Purchase Order N0017324P0960

This contract award to Springer Nature Customer Service Center LLC, a division of the global academic publisher Springer Nature, is for the publication of a research manuscript titled "Variations of Organic Functional Chemistry in Carbonaceous Matter from the Asteroid 162173 Ryugu" in the scientific journal Nature Communications. The $6,790.00 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Office of Naval Research, a defense agency, for services to be completed by October 1, 2024. Springer Nature is a major provider of scientific, technical, and medical publications to the U.S. federal government and holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts, including a $100 million agreement through the Library of Congress FEDLINK program and a $12 million contract with the National Institutes of Health, to supply electronic resources across civilian and defense agencies. This contract award does not involve any set-aside designations.