLIED MACHINE VISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 1 | $37K | Apr 14, 2025 |
| BIODISCOVERY LLC | 1 | $21K | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Unique Technology Systems LLC | 1 | $13K | Jan 2, 2025 |
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.
- Apr 14, 2025APPLIED MACHINE VISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$37KOptical Seed Sorter, Fargo, North DakotaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 10, 2025C-LOCK, INC.$359KGreenFeed and SmartFeed Units for OCPARCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 2, 2025Unique Technology Systems LLC$13KBRM TSI Test Equipment (Brand Name or Equal)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 23, 2024BIODISCOVERY LLC$21KBiotinylated RNA-Based Bait Enrichment Kits for Citrus and Sugar BeetsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 17, 2024AGRI IOT LIMITED$42KRumen PH BolusesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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
- 133 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.
- 0 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.