This $85,273.92 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center to Global Digital Systems Limited, a foreign-owned for-profit company doing business as GDS Instruments. The contract is for the delivery of a specialized Hardin oscillator cell 2MPA U438180 system to support the agency's geotechnical engineering and geosciences research and development efforts. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Global...
This is a $97,321.50 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to Global Digital Systems LIMITED, a foreign-owned, for-profit company doing business as GDS Instruments. The contract is for the delivery of a resonant column apparatus (RCA), which is a specialized materials testing machine used to support the ERDC's geotechnical engineering and geosciences research. This includes work in areas such as...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $79,357.00 purchase order contract to Trautwein Soil Testing Equipment Co, a small business manufacturer, for the provision of geotechnical lab equipment. The contract includes an automated triaxial compression apparatus, three modular actuators, and associated accessories to support geological research projects at the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC-CERL). The equipment will be used for soil testing, including triaxial...
The Bureau of Reclamation, a civilian agency, awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Global Digital Systems LIMITED, a foreign-owned for-profit organization based in the United Kingdom, for the procurement of an Unsaturated Triaxial Automated Shear System (Qty 1) and a Stress-Dependent Soil-Water Characteristic Curve Measurement System (Qty 1). The total ceiling value of the contract is $182,119.96, and the ultimate completion date is November 4, 2025. This contract award was...
This definitive contract was awarded by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center to Geotechnical Consulting & Testing Systems, L.L.C., a minority-owned, for-profit limited liability company, for the delivery of a frozen soil triaxial system for the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) project U438160. The firm fixed-price contract has a potential value of $324,712.70 and a completion date of March 31, 2021. There was no set-aside...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $727,854 firm fixed price sole source contract to Dynamic Systems Inc. for a Gleeble 3500 Thermo Mechanical Simulator. The Center's Geotechnical Structures Laboratory Concrete and Materials Branch requires this simulator to support research in materials modeling for force protection initiatives. The simulator will physically simulate advanced manufacturing techniques under compression and tension loads up to 10...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation to Global Digital Systems LIMITED, a foreign-owned for-profit organization doing business as GDS Instruments, for the provision of a Dynamic Simple Shear Soil Test Apparatus. The contract, which has a potential value of $230,697.10, was awarded on December 20, 2017, with a completion date of June 10, 2018. There is no indication that this award was set aside for a specific business type.
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District to Trautwein Soil Testing Equipment Co., a for-profit manufacturer and small business. The $136,781.85 contract is for the provision of soil testing equipment to support the USACE Prado Dam Soils Laboratory. The equipment to be delivered includes automated triaxial compression apparatus, direct shear testing systems, and consolidation cells, which are used for critical...
This is a $189,540.00 firm-fixed price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Trautwein Soil Testing Equipment Co, a small business manufacturer of geotechnical lab equipment. The contract is for the provision of specialized soil testing equipment, including automated loading systems, load cells, triaxial cells, consolidation cells, and direct shear testing systems with software and components, to support research projects at the Engineer Research and Development...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) for the delivery of an Instron 68FM-30 materials testing system. The $168,624.00 contract will provide the ERDC's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory with a new testing machine to support evaluations of pavement construction materials such as geosynthetics and matting. This is a sole source award, as the ERDC requires...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory awarded a $176,057 firm fixed price purchase order to Global Digital Systems Limited of Great Britain, United Kingdom to deliver a dynamic triaxial testing system. The award originated from a June 2022 special notice seeking information on dynamic triaxial devices to support ongoing research at the Engineer Research and Development Center, including into biocementation of soils, chemically stabilized roads, and levee overtopping failures. Global Digital Systems' system was identified as the only option meeting all criteria, such as 5 kHz sampling rate, high displacement accuracy, and included software. Delivery of the customized dynamic triaxial testing system will support the Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences Branch's continued research efforts.