Purchase Order N0017313P3404

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $21,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Glass Technologists Inc. on September 24, 2013, for the manufacture of quartz ampoule elbow configurations. The contract, which carried an ultimate completion date of December 1, 2013, was performed at the contractor's facility in Middletown, Delaware. No small business set-aside was applied to this acquisition, indicating it was competed among all eligible vendors.

Quartz ampoules are specialized glass containers used in various naval research applications, including materials testing and laboratory experiments. As a defense-focused procurement by the Office of Naval Research, this purchase order supports the Navy's research and development mission by providing precision-manufactured components required for scientific and engineering work. The firm fixed-price structure and relatively rapid completion timeline indicate this was a straightforward procurement of standard or near-standard components to fulfill an immediate operational or research requirement.