Purchase Order W913E525P0015

Moore Industrial Service LLC, a small business, was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $16,500 by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) on August 27, 2025, to relocate a Riehle FH-300 Universal Testing Machine. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside, requires the contractor to provide complete rigging services including disassembly, movement, and reassembly of the 13,000-pound load frame from the first floor of CRREL's main laboratory to a subbasement facility in Hanover, New Hampshire. The equipment must be carefully disassembled to pass through restricted spaces, including a freight elevator with 9,000-pound capacity and an 8-foot by 8-foot door opening, and subsequently reassembled without operational impact by the September 19, 2025 completion date.

The procurement falls under NAICS code 811310 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance) with a small business size standard of $19 million. CRREL, headquartered in Hanover, specializes in cold regions research and engineering support for Department of Defense and federal civilian agency missions. The contract includes Net 30 payment terms with FOB Destination, and all contractor personnel must be U.S. citizens capable of passing basic security checks. Upon completion, the reassembled frame will be positioned on cribbing with a minimum 4-inch high, 48-inch-wide gap accessible through an open roll-up door within the subbasement facility.