Purchase Order 89243320PFE000369

The Department of Energy awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $328,297 to FEI Company Materials And Structural Analysis Division for a low vacuum scanning electron microscope and integrated x-ray microanalysis system. The equipment will be delivered to the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, West Virginia by January 16, 2021 to meet the Laboratory's requirements as specified in a September 2020 request for quote. No set-aside provisions applied to the competitive solicitation, which sought extensively detailed technical specifications for the low vacuum microscope and associated microanalysis capabilities to support the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy's research and development activities at its Morgantown campus location. FEI Company, a division of Thermo Electron Corporation, will serve as prime contractor on the contract.