Purchase Order 1333ND20PNB640873

This firm-fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Quantum Technology Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of industrial gas systems. The $93,500 contract is for the delivery of a helium liquefier system to be used at NIST's facilities. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. In 2020, NIST awarded two similar sole-source contracts to Quantum Technology Corp for the...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $338,230 firm fixed price purchase order to Quantum Technology Corp. to deliver a helium gas recovery and liquefier system for an electron beam ion trap. The system will liquefy 60 liters of helium per day to cool a magnet during experimental campaigns at NIST's Physical Measurements Laboratory, fitting within specified space constraints. NIST had published a special notice of its intent to negotiate this sole...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $265,900 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Quantum USA, LLP, a for-profit limited liability company manufacturer, for a helium recovery and liquefaction system. The system will connect one 400 MHz, two 600 MHz, and one 900 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland campus. The contractor will deliver, install, and provide training for the system, which must recover 50...

This is a $4,031,056.00 definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Quantum USA, LLP, a small business, for the purchase of a turn-key helium recovery system. The system will be installed at NIST's Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) nuclear test reactor facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland to collect, transport, compress, store, purify, and liquefy helium gas produced during experiments involving liquid...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (Commerce) awarded a $383,877.73 Purchase Order to Quantum Design, Inc., doing business as Quantum Design Inc., for the Purchase of a Liquid Helium Recovery System. The place of performance is San Diego, California. The contract has a start date of February 9, 2023 and an end date of September 15, 2025. The pricing type is Firm Fixed Price. Quantum Design, Inc. will provide a liquid helium recovery system to the Commerce...

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $966,576.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Quantum Design, Inc. to purchase a helium recovery system. The contract was set aside for small businesses. Quantum Design develops and markets automated temperature and magnetic field testing platforms used for materials characterization and research and development initiatives across the public and private sectors. The company has previously provided...

This federal contract award is for the delivery of a quantum memory dilution refrigerator to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency of the U.S. government. The prime contractor is Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit organization specializing in advanced cryogenic equipment. The contract has a firm fixed price of $499,455.86 and a completion date of July 31, 2025. No set-aside designation was used, indicating this was a full and open competition....

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...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a purchase order contract to Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company, for the delivery of a HE-3 Dilution Refrigerator System. The $624,285.98 firm-fixed-price contract has an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2025. Bluefors specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced cryogenic equipment, particularly dilution refrigerators, which are essential for quantum technology research...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the Department of Commerce, to Cryomech, Inc. for the delivery of helium liquefaction systems to support research and testing operations at NIST facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Charleston, South Carolina. The $188,460 contract includes an option for a second system at the Gaithersburg location. Cryomech is a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment based in...