The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed price delivery order to Shearer, Thomas D, a veteran-owned small business, to machine and heat treat 3,800 Charpy specimens. This order, valued at $14,740, is part of a larger 5-year Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a total potential value of $6.5 million to provide these critical research and development services to NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory. The contract is not designated as a set-aside. Shearer, Thomas D has supported NIST's materials testing and characterization programs over the past few years through this IDIQ vehicle, including work on NIST Standard Reference Materials.