The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRREL) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Netzsch Instruments North America, LLC for the delivery of a benchtop xeon bulb light flash analyzer (LFA) for $115,000.00. The LFA will be used to measure thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, and specific heat of materials such as ice, paints, coatings, metals, and ceramics in accordance with various ASTM,...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to Anton Paar USA, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit organization, for the procurement of two highly specialized scientific laboratory instruments - the SurPASS 3 Electrokinetic Analyzer and the 702e MultiDrive Modular Compact Rheometer. The $208,727.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation and supports the research and testing activities of USACE's Engineering Research and Development Center...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $183,540.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Illinois Tool Works Inc., doing business as Instron, a Division of Illinois Tool Works, to provide a custom-designed dual column materials testing system. The system will be used in a cold environmental chamber (-16 to 48°C) to support a variety of mechanical testing applications and projects at ERDC-CRREL. The single-award contract does not have a...
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $115,656.36 firm fixed price purchase order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide a heat/cool tension/compression Zeiss microscope. This specialized microscope equipment will be used by the Concrete and Materials Branch at the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory to analyze materials under thermal and mechanical loading in three dimensions, which...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract, valued at $70,513.96, was awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc., a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The contract has an ultimate completion date of February 17, 2027 and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The award supports the provision of portable analytical instruments, including handheld Raman, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), and...
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has awarded a $18,735.44 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Leica Microsystems Inc., through its Leica Biosystems division, for the provision of a microscope with accessories. The contract has an ultimate completion date of May 15, 2024. Leica Microsystems Inc. is a for-profit organization that manufactures microscopes, scientific instruments, and imaging equipment. The company has an extensive history of providing these...
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $81,467.68 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Li-Cor, Inc., a manufacturer of scientific instruments, for the delivery, installation, and training of a field deployable respirometer system capable of continuously and autonomously measuring trace levels of methane and carbon dioxide in extreme Arctic and sub-Arctic environments. This contract was set aside for total small business participation. The original...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $360,445 firm fixed price purchase order to Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. for the delivery of NITON XL5 PLUS X-ray fluorescence analyzers. The contract has a period of performance from July 28, 2023 through September 30, 2023, with all work taking place in Vicksburg, Mississippi. As the research and testing arm of the Army Corps, the Engineer Research and Development Center utilizes...
The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $300,148.94 firm fixed price purchase order to TA Instruments-Waters L.L.C. to deliver one each of a thermogravimetric analyzer, dynamic mechanical analyzer, modulated differential scanning calorimeter, and discovery hybrid rheometer along with associated accessories. Performance will take place in New Castle, Delaware from December 11-31, 2020 to support the material analysis and quality control activities of the US Army Engineer Research and Development...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $66,708 firm fixed price purchase order to Aantilia LLC. The order is for constant rate of strain equipment to fulfill a requirement originally solicited under a combined synopsis/solicitation seeking commercial items. Performance will occur in Vicksburg, Mississippi between September 2023 and January 2024. The associated North American Industry Classification System code is 334516 for analytical laboratory...