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Elemental Analyzer

USDA, FSIS, OAS PCMB · Sidney, Montana, 59270

Response status

Due in 7 days

Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC

The response window is short.

Posted
Aug 28, 2026
Archive date
Sep 26, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • USDA, FSIS, OAS PCMB published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Sidney, Montana.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
5b6fadd71a024f9e9c20a7400f771e55
Solicitation
1172303
Base type
Special Notice
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
1172303
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
Posted
Aug 28, 2026
Responses due
Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 26, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Subagency code
Office
USDA, FSIS, OAS PCMB
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705, USA
Place of performance
Sidney, Montana, 59270
City code
State
Montana
State code
MT
Postal code
59270
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Notice of Intent to Sole Source � 1172303 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service (ARS) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price purchase order to Elementar Americas Inc. for a vario MAX cube CN Elemental Analyzer, a high?temperature combustion system designed to measure carbon and nitrogen in solid and liquid samples, in support of the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area. Please see the sole sources justification for more details on the requirement. This notice is not a formal solicitation. However, interested responsible sources may submit a capability statement for the agency�s consideration in determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted in the future for this requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Date: August 28, 2026 Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20705 Product Service Code � 6640 - LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Contracting Office Address: 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20250 Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source Proposed Solicitation Number: 1172303 Closing Response Date: August 11, 2026, at noon Eastern Standard Time Contact Specialist: Alexis Galloway, alexis.galloway@usda.gov Estimated Contract Award Dollar Amount: $120,000.00 Proposed Contract Award Date: September 17, 2026 Contractor: Elementar Americas Inc. Description: This acquisition involves procuring a vario MAX cube CN Elemental Analyzer, a high?temperature combustion system designed to measure carbon and nitrogen in solid and liquid samples. Place of Contract Performance: 1500 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT 59270 Set-aside Status: no set-aside used

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$30,344
Median$53,214
High end (p75)$99,015
Comparable awards
50
Median
$53,214
Computed
Aug 31, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
THIS REQUISITION WILL PURCHASE A UNIVERSAL TEST MACHINE FOR THE WILDLAND FIRE CHEMICAL SYSILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC$110,048.00Aug 26, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CSU SIEMENS COAGULATION ANALYZER SERVICES AND SUPPLIES OBLIGATED AMOUNT $24,484.47SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.$24,484.47Jul 29, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398: CEPHEID REAGENTS FOR GENEXPERT ANALYZERBIGHORN RIDGERUNNERS, LLC$362,538.45Aug 20, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FEMTOSECOND LASEREKSPLA-USA INC$102,920.00Jun 3, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GBRU - REVIO SMRT CELLS SYSTEM - PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIAPACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$92,196.04Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DNA/RNA REAGENT KITS FOR SEQUENCINGILLUMINA, INC.$174,029.48Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LI - ABBL - SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS FOR REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEM - A HIGH-THROUGHPUT, MULTIPLEGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$49,342.24Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GERSTEL LABWORKS PLATFORM FOR AGILENT 8890 GC P00001 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE EXTENSIONGERSTEL INC$217,587.99Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FLO-MIN114: MINION DNA FLOW CELLS (24) SQK-RBK114.24: RAPID BARCODING KIT 24 V14 (2) SQK-ROXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES INC$20,460.00Jun 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE: 5977C INERT PLUS MSD TURBO EI BUNDLE, AGILENT 8890 GC SYSTEM CUSTOM, 7693A AUTOIAGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$115,518.66Jun 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HIGH SPEED CENTRIFUGE - WOOSTER - (REPLACES REQ# 1169800)FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$31,899.00Jun 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
5977C INERT PLUS MSD TURBO EI BUNDLE.AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$98,774.89Jun 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TISSUE TEK TEC 6 TISSUE EMBEDDING SYSTEMGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$19,325.30Jun 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HIGH-SPEED REFRIGERATED FLOOR CENTRIFUGE, ROTORS, AND INSTALLATION IN TOLEDO, OHIOGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$40,419.55Jun 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ULTRACENTRIFUGE SWINGING BUCKET ROTORFRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$20,980.00Jun 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
QIACUITY ONE 5-PLEX DIGITAL PCR (DPCR)FRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$63,090.00Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
REVIO SMRT CELL TRAY OF 4 CAT # 102-202-200PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$24,684.00Jun 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
102-872-000 PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 12 MONTH SUPPORT PLAN FOR REVIO SEQUENPACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$46,500.00Jun 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
P2SOLOPROJECTSP - PROMETHION 2 SOLO PACK BENCHTOP ULTRA-LONG READ DNA SEQUENCERGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$25,627.71Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
USDA AFRS REAL-TIME QPCR SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION AND PATHOGEN DETECTION PRGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$23,297.06Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 31, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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