Contracting office · Agricultural Research Service

USDA ARS SEA AAO ACQ/PER PROP

USDA ARS SEA AAO ACQ/PER PROP obligated -$179.9K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 46 contract actions (−102% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION ($60.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
-$179.9K
Actions
46
New awards: 0
Sole-source
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Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.8MFY2017
  2. 13.1MFY2018
  3. 38.7MFY2019
  4. 39.3MFY2020
  5. 51.7MFY2021
  6. 47MFY2022
  7. 52.2MFY2023
  8. 43.6MFY2024
  9. 7.9MFY2025
  10. -179.9KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$60.9K0.0%
  2. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$48.3K0.0%
  3. PROGRESSIVE RECOVERY INC$43.3K0.0%
  4. USTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC$31.9K0.0%
  5. M & A INVESTMENTS INC$29.3K0.0%
  6. STERIS CORPORATION$26.9K0.0%
  7. LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$22.2K0.0%
  8. SAFETY PLUS LLC$19.1K0.0%
  9. LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC.$17.5K0.0%
  10. ILLUMINA, INC.$16.1K0.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$267.1K87%
  2. Facilities & utilities$29.3K9.6%
  3. Professional services$10.1K3.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Louisiana$124.2K0.0%
  2. Georgia$50.3K0.0%
  3. Arkansas$38.6K0.0%
  4. South Carolina$21.7K0.0%
  5. Mississippi$7,2040.0%
  6. Iowa$3,6430.0%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

Largest awards

  1. PROVIDE AND INSTALL A 500+ TON REPLACEMENT CHILLER WITH OPTIONS -2ND CHILLER REPLACEMENT -COOLING TOWER REPLACEMENT -PUMPS AND MOTORS REPLACEMENT$2.5M
    CRAWFORD & ASSOCIATES SERVICES LLC· Charleston County, SC· Construction & real property· Aug 29, 2024 – Nov 7, 2025· 12405B24C0016
  2. RENOVATE 15 LABS THE WORK INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL SUPERVISION, LABOR, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT AND PERFORM ALL WORK NECESSARY TO REMOVE EXISTING CASEWORK, COUNTER TOPS, WALL SHELVING, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING$952.6K
    MSAB, LLC· Peach County, GA· Construction & real property· Aug 29, 2024 – Dec 2, 2025· 12405B24C0017
  3. REPLACE EMERGENCY GENERATOR, USDA, ARS, SRRC, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA$332.8K
    RED BISON SERVICES, LLC· Orleans Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Sep 4, 2024 – Feb 12, 2026· 12405B24C0020
  4. FABRICATE POULTRY CAGES-B46-SAF$229K
    ALTERNATIVE DESIGN MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY, INC.· Clarke County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 13, 2024 – Oct 30, 2025· 12405B24P0272
  5. SERVICE CONTRACT - WATERS UPLC-MS SYSTEM, BASE + 4 OPTION YEARS CONTRACT. 1/5/23 TO 1/4/2028$220.9K
    WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION· Orleans Parish, LA· Equipment maintenance· Jan 5, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· 12405B23F0015
  6. REPAIR HURRICANE FRANCINE DAMAGE TO HOUMA STATION (5883 USDA ROAD; HOUMA, LA 70360) AND SCHRIEVER ARDOYNE FARM (501 BULL RUN ROAD, SCHRIEVER, LA 70395) PER STATEMENT OF WORK$197.2K
    JAXON CONSTRUCTION INC· Terrebonne Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Jan 8, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 12405B25C0001
  7. AUTOCLAVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT CONTRACT FOR RRC$163.3K
    STERILELINK, INC· Clarke County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 10, 2021 – Feb 19, 2026· 12405B21P0532
  8. OKTOPURE HIGH THROUGHPUT DNA EXTRACTION ROBOT, GEN 2, KBS-0009-001, WITH CONSUMABLES$147.9K
    LGC GENOMICS LLC· Douglas County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 10, 2024 – Jan 12, 2026· 12405B24P0197

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.