This firm fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Measurement Specialties Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of specialized measurement and sensing equipment. The $68,796.37 contract is for the delivery of a MEAS NetScanner 9916 Pressure Scanner, a specialized technical instrument required by NASA for its operations. This sole source procurement was not set aside for any specific business...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $117,140.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Illinois Tool Works Inc., doing business as Instron, a Division of Illinois Tool Works Inc., to procure an INSTRON 68TM-50 testing machine as a replacement for equipment at the White Sands Test Facility. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Based on the vendor's background, Illinois Tool Works is a global industrial manufacturer that has supplied...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $46,520.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Qualitest USA LC, a small business, for the delivery of a D307 Permeability Test Instrument. The contract has a period of performance ending on March 31, 2023 and was awarded on September 20, 2022. This purchase order is likely in support of NASA's scientific research and technology development activities. The set-aside designation for small businesses indicates the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $142,629.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company, a for-profit manufacturer, for the delivery of fixtures for a Tinius Olsen hydraulic testing machine. This award has a completion date of February 1, 2022 and does not have a set-aside designation. Tinius Olsen is the original equipment manufacturer for the testing machine and has a history of providing testing equipment,...
This is a $160,710.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) through its Instron division. The contract is for the delivery, installation, integration, verification, and operator training of an Instron Model 68TM-50 Table Mounted Materials Testing System with a 50 kN force capacity. This specialized materials testing equipment will be used at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Shared Services Center (NSSC), a civilian agency, to Product Evaluation Systems, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The contract, valued at $70,830.00, is for cryogenic and elevated temperature mechanical testing of NASA-alloy and oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy materials. The contract has a performance period ending on August 28, 2025. The contract was awarded as a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $440,685 firm fixed price purchase order to Femtotools AG, a Swiss-based manufacturer of precision scientific instrumentation. The contract is for the delivery of a nanoindenter, a specialized device that measures near-surface mechanical properties at high lateral resolution, to create property maps of material surfaces. This purchase order does not utilize any set-aside designations and is scheduled for completion by November 5,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to PulseForge, Inc. for PulseForge Invent lab equipment. The total ceiling value of the contract is $45,582.73, and the ultimate completion date is February 26, 2025. The contract was awarded on December 18, 2024, with performance to take place at NASA's Langley Research Center in Austin, Texas. This procurement was conducted using commercial item acquisition...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $52,725 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Mandel Scientific Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide an analytical instrument (TOX analyzer) for conducting environmental compliance analyses at the Glenn Research Center. The contract is a sole-source award under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as Mandel Scientific Inc. is the exclusive provider of the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), a manufacturer of industrial machinery and equipment, to deliver an INSTRON 68FM-100 Tensile Tester. The $161,830.00 contract has a completion date of May 29, 2023 and does not have a set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, ITW may leverage its existing federal contracting vehicles, such as an indefinite-delivery contract...