Sources SoughtPosted Mar 9, 2026·Responses due Mar 16, 2026

1232SA26SS1166304 - Sources Sought for Multi-Organ-on-Chip System USDA-ARS Little Rock AR

Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1232SA26Q0311
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
6640
Place
Little Rock, AR, USA
Contact
Theodore Blume (Theodore.Blume@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q0311 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Mar 9, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Aug 13, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Apr 9, 2026 to Jun 2, 2026, middle of the range May 10, 2026.
Measured from 43 past early notices at Agricultural Research Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Mar 9, 2026).

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 is a Sources Sought notice Only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This Sources Sought is issued for information and planning purposes only as part of USDA ARS market research and does not itself constitute an RFQ. This requirement is covered under NAICS code . The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified sources; Small Businesses; HUBZone small business; service-disabled, veteran-owned small business; 8(a) small business; veteran-owned small business; woman-owned small business; or sm… (show all)

all disadvantaged businesses; Responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The USDA-ARS-SEA at Little Rock AR is looking to procure two Multi-Organ-on-Chip Systems. See Specifications attached to this Sources Sought notice. The Government does not intend to make an award based on responses to this inquiry. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. Capability Statement All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Business concerns that possess the capabilities necessary to undertake this work should submit complete documentation of their capabilities to the Contracting Officer. Capability statements shall include the Contractors contact point to discuss their response. The capability statement should include: 1) Acknowledgement that they are able to provide the subject supplies/services being requested; 2) Interested vendors should identify their size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration; 3) At least three previous requirements that are similar to the requirement include a discussion of the Contract type, delivery method, duration, etc.; 4) Any other information considered relevant to this requirement; and 5) The government requests that no proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in the response. Any vendor responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine their qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After review of the responses received, a combined synopsis/solicitation may be published on sam.gov depending on the responses received. All responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be received by the notice�s POC by the deadline in order to be considered. Responses may not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Inquiry. Do not submit pricing information in response to this Request.

Who won similar work

158 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC10$1.3MSep 3, 2026
ELEMENT BIOSCIENCES, INC.6$8.9MAug 3, 2026
GERSTEL INC3$382KSep 22, 2026
Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO3$310KSep 30, 2026
FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED3$283KJun 11, 2026
ANTON PAAR USA, INC3$185KSep 22, 2026
FSR CONSULTING LLC3$146KJun 18, 2026
DAI SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, INC.3$75KSep 30, 2025
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC2$9.0MJun 30, 2026
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC2$359KJul 17, 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 (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
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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.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 7 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.