The U.S. Army Materiel Command Contracting Command (ACC) Warren awarded Anton Paar USA, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit company, a $856,730.90 single-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract in September 2021. This 3-year IDIQ facilitates the procurement of up to 45 digital density meters (NSN 6635-01-570-8762, Part Number DMA 4500M) to support the Army's Petroleum Quality Analysis System - Enhanced (PQAS-E) program. The contract has a minimum guaranteed quantity of 3 units. To date, three delivery orders have been issued under this IDIQ, totaling approximately $438,620 for 25 density meters. These delivery orders were awarded on a firm fixed-price basis without any set-asides, reflecting Anton Paar USA's status as a large, foreign-owned business. The density meters will be delivered to the Army's facilities in Ashland, Virginia. This contract demonstrates Anton Paar USA's ability to provide specialized scientific instrumentation to meet the ongoing needs of the U.S. military for fuel quality analysis and testing.
The original contract opportunity was a pre-solicitation notice posted by ACC Warren in July 2020 to canvass industry for potential sources of the digital density meters. The notice stated that the government did not possess the technical data packages or detailed drawings for these items, and that qualifying as an approved source would only provide the opportunity to compete on future solicitations. Interested parties were required to respond to the sources sought notice by August 2020, and any qualifying vendors would need to undergo technical data and evaluation testing to become approved sources.
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