This federal contract award is for the procurement of metal cutting electric shears from Kaufman Company, Inc., a for-profit industrial distributor based in Norwood, Massachusetts. The contract is classified as a Purchase Order with a Firm Fixed Price of $1,375.80 and an ultimate completion date of April 9, 2025. The award was made by the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), which is the civilian agency within the General Services Administration (GSA) responsible for federal procurement.
The shears being procured are described as conforming to Commercial Item Description (CID) A-A-50459A, dated April 14, 1989, and are designated as Type I (manually held and guided) with a size 2 (16 gauge sheet steel capacity) and an angular drive angle of 90 degrees. This contract award does not utilize any set-aside designations, indicating it was competed on a full and open basis.
Kaufman Company, Inc. holds a significant Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract with the GSA Federal Acquisition Service in the form of a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, valued at up to $500 million over five years. This MAS contract allows federal agencies to issue delivery orders for a wide range of industrial tools, supplies, and equipment through a streamlined procurement process, demonstrating Kaufman's position as a key supplier in the federal industrial supply chain.
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