Dwight Shearer

Dwight Shearer, doing business as Shearer CVN Shop, a sole proprietorship based in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, manufactures precision-machined Charpy standard reference materials and specimens for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, operating exclusively as a prime contractor under a small-business-reserved indefinite-delivery contract.

Shearer CVN Shop holds a single customer relationship with NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory, which accounts for 100% of the vendor's six recorded federal awards and their combined $7.1 million potential value. The vendor's entire footprint rests on one indefinite-delivery contract (IDC 1333ND22DNB640003) set aside for total small business, awarded January 10, 2022, with a $6.5 million ceiling and an ultimate completion date of January 9, 2027. Under this IDIQ, NIST has issued five delivery orders to Shearer CVN Shop over the past four years, totaling $636 thousand in obligations (9% of the IDIQ ceiling). Recent delivery orders include a $133,950 small-business-set-aside delivery order issued April 30, 2026 for FY26 Charpy specimens (completion April 29, 2027), a $131,100 delivery order issued February 4, 2025 for FY25 Charpy SRM (completion February 3, 2026), a $129,675 delivery order issued March 8, 2024 for FY24 Charpy SRM (completion March 7, 2025), and a $128,250 delivery order issued February 23, 2023 for Charpy SRM (completion February 22, 2024). A minimum-guarantee delivery order of $113,080 was issued January 10, 2022 (completion July 31, 2024).

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on the specialized precision machining, heat treatment, and production of Charpy impact specimens and standard reference materials used to verify the performance of Charpy impact-testing machines in steel manufacturing and related industries. Charpy specimens are metallurgical test materials requiring controlled dimensional tolerances and thermal processing; NIST certifies and distributes these materials to industry customers as part of its Standard Reference Materials program. Place of performance is Latrobe, Pennsylvania; the materials support NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Award activity is sparse and steady, with one delivery order per year from 2023 through 2026. One award (combined potential value $134 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a single-point recompete exposure against the January 2027 IDIQ expiration.