This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, for Engineering Research. The contract has a potential value of $170,000.00 and is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a completion date of September 30, 2021. This award was made under a sole source solicitation for highly specialized equipment related to the NEMO Hydrocode, which the government determined was only available from Virginia Tech's Hume Center for National Security and Technology. The contract has no set-aside designation. Through this award, Virginia Tech will leverage its expertise in materials science, engineering, and physics to provide research, design, and fabrication services for quantum nanostructures with potential applications in national security capabilities.