The Naval Air Systems Command awarded a $97,674.36 firm fixed-price purchase order to Struers Inc. for maintenance services on 13 Struers metallographic units located at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The contract, awarded on July 1, 2019, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2022, addresses the Navy's need to maintain specialized materials testing and analysis equipment critical to failure analysis and materials characterization operations. No small business set-aside was utilized for this procurement. Struers Inc., a division of Roper Technologies headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of metallographic laboratory equipment and precision scientific instruments that has been a federal contractor since 2001.
This award represents part of Struers' extensive portfolio of equipment and maintenance service contracts with the Department of the Navy and broader Department of Defense. The contractor maintains three primary federal contract vehicles that support efficient procurement of metallographic equipment and services, including a $39.8 million General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract and multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements with Naval Sea Systems Command totaling over $7.7 million in value. Through these vehicles and direct awards such as this purchase order, Struers supplies critical materials testing capabilities—including hardness testers, grinding and polishing systems, and cutting machines—to support advanced research, failure analysis, and technical analysis operations across naval and defense facilities nationwide.