Purchase Order 1333ND18PNB630171

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $27,906 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Dry Coolers Inc. to procure a chilled-water cooling system heat exchanger to support its Materials Measurement Science Division's Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group. The solicitation requested quotations for a heat exchanger meeting specifications in an attached requirements document, to further the group's mission of defining processing, structure and performance...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $67.2K firm fixed-price purchase order to Chase Research Cryogenics LTD, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of advanced cryogenic cooling equipment, for the delivery of three 1K helium-4 sorption coolers. The contract, designated OU68-25-NEW-089, was awarded on April 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 18, 2025. The coolers are intended for use in measuring superconducting-nanowire single photon detectors at...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $300,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Cryogenics of Finlandiya for a helium-3 dilution refrigeration system. The solicitation sought a single system capable of achieving a base temperature of 35 millikelvin or lower and providing 200 microwatts of cooling power at 100 millikelvin, to support NIST's radioactive sample measurement research program. There was no set-aside designation. Bluefors...

Sumitomo (Shi) Cryogenics Of America Inc., doing business as Shi-Apd Cryogenics Inc., has been awarded a $55,028 firm fixed price delivery order by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to purchase a 1.5 watt pulse tube cryocooler system for a dilution refrigerator. The delivery order was awarded on October 25, 2019 under the Department of Commerce contract vehicle. Performance will take place in Allentown, Pennsylvania with work expected to be completed by January 29, 2020. No...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $67,586.30 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Netzsch Instruments North America, LLC, doing business as Netzsch Instruments Inc., for the procurement of one NETZSCH THERMAL ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT heat flow meter system. This heat flow meter will be used by NIST's Heat Transfer and Alternative Energy Systems Group to measure the thermal conductivity, thermal resistance, and specific heat capacity of various insulation and phase...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TA Instruments - Waters L.L.C., a leading manufacturer of thermal analysis, rheological characterization, and calorimetry instruments. The $90,426.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for the delivery of one Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC25), one DSC25 with autosampler, and one RSC90 chiller. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, as TA Instruments - Waters L.L.C. was determined to be...

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $4,800 firm fixed price delivery order to Sumitomo (Shi) Cryogenics of America, Inc., doing business as Shi-Apd Cryogenics, for the hot swap of a 10T sample well on a Cold RDK-408D2 unit located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As the prime contractor, Sumitomo will perform the requested services for NIST, which uses cryogenic systems to support its research into advanced materials and nanoscale science and...

The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $99,237.50 firm-fixed-price purchase order to TA Instruments - Waters L.L.C., a subsidiary of Waters Corporation, to furnish a Circulating Cooler Vertical Dilatometer DIL 822. This sole-source award, which has no set-aside designation, was made under simplified acquisition procedures to fulfill a research requirement. TA Instruments, a leading manufacturer of thermal analysis and characterization instruments, has a history of providing...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded Netzsch Instruments North America, LLC a $659,378 firm fixed price contract on July 29, 2024, for the design and delivery of a large capacity hotbox testing chamber (Model U435CEO) to support materials research at its Construction Engineering Research Laboratory facility in Champaign, Illinois. The customized chamber is required to test large building material samples measuring up to 7 feet square and 1 foot 9...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $510,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Cryogenics of Finland for a Dilution Refrigerator Helium Battery System. The solicitation sought quotations for a system with a base temperature below 10 milliKelvin and 400 milliWatt cooling capacity at 100 milliKelvin to support NIST's quantum networking research. There was no set-aside designation. Bluefors will deliver one system to NIST's Boulder, Colorado facility by March 2021...