Evident BX53 Clinical Microscope
Agriculture (all) · MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12639525Q0217 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS), National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) requires a brand name or equal Evident/Olympus BX53 Clinical Microscope/Camera for Biosafety Level 2 work on Chronic Wasting Disease cases. This solicitation will result in a one-time purchase order. Delivery will be FOB Destination to Fort Collins, CO. This will be a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334516 (size standard 1,000 employees). It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor this site for amendm… (show all)
ents, if any. Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to Amanda Barbosa, Contracting Officer, by email at Amanda.Barbosa@usda.gov
Who won similar work
11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN), same NAICS 334516.
Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $41K to $279K, median $59K; range $19K to $50.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| USTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC | 1 | $50.0M | Mar 10, 2025 |
| TSI INCORPORATED | 1 | $465K | Sep 23, 2025 |
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX · $22.5B | 1 | $398K | Jul 7, 2026 |
| FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY · $TMO · $46.3B | 1 | $159K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| GERSTEL INC | 1 | $125K | Jul 21, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 1 | $59K | Sep 19, 2025 |
| FOSS NORTH AMERICA, INC | 1 | $45K | Aug 14, 2025 |
| EPPENDORF NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 1 | $43K | Apr 1, 2025 |
| TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC. | 1 | $39K | Jan 17, 2025 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1 | $32K | Sep 22, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $BDX reported $22.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $59K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $TMO reported $46.3B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $59K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 10, 2026FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY$159KCytation 9 and accessoriesMateriality: <0.01% of $TMO revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 21, 2026GERSTEL INC$125KPurchase and installation of a Gerstel Freestyle Robotic SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$398KAward and Justification - Acquisition of a Flow Cytometry InstrumentMateriality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 23, 2025TSI INCORPORATED$465K26 PortaCount� Respirator Fit Tester 8048�s and 24 Software LicensesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2025AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$32KPurchase of a 990 MicroGC from Agilent TechnologiesMateriality: <0.01% of $A revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 19, 2025GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$59KBioRad Automatic Droplet Generator Service ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 14, 2025FOSS NORTH AMERICA, INC$45KPurchase of Oil Extraction InstrumentationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 1, 2025EPPENDORF NORTH AMERICA, INC.$43KPreventive Maintenance epMotion Pipette SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 10, 2025USTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC$50.0MCotton Testing InstrumentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 17, 2025TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$39KAward Brand Name or Equal Agilent - 990 Micro GCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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
- $48K 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
- 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 11 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.