Autonomous Livestock Feed Monitoring Bins
USDA ARS AFM APD · Charlotte, Vermont, 05445
Response status
Due in 3 days
Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
The response window is short.
- Posted
- Aug 21, 2026
- Archive date
- Sep 15, 2026
- SAM status
- Active
Answer-first brief
What the source record says
- USDA ARS AFM APD published this combined synopsis/solicitation.
- Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
- The place of performance is Charlotte, Vermont.
- The notice uses NAICS 333111 (Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing).
Procurement identity
- Notice ID
- fbf6afd612b841ce80f57521c33ef45f
- Solicitation
- 1232SA26Q1358
- Base type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Version
- 2 of 2
Solicitation facts
Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation number
- 1232SA26Q1358
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set-Aside - Total
- Set-aside code
- SBA
- Posted
- Aug 21, 2026
- Responses due
- Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- Archive date
- Sep 15, 2026
- Archive type
- auto15
- Base type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Organization type
- OFFICE
- Benchmark category
- —
- Category confidence
- —
- Category source
- —
- Last seen
- Aug 29, 2026
Buyer and place
Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.
- Department
- AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
- Department code
- —
- Subagency
- Agricultural Research Service
- Subagency code
- —
- Office
- USDA ARS AFM APD
- Organization path
- —
- Organization path codes
- —
- Office address
- BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705, USA
- Place of performance
- Charlotte, Vermont, 05445
- City code
- —
- State
- Vermont
- State code
- VT
- Postal code
- 05445
- Country
- —
Points of contact
Contact details from the current notice version.
primary
Elizabeth Calhoun
Notice description
Source text reproduced without an AI summary.
Comparable award range
Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.
- Comparable awards
- 4
- Median
- $218,378
- Computed
- Aug 24, 2026
- Rubric
- comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable awards
The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.
| Award | Contractor | Value | Awarded | Score | Why it matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBOTIC MILKING SYSTEM TO ENABLE DATA COLLECTION FOR CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH ENSURE ANIMAL W | ASTRALLIC INC. | $328,755.23 | Mar 26, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| CATTLE CHUTE | KATHERINE L DWIGGINS | $32,036.10 | Apr 28, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| LARGE POULTRY ISOLATORS | ALTERNATIVE DESIGN MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY, INC. | $791,660.00 | Jul 14, 2026 | 52 | Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
| ROW-CROP PLANTER AND GRAIN DRILL | CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EQUIPMENT, INC. | $108,000.00 | Mar 10, 2026 | 47 | Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7) |
Amendment history
A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.
| Version | Notice type | Observed | Responses due | Content hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Combined Synopsis/Solicitation | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC | d7499202e400c537 |
| 2 | Combined Synopsis/Solicitation | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC | c0b9f14138d2245e |
Record provenance
Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.
| Field | Source | Source as of | Parser | Transform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| agency_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| archive_date | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| archive_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| base_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| city_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| contacts | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| country_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| description | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| naics_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| notice_id | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| notice_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_city | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_country_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_postal_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| office_state_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| organization_type | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| pop_postal_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| posted_date | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| psc_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| response_deadline | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| sam_url | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| set_aside_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| set_aside_label_raw | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| solicitation_number | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| state_code | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| subagency_name | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| title | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
| upstream_active | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities | Aug 23, 2026 | sam_opportunity_snapshot@2026.08.2 | 2026.08.3 |
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.
- 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 29, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
- 2Computed from 4 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 24, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.
- 3Only 4 comparable awards were found. The range describes those records, not the market.
Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range; note 3 describes sample size. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.