This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Forest Service to Verder Scientific Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of laboratory equipment and analytical instruments. The $22,344.62 contract is for the provision of a planetary ball mill with grinding jar and adapter. Verder Scientific has supplied a range of specialized scientific equipment to various federal agencies over the years, including the Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research, and Environmental...
The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (HHS FDA) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Fritsch Milling & Sizing, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the delivery of a planetary ball mill. The contract, valued at $66,627.64, is set aside for total small business participation. Fritsch Milling & Sizing, Inc. is a manufacturer of laboratory instruments for sample preparation and particle size analysis, and has previously provided...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) to measure surface energies for several exoplanetary condensates and incorporate the data into atmospheric aerosol models for hot Jupiter exoplanets. The research will support NASA's Exoplanet Research Program by improving the interpretation of exoplanet observations. ASU, a comprehensive public research university, will synthesize nanoparticles and micron-sized...
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service Northeast Region awarded a $18,202 purchase order to Wrigglesworth Enterprises Inc., doing business as Wrigglesworth ACE Hardware, to supply a RETSCH 207150001 MM400 100-240V 50/60 Hz grinding mill, grinding jars, and grinding balls. The contract has a firm fixed price and is set aside for total small businesses. Performance will occur in Tolland, Connecticut over a period of approximately four months concluding in...
<p>This is a purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Netzsch Premier Technologies, LLC, a limited liability company, for the purchase of one horizontal small media mill model LABSTAR LS1, one batch tank, and one air mixer. The award is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a ceiling value of $99,445.00 and an ultimate completion date of March 18, 2020. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.</p>
This is a $464,000 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Purdue University, a public land-grant research university, for the purpose of further developing techniques to measure and interpret cosmic-ray-produced (cosmogenic) nuclides in samples returned from asteroids, the Moon, and other planetary bodies. The work will leverage Purdue's gas-filled-magnet (GFM) capability to enable highly sensitive and precise measurements of nuclides like beryllium-10,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $419,715.00 grant to the SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific organization, to conduct an integrated and systematic experimental study of the relative roles of aerodynamic versus ballistic transport modes for a range of planetary environments. The research aims to develop a similitude parameter appropriate for aeolian grain transport in wind tunnel planetary simulations, which is a fundamental need for comparative...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana Technological University, doing business as Montana TECH Of The University Of Montana, for the development of LabRAM 5 metal powder coating. The contract has a ceiling value of $75,000.00 and a completion date of September 15, 2025. The original solicitation was a Special Notice, which was set aside for small businesses. The contract requires the university to conduct...
This is a federal contract award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Tekna Plasma Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for a TEKSPERO-15: Radio Frequency Induction Plasma Spheroidization Machine. The contract has a firm fixed price of $414,500.00 and was awarded on August 13, 2018, with a completion date of October 9, 2019. The machine is used to transform agglomerated and angular powder material into spherical powders suitable for...
This is a $8,206.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Verder Scientific Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of laboratory equipment and analytical instruments, by the Northeast Area of a civilian federal agency. The contract is for the delivery of an MM400 RETSCH Mixer Mill 100-240V, which is a specialized piece of scientific equipment used for sample preparation and materials analysis. This purchase order is a small business set-aside contract. Verder Scientific has received...