Agricultural Chemicals
Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q0523 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
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 1232SA26Q0523 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for agricultural chemicals for research farming. Beltsville Agriculture Research Center located in Beltsville, MD looks to purchase restricted use Herbicides for the use in its agriculture research and production program. This acquisition is set-aside for small busi… (show all)
ness concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 325320. The small business size standard is 1,150. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA ARS AFM APD), same NAICS 325320.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $39K to $53K, median $49K; range $30K to $57K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMERS FERTILIZER CO Smiths Grove KY 42171 USA | 1 | $57K | Jun 10, 2025 |
| KEYMAR FERTILIZER INC | 1 | $49K | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Farm & Home Service INC | 1 | $30K | Mar 31, 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.
- Jun 10, 2025FARMERS FERTILIZER CO Smiths Grove KY 42171 USA$57KAgricultural Pesticides
- Apr 10, 2025KEYMAR FERTILIZER INC$49KLiquid Fertilizer
- Mar 31, 2025Farm & Home Service INC$30KBeltsville Agriculture Research Center (Beltsville, MD) Herbicides
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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
- 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.
- 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.