This contract was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Eureka Scientific, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to support NIST's ESO STARS project in Chile. The $609,233.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract involves site preparation, equipment installation, maintenance support, and tear-down services for NIST's optical/infrared telescope system and atmospheric monitoring instruments at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and a performance period through December 31, 2028. Eureka Scientific has significant expertise in astrophysics research and instrumentation development, having received numerous prior federal contracts and grants from agencies like NASA and the National Science Foundation to support their scientific objectives.