The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $353,600 firm fixed price purchase order to Dectris USA Inc. to deliver a megapixel photon-counting x-ray camera. The camera will support research at NIST's Quantum Sensors Group, meeting specifications including an active sensor area over 40 square centimeters capable of detecting x-rays from 6-15 keV at over 100,000 photons per second per pixel. A Linux-based server to support camera readout is also required. There was no set-aside...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $81,915.72 firm fixed-price purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. (Testmart Division) for the procurement of four National Instruments PCI-5922 Digital Acquisition Boards on July 29, 2025. The contract, designated OU63-25-NEW-089, supports NIST's Chemical Sciences Division Optical Measurements Group and does not utilize a small business set-aside. Technical Communities, Inc., a small business based in San Mateo,...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $900,232 to Rigaku Americas Corporation. The contract calls for Rigaku to provide an X-ray diffraction system, along with four years of preventative maintenance, a trade-in of existing equipment, and options for rotating anode and additional optics. This award satisfies a solicitation seeking to replace aging X-ray diffractometer equipment at NIST's Center for Nanoscale...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $232,850.28 firm fixed-price purchase order to Acquired Data Solutions, Inc. for data acquisition and control system maintenance and repair support services. The contract, designated OU73-25-OPT-102, represents the exercise of an optional task order (Task 2002) with a no-cost time extension to CLIN 1001, and extends through September 28, 2027. Work will be performed at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland facility. No small business...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $47,100 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Dectris USA Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to procure a 2-D X-ray Detector for a Double-Crystal Diffractometer. This procurement was conducted as a full and open competition under simplified acquisition procedures, with no set-aside designation. The detector and user manual are required to be delivered within 4 months...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, has awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $242,500.00 to Dectris USA Inc. for the delivery of a wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) detector system. This contract was the result of a competitive solicitation (Number 1333ND24QNB640368) with no set-aside designation. The detector system will be integrated into the upgraded ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering...
This $27,541.85 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Quantar Technology Inc., a California-based manufacturer of advanced scientific instrumentation. The contract is for the delivery of a time digitizer device to upgrade the data acquisition system for the high-resolution neutron detector on NIST's very Small Angle Neutron Spectrometer (vSANS). The time digitizer will provide timestamping capabilities to support NIST's...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce, has awarded a $586,840.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Aleph Scientific LLC, doing business as Huber Diffraction USA, to procure a six-circle (psi) x-ray diffractometer. This diffractometer will be used at NIST's Beamline for Materials Measurement (BMM) facility located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II). The contract has...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $147,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Acquired Data Solutions, Inc. of Rockville, Maryland to provide continuation of data acquisition support services necessary for ongoing operation of the test agency's Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland through June 2023. The sole source award is based on Acquired Data Solutions' unique expertise and familiarity with the custom data...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Qdevil Inc., a for-profit organization, for the delivery of a 48-channel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) system to bias 3,000 cryogenic sensors in an x-ray spectrometer. The total ceiling value of the contract is $82,750.00, and the ultimate completion date is April 15, 2022. This award was made under a pre-solicitation opportunity that was not set aside for any particular business...