Definitive Contract 15A00024CAQA00010
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- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a civilian agency, to Edax, LLC for a maintenance agreement for an EDAX ORBIS EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy) system. The contract has a ceiling value of $81,866.80 and a period of performance ending on November 25, 2020. The award was not set aside for any small business category. Edax, LLC is a leading provider of materials analysis systems, including EDS, EBSD (Electron...
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives awarded a purchase order to Gatan, Inc. for preventative maintenance with a ceiling value of $535,541.60 and an award date of August 26, 2023. Performance occurs in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. The order covers standard maintenance of X-ray Fluorescence systems—two EDAX Orbis systems and one EDAX Octane system with accessories—owned by ATF's Forensic Science Laboratories in Washington D.C. and Atlanta. The base period runs August 26, 2023...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to Edax, LLC for laboratory equipment maintenance services. The contract has a potential value of $208,209.60 and a completion date of February 20, 2023. Edax, LLC is the prime contractor and is the original equipment manufacturer able to service the proprietary materials analysis systems. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Edax, LLC...
- This is a $94,383 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a civilian agency, to Edax, LLC for preventative maintenance services. The contract has a period of performance through June 14, 2026. Edax, LLC is a subsidiary of Ametek Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. Ametek has extensive experience as a federal contractor, providing a wide range of products and services to...
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives awarded a $143,407.75 firm fixed price definitive contract to Malvern Panalytical Inc. for Empyrean X-ray diffractometer (XRD) maintenance on February 1, 2025, under a sole-source justification (FAR 6.302-1, original equipment manufacturer authority). The solicitation was conducted under lowest-price-technically-acceptable evaluation and covers preventative and corrective maintenance services for an XRD instrument located at the ATF's...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian agency, to Oxford Instruments America, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for a maintenance agreement on Oxford Aztec energy dispersive spectrometers (EDS). The contract has a ceiling value of $104,193.00 and a performance period ending on November 30, 2023. The award was made on December 1, 2018, and there was no set-aside designation used. Oxford Instruments America, Inc. is a...
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives awarded a $37,001.34 definitive contract to CDS Analytical, LLC for service, preventative maintenance, and support of a Pyroprobe autosampler and Pyroprobe 6150 pyrolyzer on May 31, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. The contract covers maintenance and support for forensic science instrumentation at the ATF Forensic Science Laboratory in Atlanta, GA. CDS Analytical provides one scheduled preventative maintenance service...
- This is a $151,273.96 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian federal agency, to Oxford Instruments America, Inc. The contract is for the delivery of two (2) energy dispersive spectrometers (EDS) and one (1) electron backscatter diffractometer (EBSD) for a period ending on June 30, 2025. Oxford Instruments, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, is a leading supplier of advanced analytical instrumentation and materials characterization...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Oxford Instruments America, Inc., doing business as Oxford Instruments, for the procurement of an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) for a JEOL-2100 transmission electron microscope (TEM), including post-warranty service and maintenance options. The contract, valued at $112,500.00, does not have a set-aside designation. Oxford Instruments is a foreign-owned, for-profit organization that...
- This is a $49,995.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian agency, to Oxford Instruments America, Inc. (doing business as Oxford Instruments), a foreign-owned for-profit organization. The contract is for the delivery of an EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectrometer) detector, with a period of performance ending on May 31, 2025. Oxford Instruments is a leading provider of analytical instrumentation and materials characterization systems,...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) awarded a $85,567 firm-fixed-price contract to Oxford Instruments America, Inc. for maintenance services on an energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) system. This sole source procurement, conducted under the simplified acquisition threshold provisions of FAR Parts 12 and 13, covers preventative and corrective maintenance of Oxford Instruments' Aztec microanalysis system with X-stream2/X-Max50 EDS detector and associated accessories. The contract was awarded on December 9, 2023, with a base year and four option years extending through December 8, 2028, with no small business set-aside designation applied. As the manufacturer of the EDS equipment, Oxford Instruments is uniquely positioned to provide specialized maintenance and support services critical to ATF's analytical instrumentation capabilities. The EDS system represents an essential tool for materials characterization and forensic analysis applications within the agency's laboratories located in Concord, Massachusetts. Oxford Instruments, a foreign-owned enterprise specializing in advanced analytical instrumentation, brings extensive experience supporting federal agencies including NASA, NIST, and the Department of Energy, demonstrating its proven capability to deliver complex scientific equipment maintenance services to the federal government.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Brand Name Oxford Instrument Energy Spectroscopy Maintenance | 15A00024CAQA00010 | Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives | Award Notice 3/3 | 12/6/23, 6:41 AM | |
Sole Source Oxford Instrument Maintenance | DJA-24-ALAB-PR-0025 | Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives | Special Notice 1/3 | 11/2/23, 9:39 AM | |
Brand Name Oxford Instrument Energy Spectroscopy Maintenance | DJA-24-ALAB-PR-0025 | Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives | Solicitation 2/3 | 11/15/23, 9:00 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Exercise an Option | $17.1k | 12/2/25 | |
| P00001 | Exercise an Option | $16.6k | 12/5/24 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $16.1k | 11/22/23 |