Equipment And Materials Testing- Hardware And Abrasives

The Product and Service Code (PSC) H253 encompasses equipment and materials testing focused on hardware and abrasives. This category appears to cover a wide range of specialized testing and procurement of technical equipment, scientific instruments, and related hardware for various federal agencies. The PSC includes sophisticated testing apparatus, research equipment, and specialized technological tools used across different scientific and technical domains.

The federal contract awards under PSC H253 demonstrate a diverse range of procurement activities, with contract values ranging from approximately $21,000 to $470,000. Notable awards include a $469,837 purchase order from the National Institutes of Health for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry replacement equipment, a $46,130 purchase order from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for event data recorder modules and cables, and a $43,638 purchase order for avionics hardware for a Sikorsky S76-D cockpit simulator. These awards are predominantly structured as firm fixed-price purchase orders, typically with completion dates within the same fiscal year, and none utilized specific set-aside designations. The awards span agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and involve technical equipment manufacturers and distributors like Waters Technologies Corporation and Crash Data Group Inc.

The federal contract opportunity in this dataset is a Special Notice from the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, planning a non-competitive firm-fixed-price purchase order for test and integration materials and services. The opportunity, posted for June 2025, is specifically targeted at Charon Technologies, LLC, under NAICS code 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals). The procurement includes test and integration materials, an annual warranty, and shipping components, with the government reserving the right to potentially convert the sole-source procurement to a competitive opportunity based on received capability statements.