Purchase Order N0017325P2412

The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $24,023.53 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Jasco Incorporated (Jasco Inc.), a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of precision instruments for optical spectroscopy and chromatography. The contract is for the delivery of an "Integrating Sphere for JASCO Spectrometer" and has an ultimate completion date of April 3, 2026. Jasco Inc. is a regular supplier of specialized analytical equipment, such as spectrophotometers, spectrofluorometers, and circular dichroism spectrometers, to various federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in addition to the ONR. While this specific contract does not utilize a set-aside, Jasco Inc. has fulfilled small business set-aside requirements for other federal contracts.