Purchase Order N0017314P0167

The Office of Naval Research awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to FEI Company's Materials and Structural Analysis Division for hardware maintenance services, valued at $10,219.44, with a performance location in Hillsboro, Oregon. The contract was awarded on January 24, 2014, with an ultimate completion date of January 23, 2015. No small business set-aside was utilized for this procurement. FEI Company, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is the original equipment manufacturer of advanced electron microscopy and materials analysis systems, positioning it as the sole authorized provider of maintenance and support services for its proprietary scientific instrumentation.

FEI Company maintains an extensive track record providing maintenance, repair, and technical support services across federal research institutions and defense establishments, including facilities operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institutes of Health, NASA, and the Department of Defense. The company currently holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the federal government: one with Naval Sea Systems Command valued at $112,065 for preventative maintenance of scanning electron microscopes, and a second with Naval Education and Training Command valued at $250,000 for comprehensive maintenance services of a Thermo Fisher Inspect-50 Scanning Electron Microscope at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. This purchase order represents a discrete maintenance engagement supporting ONR's research and analytical capabilities.