This federal contract award is for the procurement of a centrifugal pump unit from Aqua-Chem, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of water purification systems. The $175,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command and has a completion date of December 2, 2019.
The original solicitation was issued under the Special Emergency Procurement Authority, with a total small business set-aside. It requested a specific National Stock Number (NSN) part, P/N 699D7672, for which Aqua-Chem was the approved source and the government did not have the data or rights to purchase from additional sources. Aqua-Chem currently holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for the procurement of conductivity sensors, valued up to $250,000 over one year.