Purchase Order 36C25725P0860

This is a federal contract award for a water purification system awarded by the Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 (VISN 17), a civilian agency. The contract was awarded to EMD Millipore Corp, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of laboratory products and services, on September 1, 2025, with a ceiling value of $34,571.56 and a completion date of August 31, 2030. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order, and no set-aside designation was used.

EMD Millipore Corp, doing business as Milliporesigma, is a subsidiary of Merck KGaA and has established itself as a critical supplier of laboratory technologies and consumables to numerous U.S. government research and testing institutions across multiple scientific domains. The company has been awarded numerous purchase orders and Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDVs) from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense, primarily for the supply of water purification systems, scientific instrumentation, and other critical laboratory equipment and services.