This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to GD USA Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit, woman-owned manufacturer of specialized laboratory equipment. The $143,772.40 contract is for the procurement of laboratory equipment, with no set-aside designation. GD USA Inc., doing business as Acma, is a key supplier of smoking and vaping machine systems used in public health research and regulatory testing, primarily supporting the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products. The contract performance period extends through December 2016, as the company provides equipment and services to enable scientific analysis of tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery systems, supporting the CDC's and FDA's regulatory oversight and public health research missions.