This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $298,607.10, was made by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy to Gatan Inc., a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for electron microscopes. The contract is for the provision of a MONOCL4 SWIFT CATHODOLUMINSCENCE SYSTEM, a specialized piece of microscopy equipment. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a completion date of December 23, 2016. The contract was awarded without any set-aside designation, reflecting Gatan's position as a leading provider of these specialized microscopy systems. Gatan has received numerous prime contract awards from federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Defense, and DOE for the supply of digital cameras, imaging filters, and other electron microscopy components to support research programs.