This is a $74,389 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Star Cryoelectronics, LLC by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, for an 8-channel SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) readout upgrade. The contract has a completion date of February 10, 2025 and was awarded on September 9, 2024 without a set-aside designation. Star Cryoelectronics is a for-profit limited liability company specializing in cryogenic solutions, including...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Quantum Design, Inc. for the upgrade of a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) Magnetometer. The contract has a ceiling value of $224,900.00 and a completion date of May 31, 2026. It was not set aside for any specific business category. The contract was derived from a sources sought notice posted by NIST seeking vendors capable of providing a...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $121,300.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Seeqc Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of superconducting electronics and quantum devices. The contract is for the supply of Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) susceptometers and high-speed voltage samplers, with a completion date of August 15, 2023. Seeqc Inc. has previously received federal contracts and grants from the Department of Commerce,...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $297,400.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Quantum Design, Inc. for a SQUID-based magnetometer system. This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation issued by NIST for a contractor to provide a SQUID-based magnetometer system for in-line and end-of-line process control monitoring of various films and devices between 3 Kelvin and 400 Kelvin. The award includes delivery,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) made by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian government agency. The $300,000 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded to Star Cryoelectronics, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company that specializes in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of advanced superconducting devices and systems. The contract is for research and development...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $111,551.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business manufacturer of cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The contract is for the delivery of a cryostat prototype with at least 250 MW of cooling power, temperature fluctuations less than 20 mK peak-to-peak at 4 K, and compatibility with the agency's chip packages. This...
This is a $168,750 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business, for a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SNSPD) system. The contract supports NIST's research in quantum science, metrology, and photonics, providing specialized scientific instrumentation. The SNSPD system must meet detailed technical requirements, including four single-mode fiber-coupled detectors,...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Star Cryoelectronics, LLC, a small business, for the delivery of an Adiabatic Cryostat. The contract has a potential value of $196,725.00 and was awarded on December 19, 2017, with a completion date of August 17, 2018. Star Cryoelectronics, LLC is a leading provider of cryogenic solutions and has previously received prime federal contracts and grants from agencies...
This contract award to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer of cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors, provides two delivery orders for Standard Reference Instrument (SRI) Cryostats to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency. The first order is valued at $144,026.00 with a completion date of November 2024, and the second is $288,052.00 with a September 2024 completion. This award is part of a...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Protiro, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract is for scientific engineer level III professional services to provide Transition Edge Sensor (TES) and Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) support to NIST's Quantum Devices Group. The firm-fixed-price contract has a ceiling value of $211,489.60 and a period of performance...