Skip to content
  • 6,812 federal solicitations are open right now. How many of them are yours?
  • New solicitations are posted every day. The ones you never saw are the ones you cannot win.
  • Stop checking SAM.gov every morning. Let the contracts that fit your business come to you.
  • Tell Abierto what you sell in one sentence. AI reads every open solicitation for you.
  • Deadlines are short. Hear about a solicitation the day it is posted, not the week it closes.
  • Amendments move deadlines. Watch a solicitation and Abierto tells you when it changes.
  • See which contracts in your field are about to end, and who holds them today.
  • Plans from $39 a month. See your matches before you pay.
See plans
AbiertoGet started
Menu

Award notice, first published as combined synopsis and solicitation

Elementar Vario Max Cube or equivalent

1232SA26Q1107

Agricultural Research Service, USDA ARS Afm Apd. Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.

39 open like this View on SAM.gov Markdown

Awarded

Leco Corp.

$105,862.70 obligated so far on USAspending

Get the next one like this from Agricultural Research Service by email, the day it is posted.Find my opportunities

This one was awarded in 2026

39 like it are open now in analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing

All 39 open in analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing

Description

As published on SAM.gov with the combined synopsis and solicitation of July 30, 2026.

Description -

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 1232SA26Q1107 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the procurement of a Elementar Vario Max Cube.

This acquisition  is not set-aside for small business concerns.  The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 334516  The small business size standard is 1,000 Employees.  This acquisition is an unrestricted requirement.   All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. 

Statement of Requirement

This requirement is for Elementar Vario Max Cube in accordance with the attached Specifications.

Vendors are required to be active and registered in the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov when submitting a quote and at time of award (FAR 52.204-7(b)(1)). Payment will be made utilizing the Department of the Treasury Invoice Processing Platform at www.ipp.gov.

SAM.gov and IPP.gov are free, official websites of the United States government.

Quotes are due no later than 4:00 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Quotes must be submitted electronically, e-mailed to lynn.hults@usda.gov; no faxed or hard copy quotes are allowed.

Responses must include detailed specifications that show the capability of providing the required Grain Drill.  Quotes that merely offer to provide the equipment as described in the specifications without comparative specification will not receive further consideration for award.

The final day for question submission is 3:00 pm Central Standard Time on Friday, August 7, 2026.

Attachments

Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.

The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Leco Corp.
UEI
FW9WDP2HN4B6
CAGE
94174
Vendor location
Saint Joseph, MI
Contract
1232SA26P0630, purchase order
Obligated
$105,862.70
Actions
2 between September 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026
Competition
Competed Under SAP, 2 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
CPRL Bushland Texas Requires a New Elementar Vario Max Cube. the Current Vario Max Cube Is in Need of Repairs, Which Prevents Sample Analysis Completion. a Significant Increase in Carbon and Nitrogen Analyses Is Planned for the Next 5-Year Research C
Match
solicitation number 1232SA26Q1107 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1232SA (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. July 30, 2026

    Combined synopsis and solicitation

    Due August 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 4820f104419740118a04860d7e9bc80a

    2 revisions on SAM
    • September 10, 2026: publish, award notice
    • July 30, 2026: publish, combined synopsis and solicitation

  2. September 10, 2026

    Award notice, originally combined synopsis and solicitation

    Awarded to Leco Corp. for $105,863. SAM.gov, notice 7bb6b4e4699e494aa0038fec223f8669

    2 revisions on SAM
    • September 10, 2026: publish, award notice
    • July 30, 2026: publish, combined synopsis and solicitation

Points of contact