Optical sorter Tender, USA - 117922550

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Optical sorter

Deadline : 05 May 2025

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 117922550

Document Ref. No. : 12639525Q0104

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, intends to issue a request for quotes for an optical sorter.

Background: The Mexican Fruit Fly Rearing Facility in Edinburg, Texas, produces Anastrepha ludens, a pest of commercial citrus growing regions of the United States. The Rearing Facility uses Sterile Insect Technique to rear flies from the egg stage to the pupae stage, exposes the pupae to radiation to render the pupae sterile and unable to produce viable offspring. Sterile pupae produced at the Rearing Facility are reared to the adult stage at the Eclosion and Release Facility and released aerially in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties in Texas and along the Texas-Mexican border. Sterile flies mate with wild flies thereby suppressing and eradicating the wild population.

The Rearing Facility is about to begin producing a new fruit fly strain, the Black Pupae Strain (BPS-10). BPS-10 strain flies express sexually dimorphic color pigmentation, allowing for sorting and removing female flies prior to emergence and release. An automated sorting machine is required to separate male and female flies, and to process millions of male flies that are produced daily in the Rearing Facility.

The NAICS code for this project is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1, 000 employees.

Questions concerning this synopsis should be directed to Jim Roloff, contracting officer, at james.g.roloff@usda.gov.
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : 12639525Q0104
Related Notice : JR1151212
Department/Ind. Agency : AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
Office: MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Original)
Original Published Date: Apr 18, 2025 02:43 pm CDT
Original Date Offers Due: May 05, 2025 12:00 pm CDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due
Original Inactive Date: May 20, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Product Service Code: 6650 - OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, TEST EQUIPMENT, COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES
NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Edinburg, Tx 78541 USA

Documents

 Tender Notice

12639525Q0104.pdf