The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to Bruker AXS LLC on August 26, 2025, for repair of two Bruker XFlash X-ray detectors, with a ceiling value of $65,453.52 under firm fixed-price pricing. The sole-source acquisition was justified by proprietary equipment ownership; NIST determined that only Bruker AXS possesses manufacturer authorization and expertise to perform the required factory-level disassembly, repair, and calibration work. The initial...
This federal contract award was issued by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a defense agency, to BNC Corp., doing business as Berkeley Nucleonics, for the purchase of a 2-channel pulse generator. The $40,756 firm-fixed price purchase order has a completion date of February 17, 2025. The original solicitation was a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 221118. Berkeley Nucleonics is a manufacturer of specialized electronic test and measurement equipment that has a long history of...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Bruker AXS LLC for $130,608.00 on September 30, 2023, for inspection, recertification, and comprehensive service of a Bruker M4 Tornado X-ray fluorescence instrument with one-year service coverage and three option years. This modification exercises option year 2 and extends the period of performance through May 30, 2027. Place of performance is Gaithersburg, Maryland. The requirement originated from a sole-source...
The U.S. Office of Naval Research awarded a $5,499 firm fixed-price purchase order to BNC Corp. (doing business as Berkeley Nucleonics) on September 30, 2013, for the procurement of a generator. The contract, which was not designated as a set-aside, was completed by October 17, 2013, and performed at the vendor's facility in San Anselmo, California. BNC Corp. is a specialized manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment based in San Rafael, California, with particular expertise in...
The Office of Naval Research awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to National Test Equipment, Inc. valued at $4,004.20 on April 11, 2013, with an ultimate completion date of May 28, 2013. The contract, which utilized no set-aside designation, covered repair services to be performed at the contractor's location in Oceanside, California. National Test Equipment, Inc., a specialized vendor in the sales, rental, repair, and calibration of electronic test and measurement equipment, was...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded a $37,096 firm fixed price purchase order to Nsi-Mi Technologies Inc., a division of Ametek Inc., for replacement near-field scanner equipment. The sole source contract is being awarded under simplified acquisition procedures not exceeding $250,000. Nsi-Mi Technologies is a manufacturer of RF and microwave antenna test and measurement products, systems and services, and has a history of supporting federal contracts through both...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command awarded a $308,025 firm-fixed-price contract to NPL Management Limited, doing business as the National Physical Laboratory, to develop and install a Type-N Microcalorimeter Low Frequency Extension. This sole-source contract will expand the radio frequency power calibration capabilities of the Air Force Primary Standards Laboratory by extending the range of the existing microcalorimeter system down to 9 kHz. NPL, as the original manufacturer, is...
<p>This is a firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Airbus DS GMBH, doing business as Astrium, for the upgrade of control electronics and software for high speed velocity selectors at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). The contract has a ceiling value of $167,122.27 and a completion date of June 8, 2016. The contract is not associated with a larger vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation.</p>
The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), operating as the Office of Fossil Energy, awarded a purchase order to Bruker AXS LLC for a three-year G8 Galileo ONH thermal desorption mass spectroscopy unit maintenance plan with a ceiling value of $49,874.00, effective August 15, 2025. The procurement is a firm fixed-price sole-source acquisition justified under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures; Bruker AXS is the manufacturer-authorized service provider...
Horiba Instruments Incorporated, operating under the trade name Horiba Scientific, was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on December 19, 2016, for a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) cold stage modification. The contract, valued at $31,831.25, was completed by February 23, 2017, with work performed at the contractor's facility in Edison, New Jersey. No small business set-aside designation was applied to this acquisition. This modification represents...