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United States Department of Agriculture

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Identification of the agency and the contracting activity.

USDA APHIS PM Plant Health Programs

Bldg 6407, Moore Air Base

22675 N Moorefield Road

Edinburg TX 78541

Contracting Activity:

USDA APHIS/MRPBS/AAMD

250 MARQUETTE AVE

SUITE 410

MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401

Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

Firm Fixed Priced Purchase Order for 2,000 Geranyl Acetol Lures

All cost to include but not limit to: overhead, general and administrative, profit, insurance, and transportation.

The geranyl acetol lure is the male-produced sex pheromone emitted by Tetropium fuscum (F.) and Tetropium cinnamopterum (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) (Silk andSweeney, 2007; Silk et al., 2007).

Insect attractants are sensitive detectors of insect populations at the group, genus, or specieslevel, depending on the type of attractant. Attractants allow for detection and monitoring ofnon-indigenous insect pests and aid in a variety of control strategies. Forest pests are some ofthe most serious exotic plant pests threatening United States agriculture. If not detected, monitored, and managed in the early stages of a new infestation, these pests can causetremendous damage. The cost of eradication could be in the millions of dollars.

The requested supplies are needed to equip program personnel to detect and monitor exotic pest infestations. The lures are a primary tool used to detect the initial infestation, delimit the extent of the infestation, and manage introduced pest populations. Without these lure dispensers, detecting and defining the infestation might not be possible. Early detection can reduce the costs of an eradication program and make it more likely to succeed, potentially saving the USDA, the States, and cooperators millions of dollars.

The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

• In accordance with FAR FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

The property or services needed by the executive agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the executive agency(e.g. urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization.

• Sylvar Technologies Inc is the only company that has the authoriry to manufacture and sell fuscumol pheronomes lures / aPhinity BSLB/Geranyl Acetol Lure in North America. They have licensed this technology from the Canadian Forest Service.

• The US Patent which covers these lures is for the Male produced pheromone in (F.) and (kirby) (coleoptera: cerambycidae) Patent (Patent # 8,029,814).

A description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

Sole source notice # PR1089438 published https://sam.gov 02/14/2023 and closed on 03/01/2023

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Estimated price, including all options, if applicable.

Purchase of 2,000 EA @ 15.00 = 30,000.00

plus shipping @ $450.00 for a total of $30,450.00.

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