This federal contract award was made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska Region, a civilian agency, to Beadedstream Inc., a minority-owned limited liability company that specializes in manufacturing temperature monitoring equipment. The $49,292 firm-fixed price purchase order is for the delivery of soil thermistors, which are temperature sensors used to measure subsurface temperatures. The award was sole-sourced to Beadedstream as they are the sole manufacturer of this specific type of soil temperature monitoring equipment currently used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Alaska Department of Natural Resources to support winter tundra travel assessments in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Using standardized equipment across agencies allows for consistent data collection and comparability. This award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and did not utilize any set-aside designations.