Delivery Order W911S605D0007-0002

This $600,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will fund the development of an ultra-compact, on-chip integrated spectrometer using metasurface technology. The goal is to create a high-resolution, high-sensitivity spectrometer with a small footprint that can be integrated into photonic circuits. This aligns with NASA's technology roadmap needs for compact, energy-efficient optical instruments and sensors to...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Stellarnet, Inc., a manufacturer of precision optical and spectroscopic equipment based in Tampa, Florida. The $12,015 contract is for the delivery of a compact, high-resolution Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) spectrograph to measure methane signatures as part of NIST's Greenhouse Gas Measurement Research project. The key requirements include a minimum entrance slit width of 25 mm, a...

This federal contract award, valued at $550,768.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to produce an integrated on-chip spectrometer prototype operable at far-infrared (100 to 200 micron) wavelengths. The spectrometer will be integrated with a kinetic inductance device (KID) detector array, allowing for compact light dispersion and detection in a single device. The University of Chicago will design and fabricate the detectors, while...

Teledyne Digital Imaging US, Inc., doing business as Teledyne Princeton Instruments, has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at six hundred seventy-five thousand dollars by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center. This award is to deliver a Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite UV-NIR spectrometer suite meeting the technical requirements set forth in the original sources sought notice, including provision of spectrometers collectively covering 255-1100...

This $128,790 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, a civilian agency, to Applied Photophysics Inc. for the delivery and installation of a Chirascan V100 Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometer. The award resulted from a competitive solicitation with no set-aside designation. The spectrophotometer is a replacement for an existing unit and must be delivered and installed by March 31, 2024. This procurement supports the...

This SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of optical metrology instruments. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an "innovative, low coherence probe for rapid measurement of free-form optical surfaces" using a novel spectrally controlled interferometry technique. The key innovations include a high surface slope acceptance angle up to 20 degrees (potentially 60 degrees) and...

This is a $3,793,835.19 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Block Mems LLC, a for-profit small business, for the further development and advancement of a high-performance spectrometer prototype. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis and is not set aside for small businesses. The spectrometer prototype was initially developed under the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $249,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vector Atomic Inc. for the development of a Low Power Dual Comb Spectrometer. This contract, which has a completion date of January 10, 2025, was awarded on September 11, 2024 and was not set aside for any particular business size or type. The spectrometer system must contain two fully self-referencable fiber frequency...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Roper Scientific, Inc. (Princeton Instruments) for the purchase of a low-light, low-noise spectrometer system. The contract, valued at $184,154.75, was awarded on a sole source basis under FAR 13.106-1(b) and FAR Part 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The spectrometer system will be used by NIST's Quantum Measurement Division to conduct frequency domain...

The federal contract award with ID NNX15CG46P was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optra, Inc., a small business contractor, for the development of a novel hybrid spectrometer design that combines the strengths of Michelson and Lamellar grating interferometers. The purpose of this $129,823 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract is to provide a compact, rugged, and low-cost spectrometer capable of the same performance as the existing Total Carbon Column...