This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to Techcomp USA Inc., a leading provider of analytical instruments, life science equipment, and laboratory instruments to the U.S. federal government. The contract, valued at $98,081.00, is for the procurement of an Optogalvanic Laser Stabilizer and an Edinburgh Laser refillable CO2 laser. The award was made on a sole-source basis, as EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS was...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order for $58,008.00 awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for an external cavity diode laser (ECDL) operating at 1572 nm. The laser is required to support NIST's atmospheric gas spectroscopy research in its Chemical Sciences Division. The procurement was conducted as an open, full and competitive solicitation under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, without any...
This is a sole source contract award by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to Applied Spectra Inc., a manufacturer of laser ablation and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instruments. The $114,026.09 fixed-price purchase order is for the upgrade of the USGS's existing RESOlution-SE Tandem laser ablation system at the Geology Geophysics Geochemistry Science Center in Denver, Colorado. The upgrade includes a new broadband LIBS plasma emission detector, Tandem Prism upgrade, computer...
The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for a Laser Flash Photolysis Spectrometer to Techcomp USA Inc., a for-profit organization. The $170,000.00 award does not have a set-aside designation. Techcomp USA Inc. has previously provided spectrometers, lasers, and other scientific equipment and services to various federal agencies including the Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, and Department of Defense. This specific purchase...
This contract is for the purchase of a multichannel spectrophotometer for the Pacific West Area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The $21,026.28 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C.'s Fisher Science Education division, doing business as Fisher Safety. The spectrophotometer must meet specific technical requirements, including the ability to quantitate at least eight samples in less than 20 seconds or a 96-well plate...
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...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Metrohm Spectro, Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, for flight hardware including lasers and components. The $65,422.32 contract is in support of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Landolt mission and VANDLE project APRA, with the specialized laser hardware being sole-sourced to Metrohm Spectro, Inc. as the determined...
This is a sole-source, firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to Newport Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced technology products. The contract is for two Spectra-Physics ultrafast lasers - the Mai Tai HP DS and Insight X3 Dual - to be used with NIAID's Leica SP8 multiphoton confocal microscope system. These specialized lasers, costing a total of...
This is a firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Bruker Optics Inc. for the purchase of a Fourier transform spectrometer with accessories. The contract has a ceiling value of $76,372.46 and a completion date of May 31, 2016. The contract was not set aside for any specific program or business type. Bruker Optics Inc. is a subsidiary of the Bruker Corporation, a global scientific instrumentation company...
This is a federal contract award to Applied Spectra Inc., a manufacturer of laser ablation (LA) and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instruments. The contract, with a ceiling value of $99,570.46, is for the delivery of a LASER ABLATION INSTRUMENT to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency. The fixed-price contract was awarded on September 4, 2015 with a target completion date of November 19, 2015. There was no set-aside designation for this...