LA-LS Screen seed cleaner - Sole Source notification
Agriculture (all) · AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1172276 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 26, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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- 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 acquisition involves procuring a small-scale laboratory air screen cleaner to be able to clean multiple seed crops. This seed cleaner needs to have two screens for cleaning variable seed shapes and sizes. The seed cleaner must have multiple level adjustments for screen oscillation speeds, air speed/volume, and hopper feeding speed. The seed cleaner needs to be able to have two outlets between screens, one for sieving out inert material and another for refining seed, light seed outlet, one clean seed outlet, and an aspirated chaff cyclone. The seed cleaner needs to have an aspirator to catc… (show all)
h any light seed and chaff that is separated from the clean seed. The seed cleaner needs to have an extended hopper to allow for larger seed samples to be cleaned. The seed cleaner needs to be purchased to in order to accurately process samples for clean weights of a wide range of seed sizes commonly grown in grass seed production fields, prepare seeds for storage and planting, and alleviate scheduling with other programs and research projects.
Who won similar work
194 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same NAICS 334516.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 14 | $1.8M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| ELEMENT BIOSCIENCES, INC. | 6 | $8.9M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| GERSTEL INC | 4 | $508K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO | 4 | $470K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A | 4 | $469K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 4 | $303K | Jun 11, 2026 |
| C-LOCK, INC. | 3 | $651K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Suncore Distribution LLC | 3 | $354K | Jul 1, 2025 |
| FOSS NORTH AMERICA, INC | 3 | $235K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| ANTON PAAR USA, INC | 3 | $185K | Sep 22, 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.
- Oct 2, 2026Trillamed LLC$63KGetinge LSS-275 Steam Sterilizer with Broiler (Brand-name or Equal)
- Oct 1, 2026Kincaid Equipment Manufacturing, Inc.$32KELUTRIATOR FOR EXTRACTING WEED SEED, USDA, ARS , PULLMAN, WA
- Sep 30, 2026COMSIS SOLUTIONS LLC$23KHandheld XRF Analyzer
- Sep 30, 2026DATA DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES INC$23KPurchase and Delivery of a (Brand Name) High-Volume Seed Counter
- Sep 30, 2026Fisher Scientific Company$40KDigital Polymerase Chain Reaction (dPCR) Instrument
- Sep 30, 2026K&R TECHNOLOGIES LLC$49K90-liter Horizontal Benchtop Autoclave
- Sep 29, 2026MILESTONE INC$62KMilestone Brand Name Microwave Digestive System - Award Notice
- Sep 28, 2026LI-COR, INC.$57KFlux Towers - Mandan ND
- Sep 28, 2026GFS SUPPLY & SERVICES COMPANY$11KDehumidifier for walk-in cooler
- Sep 28, 2026WINTERSTEIGER SEEDMECH LLC$97KCombine-mounted NIRS
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 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- $30K 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 8 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.