Robotic Multipurpose Sampler & Olfactory Detection Port
Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD
Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.
Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1232Sa26Q1324 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 17, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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.
Who won similar work
158 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 10 | $1.3M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| ELEMENT BIOSCIENCES, INC. | 6 | $8.9M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| GERSTEL INC | 3 | $382K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO | 3 | $310K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | 3 | $283K | Jun 11, 2026 |
| ANTON PAAR USA, INC | 3 | $185K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| FSR CONSULTING LLC | 3 | $146K | Jun 18, 2026 |
| DAI SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, INC. | 3 | $75K | Sep 30, 2025 |
| PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC | 2 | $9.0M | Jun 30, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2 | $359K | Jul 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.
- Oct 1, 2026Kincaid Equipment Manufacturing, Inc.$32KELUTRIATOR FOR EXTRACTING WEED SEED, USDA, ARS , PULLMAN, WA
- Sep 30, 2026K&R TECHNOLOGIES LLC$49K90-liter Horizontal Benchtop Autoclave
- Sep 30, 2026Fisher Scientific Company$40KDigital Polymerase Chain Reaction (dPCR) Instrument
- Sep 29, 2026MILESTONE INC$62KMilestone Brand Name Microwave Digestive System - Award Notice
- Sep 28, 2026WINTERSTEIGER SEEDMECH LLC$97KCombine-mounted NIRS
- Sep 28, 2026LI-COR, INC.$57KFlux Towers - Mandan ND
- Sep 28, 2026GFS SUPPLY & SERVICES COMPANY$11KDehumidifier for walk-in cooler
- Sep 25, 2026HUNT OPTICS & IMAGING INC$33KOlympus BX53 Fluorescent Microscope with Phase Contrast
- Sep 24, 2026YELLOW TAG AUCTIONS, LLC$57KRover and Rotor Spinning Frame
- Sep 24, 2026QUAKELOGIC, INC.$150KSingle Quadrupole Gas Chromatograph � Mass Spectrometer
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
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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 7 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.