Purple Prism Traps for Various Buprestidae (Metallic Woodborers) Beetles
Agriculture (all) · MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12639526Q0257 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
Various Buprestidae (Metallic Woodborers) Beetles are serious pest of quarantine significance. Larvae feed in the phloem and outer sapwood, producing galleries that eventually girdle and kill branches as well as entire trees. These invasive pests have a devastating impact on communities that face tremendous tree removal costs associated with dead or dying trees that may pose a public safety threat. The requested supplies are needed to equip program personnel to detect and monitor Various Buprestidae (Metallic Woodborers) Beetles. The lure-baited traps are a primary detection tool used to delim… (show all)
it and survey the extent of the pest infestation. Without these lure dispensers and traps defining the infestation might not be possible. The ultimate cost to the States which become infested could lose billions of dollars in forest products, and quarantines imposed by state and federal agencies may have dire consequences for plant and wood products industries. Severe damage would also occur within the tourist industry. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 12639526Q0257 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Purple Prism Traps. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 325320 The small business size standard is 1,150 Employees. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. See �RFQ Package� for applicable clauses, instructions, and evaluation criteria. See "Pricing Schedule" for quoters to use as submission for their pricing.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN), same product/service code (PSC) 6840 and NAICS 325320.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $234K to $1.1M, median $295K; range $63K to $3.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC | 1 | $3.5M | Apr 7, 2026 |
| NEOGEN CORP · $NEOG · $924.2M | 1 | $300K | Aug 1, 2025 |
| BINGHAM AG SERVICES LLC | 1 | $291K | Apr 15, 2025 |
| SCENTRY BIOLOGICALS, INC. | 1 | $63K | Aug 22, 2025 |
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.
- $NEOG reported $924.2M revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $295K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Apr 7, 2026ITRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC$3.5MRFQ Jackson Traps - Insect Traps
- Aug 22, 2025SCENTRY BIOLOGICALS, INC.$63KRFQ for Moth (+) Disparlure String Type Dispenser
- Aug 1, 2025NEOGEN CORP$300KZinc Phosphide 82% Technical
- Apr 15, 2025BINGHAM AG SERVICES LLC$291KTelone II Chemical
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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 (10 filings)
- 1 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 2 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.