Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Recirculating Aquaculture System Components

Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through its Agricultural Research Service, announced its intent to make a sole-source award for recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) components. The requirement covers pump sumps, degassing systems, moving bed biofilters, low-head oxygenators, head tanks, heating and chilling controls, diffuser kits, control-system panels, and related shipping for research at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. This is an active, single procurement notice rather than a grant program, and it states that capability statements are due September 10, 2026, at noon Eastern Standard Time; it also says the notice is not a formal solicitation.