Special NoticePosted Aug 25, 2026·Responses due Sep 1, 2026

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Gut Microbiome DNA Sequencing Services

Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541714
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
1232SA26Q1371
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
B529
Place
PA, USA
Contact
Frank Palmer (frank.palmer@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q1371 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 25, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 25, 2026 to Nov 18, 2026, middle of the range Oct 26, 2026.
Measured from 43 past early notices at Agricultural Research Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 25, 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

Notice of Intent to Sole Source in accordance with the attached memorandum.

Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541714.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NOVOGENE CORPORATION2$164KSep 26, 2025
HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY Huntsville AL 35806 USA1$67KJun 11, 2025
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION · $TWST1$61KAug 5, 2025
LIFEASIBLE INC1$55KSep 9, 2026
Texas A&M AgriLife Research College Station TX 77843 USA1$38KSep 4, 2026
ADMERA HEALTH LLC1$30KSep 23, 2025
SEQMATIC, LLC1$24KSep 24, 2025
GENSCRIPT USA INC1$22KAug 2, 2026
DNA LINK USA, INC1$12KAug 14, 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.

  • 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
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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 13 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.