About this opportunity
AI summaryThe USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service issues this Request for Information to gather details on the commercial availability of test kits for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli detection and identification in raw beef or other food products. The agency specifically seeks to understand the level of granularity provided by these tests, including whether they furnish stx subtype information.
Scope of work
- Information on commercial availability of kits for STEC detection and identification in raw beef or other food products
- Details on test granularity and provision of stx subtype information
Minimum qualifications
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov
Documents to include with your response
- Capability statements and associated literature
- Company name, mailing address, email, telephone, website, and authorized point of contact info
- Contact information for individuals who can verify demonstrated capabilities
- Business size and small business status documentation
- SAM UEI, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number (TIN), and company structure
- Applicable GSA Schedule contract numbers, schedule numbers, and SINs
- Agency identification for government approved accounting system if applicable
Key dates
- Proposals due
- 12:00pm, Eastern Time, December 8th, 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit capability statements and associated literature by email to the designated government point of contact.
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- STEC_Detection
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Buying office
- Food Safety and Inspection Service › Usda, Fsis, OAS PCMB
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Dec 8, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 28, 2026
- NAICS
- 334516 · Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product/service code
- 6640
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Athens, GA, 30605
- Contracting contact
- Eric Schnitzler
eric.schnitzler@usda.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.
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