Purchase Order N0017313P1865

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $3,253.32 firm fixed price purchase order to Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. for a bath circulator on August 24, 2013, with an ultimate completion date of September 9, 2013. The contract was performed in Suwanee, Georgia and did not utilize a small business set-aside designation. Fisher Scientific, a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation, is a for-profit limited liability company specializing in the distribution of scientific equipment, chemicals, and consumables to federal agencies. The company has an established track record supplying laboratory and medical equipment to various defense and civilian agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Army Research Development and Engineering Command, and the Defense Logistics Agency.

This purchase order represents a routine procurement of laboratory equipment by the Office of Naval Research to support its research and development mission. Bath circulators are standard laboratory instruments used for precise temperature control in scientific applications, including materials testing and analytical work. The modest contract value and short performance timeline indicate this was a straightforward equipment purchase rather than a complex research support arrangement. Fisher Scientific's position as a well-established supplier of scientific instrumentation to the federal government, coupled with its parent company Thermo Electron's extensive portfolio of analytical instruments and federal contracts, positions the company as a reliable vendor for the Navy's equipment needs.