USDA’s National Animal Disease Center seeks a firm-fixed-price purchase of 54 female, descented ferrets aged 20–23 weeks from an AAALAC-accredited, high-health farm to support Influenza A virus pathogenesis/host-response and ferret-swine transmission research. The requirement includes two deliveries—34 ferrets plus shipping and 20 ferrets plus shipping—and award is expected as one firm-fixed-price purchase order to the lowest-priced technically acceptable quote, with all CLINs priced. Technical acceptability requires meeting all requirements, active SAM.gov/UEI registration, no active exclusions, and acceptable or neutral past performance. Delivery is FOB destination to USDA NADC, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames, IA 50010, by a date agreed at award, and early deliveries will be accepted. Invoicing must be through the Treasury Invoice Processing Platform, with payments by electronic funds transfer.