Purchase Order 1333ND21PNB640049

This is a $132,005 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Formfactor, Inc. to provide on-wafer probing devices from 500 GHz to 1100 GHz. The order is for eight WR1.5 on-wafer probes, with four operating between 500-750 GHz and four operating between 750-1100 GHz. The probes must meet requirements related to overtravel, bias tee, pitch, insertion loss, and return loss. The award was made on a full and open...

This is a $59,920 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Formfactor, Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer of test and measurement equipment for the semiconductor industry. The contract is for the delivery of 10 specialized on-wafer probes across four frequency range categories, including coaxial and waveguide probes with precise technical specifications. This procurement was not set aside for small businesses. The probes are...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research, a defense agency, to Microxact Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the purchase of a manual probe station with 3-dimensionally controlled 0.6T vertical and 0.5T horizontal magnetic field, with a ceiling value of $245,729.60 and a completion date of December 10, 2025. The contract was not set aside for any specific business category. Microxact Inc. is a small business subchapter S...

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $244,023 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Maple Leaf Photonics LLC, a woman-owned small business, for a photonic probe station to support NIST's CHIPS Metrology Program research in semiconductor manufacturing. The probe station must provide automated and flexible electro-optic probing capabilities for multiple photonic test structures at the die level, with specific requirements including die mounting,...

NASA awarded Seventh Genius LLC, doing business as DC Supplies, a $15,587 firm fixed price purchase order to deliver a four-point probe system for measuring electrical conductivity. The solicitation sought a system accommodating samples up to 10 inches by 10 inches, with a probe head adjustable from 0.005 to 6 inches above samples. It required selectable readouts of millivolts, ohms-per-square, or ohms-cm, within measurement ranges of 1 milliohm-per-square to 100 megaohms-per-square for sheet...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order in the amount of $170,000.00 to MPI America Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer, for an Automated Microwave Probe Station. This purchase order was a Total Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded under simplified acquisition procedures. The probe station is needed by NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory for precision testing of on-wafer...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $46,182 firm fixed price purchase order to MPI America Inc. for the supply of specialized 220 GHz on-wafer probes compatible with the Anritsu VectorStar ME7838G 220 GHz Vector Network Analyzer. The contract, issued on March 27, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of May 22, 2026, supports NIST's CHIPS program initiative to develop and disseminate best practices and algorithms for complex permittivity and on-wafer measurement....

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $26,480 purchase order to Formfactor, Inc. for on-wafer probes. Formfactor will deliver the probes to its Hillsboro, Oregon location under a firm fixed price contract running from September 15, 2023 through October 12, 2023. NIST supports measurement science and standards that drive technological innovation and enable fair and open markets. This award for probes will assist NIST in advancing...

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at four hundred sixty-four thousand seven hundred fifty-six dollars to Mitutoyo America Corporation for a dual-probe micro-feature coordinate measuring machine. The machine will replace outdated systems in NIST's Advanced Measurement Laboratory and enable the agency to continue and expand its reimbursable dimensional measurement services for features as small as...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $178,228.40 to Formfactor, Inc. on September 20, 2024, for a probe station designed to support CMOS device characterization for biophysical measurements. The equipment will be delivered to a location in Germany and is scheduled for completion by January 10, 2025. This procurement was conducted as an unrestricted acquisition with no small business set-aside. Formfactor, a publicly...