This is a $43,676.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, to Coherent NA, Inc. for the delivery of a 10-Watt diode-pumped, solid state 532nm continuous-wave laser. The original solicitation was issued as a commercial item acquisition with a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation approach. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, and both large...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of photonics equipment, for a low-frequency noise continuous wave fiber laser. The $18,690.25 contract does not have a set-aside designation. The laser system is to be delivered by November 4, 2024, and will support NIST's research and development activities across scientific and defense applications. NKT Photonics has previously received various...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,109 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to NKT Photonics Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of advanced photonics equipment based in Denmark. The contract is for the delivery of a narrow linewidth 1112nm laser to support research and development activities within NIST's Physical Measurements Lab. The laser must meet precise technical specifications, including a center wavelength of 1111.60 nm and a linewidth of 5 mW....
This is a $94,916.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Nlight Inc., a small business manufacturer of high power semiconductor and fiber lasers, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The contract is for the delivery of high power laser diode bars and water manifolds, supporting NIST's research and development activities. Nlight has extensive experience as a prime contractor for the Department of Defense, NASA, and other federal agencies, frequently partnering on...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems, for the delivery of one tunable laser to support the agency's Quantum & Nanophotonics Group research on microresonator optical frequency combs. The $56,424.60 contract has a completion date of January 16, 2026 and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The laser must meet technical specifications...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,400.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced laser systems and photonics instrumentation, for the delivery of a 1396nm single frequency laser. This laser will be used in NIST's Quantum & Nonlinear Nanophotonics Group's quantum sensing project involving a strontium optical lattice clock with integrated photonics. The contract has an ultimate completion...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $159,987.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-end laser systems. The contract is for the delivery of a 509 nm Tunable Stable Laser System, including shipping, installation, and training, to support NIST's research programs at its Boulder, Colorado facility. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside solicitation (NB688000-25-00627) that...
This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems. The $63,440 contract is for the delivery of a single 1300nm tunable laser with specific technical requirements to support NIST's research on nonlinear and quantum integrated photonics devices. The laser must be continuously tunable from 1290-1350nm, deliver over 20mW of output power, and...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $82,580 to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer, to provide a high-power rubidium laser system and amplifier. This contract was set aside for small businesses. The laser system and amplifier will be used by NIST's Atomic Devices & Instrumentation Group to generate spectrally pure light at 780 nm wavelength with multiple watts of power, supporting NIST's research...
This is a $60,300.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to IPG Photonics Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and optical systems. The contract is for the delivery of one high-power (18 W), single-frequency 532 nm laser to be used for optical trapping of laser-cooled molecules in NIST's Fundamental Thermodynamics Group. The laser will be delivered to the agency's facility in Gaithersburg,...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $31,551.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Lighthouse Photonics Incorporated, a manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state laser systems. The contract is for the delivery of a stand-alone ultra-low noise, high stability 10-watt 532nm diode-pumped solid-state laser to support NIST's implementation of a quantum network testbed on the NIST campus and its connection to the regional DC-QNet. This contract has no set-aside designation and was competed on a full and open basis under FAR Part 13 simplified acquisition procedures. Lighthouse Photonics has received prior prime and subcontract awards from various federal agencies to provide specialized laser equipment in support of defense, research, and other initiatives.