The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to DK Associates Specialty Steel Sales & Consulting Inc. for the delivery of 4340 treated steel and 9310 treated steel bars. The contract, valued at $193,987.26, was set aside for small businesses and required steel with low levels of specific chemical elements. The contract was awarded on March 27, 2019, with a completion date of February 6, 2020. The steel bars were sourced from a single heat to minimize compositional and microstructural variations, as this is common practice in the steel industry.