The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Illinois Tool Works Inc., doing business as Instron, a division of Illinois Tool Works, for the delivery of an INSTRON ELECTROPULS materials testing system. The $167,592.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation and was completed on April 29, 2020. As a prime contractor, Illinois Tool Works has received multiple federal awards from agencies such as the Army, Navy, NASA, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide specialized testing equipment, instrumentation, and related services to support materials research, quality assurance, and equipment evaluation across various domains. The company also has an indefinite-delivery contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command for maintenance services at the Bremerton shipyard, as well as a blanket purchase agreement with the Naval Air Warfare Center for the procurement of future testing systems.