Notice of Intent to Award on a Sole Source Basis - Annual Maintenance and Support of Genomics and Computer Vision Storage and Computational Servers System
Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12305B25Q0048 in this department, oldest first.
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
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS/QUOTATIONS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. No solicitation will be issued. Potential sources who believe they can provide the services listed are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. The information received will be considered solely for the… (show all)
purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Responses are to be received within five (5) calendar days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) intends to award on a single source basis. Purchase order type will be a Firm Fixed Price awarded to Cornell University Biotechnology Resource Center Cornell Research & Innovation. This is for annual maintenance of three data storage servers and three computational servers for Storage and Computing of Grapevine Sequencing Data and Imaging Data maintained in a secure Bioinformatics Facility. The award is in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1))(i).
Who won similar work
8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same NAICS 541690.
Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $40K to $1.5M, median $127K; range $30K to $5.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TABB & ASSOCIATES, INC | 2 | $10.4M | Apr 29, 2026 |
| OXFORD ECONOMICS USA, INC. | 1 | $398K | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Koralis Reyes Maldonado Vega Baja PR 00693 USA | 1 | $153K | Jul 1, 2026 |
| NORTHLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $100K | Aug 25, 2026 |
| SWEARINGEN KURT A Cedar Crest NM 87008 USA | 1 | $43K | Sep 10, 2025 |
| REFINITIV US LLC | 1 | $32K | Jun 26, 2025 |
| FACTURE, LLC | 1 | $30K | Apr 8, 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.
- Aug 25, 2026NORTHLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC$100KBarrens Rare Insect Surveys - Hoosier National ForestNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026OXFORD ECONOMICS USA, INC.$398KUSDA-ERS Macroeconomic Forecasts & ERS Farm Income DataNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 1, 2026Koralis Reyes Maldonado Vega Baja PR 00693 USA$153KInternational Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) Technical Support ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 29, 2026TABB & ASSOCIATES, INC$5.6MPeanut Standards Verification Services for USDA, AMSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 8, 2026FACTURE, LLC$30KMIAG Multomat Mill Remediation, Fargo, NDNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 10, 2025SWEARINGEN KURT A Cedar Crest NM 87008 USA$43KStocking surveys on the Wind River Ranger District of the Shoshone National ForestNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 26, 2025REFINITIV US LLC$32KLondon Stock Exchange Group SubscriptionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 30, 2024TABB & ASSOCIATES, INC$4.8MPeanut Verification Services for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Specialty Crops Program (SCP)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 7 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.