Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Sep 11, 2026·Responses due Sep 24, 2026

Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags for Catfish

Agriculture (all) · USDA/RD/STRATEGIC ACQUISITION DIV 2

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
334419
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12SAD226Q0008
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6640
Place
Stoneville, MS, USA
Contact
Marisol Olivera (marisol.olivera@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12SAD226Q0008 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Sep 11, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Sep 15, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 23, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

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

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. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 12SAD226Q0007 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for 50,000 Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags, 12 mm in length and approximately 2 mm in diameter, must contain a hexadecimal code that is read by Biomark PIT tag readers. This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North Ame… (show all)

rican Industry Classification Standard Code is 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 750 This acquisition is an unrestricted requirement. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.

Who won similar work

1981 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Multiple Washington DC USA153$1.7BSep 25, 2026
RELIANCE CONTRACTORS INC15$1.9MAug 28, 2026
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC10$1.7MSep 3, 2026
BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ9$1.8MSep 28, 2026
TYSON FOODS INC. · $TSN8$120.9MAug 31, 2026
THREE STRIPES CONTRACTING LLC8$748KSep 15, 2026
Xplicit Technologies LLC7$396KApr 30, 2026
PARLIAMENT LLC6$1.2MSep 8, 2026
KING MATTHEW R De Pere WI 54115 USA6$168KMay 14, 2026
Covington Firelake JV, LLC5$31.7MSep 23, 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 (11 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
  • $178K 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.

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