Purchase Order INL17PX01561

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract valued at $36,780.00 to Pine Test Equipment Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, to provide one concrete coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) machine system. The contract is to support the research needs of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire. The machine must automatically measure concrete CTE according to AASHTO T336-22 standards and accommodate...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company, a for-profit manufacturer, for the delivery of a Materials Testing Machine Model 50ST. The $127,543.00 contract has an October 23, 2020 completion date and was awarded on August 19, 2020. This award was the result of a Sources Sought notice posted on April 20, 2020 to locate potential sources for three electromechanical...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $215,292.00 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) through its Instron division for the supply of a Universal Testing Machine Controller System. This sole-source award was made to upgrade the ERDC's obsolete concrete characterization equipment to meet its ongoing research needs. The ERDC, which conducts research to support both force protection and civil works efforts,...

This federal contract award was issued by the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Redstone to PPT Group Corp, a for-profit manufacturer, for the refurbishment of a compression tester. The $120,145.00 firm fixed-price purchase order has a completion date of June 28, 2024. The original solicitation was an unrestricted pre-solicitation seeking to replace an aging compression tester used by the Packaging, Storage, and Containerization Center (PSCC) to test materials and packaging for the Department of...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Pelcon Materials & Testing APS for a 110V/60 Hz Pelcon automatic thin section machine, with a ceiling value of $61,423.80. The contract, awarded on September 12, 2025, represents a direct procurement with no set-aside designation. The equipment will be delivered to Denmark by the ultimate completion date of November 21, 2025. Pelcon Materials & Testing APS, a Danish-based vendor,...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $529,883 firm fixed price purchase order to Illinois Tool Works Inc., doing business as Instron, A Division Of Illinois Tool Works, for the delivery of two universal testing machines. The solicitation sought to replace and upgrade two machines at the Bureau's Technical Service Center laboratory in Denver, Colorado - a 1,000kN dual test space universal testing machine and a 50kN tabletop dual column universal testing machine. Per...

This is a $18,789.75 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a civilian agency, to Instrotek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of materials testing equipment. The contract is for the procurement of an "Automatic Concrete Cylinder Grinder with Cabinet" to support the agency's FY25 overhead requirements. As a small business set-aside contract, this award demonstrates Instrotek's continued role as a reliable vendor providing...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District to Trautwein Soil Testing Equipment Co., a for-profit manufacturer and small business. The $136,781.85 contract is for the provision of soil testing equipment to support the USACE Prado Dam Soils Laboratory. The equipment to be delivered includes automated triaxial compression apparatus, direct shear testing systems, and consolidation cells, which are used for critical...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $214,202.20 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract for Asphalt Lab Equipment to Humboldt Manufacturing Company, a small business manufacturer of construction materials testing equipment. This contract is for the delivery of specialized equipment such as compression machines, triaxial load frames, soil test kits, sieves, hammers, centrifuges, and direct shear apparatuses to support construction projects like...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) for the delivery of an Instron 68FM-30 materials testing system. The $168,624.00 contract will provide the ERDC's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory with a new testing machine to support evaluations of pavement construction materials such as geosynthetics and matting. This is a sole source award, as the ERDC requires...