Delivery Order SP470108D0004-0010

This is a federal contract award issued by the Department of Defense's Troop Support agency to Rutgers, The State University, a non-profit educational institution. The $427,843 cost-reimbursement contract is for a short-term research and development project on monitoring the shelf life and temperature of combat rations. The award is a delivery order under a larger research and development contract vehicle. There is no set-aside designation. As a major public research university, Rutgers has significant expertise in conducting defense-related research and development for the federal government through both contract awards and grant funding.