Purchase Order 1333ND22PNB680272

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $525,514 firm fixed price purchase order to Astronomical Consultants & Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of an infrared telescope system. The telescope is to be used for spectral irradiance measurements at an observatory in Chile. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Astronomical Consultants & Equipment, Inc. is a for-profit, woman-owned business that manufactures astronomical...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Photon Gear, Inc. for 10 athermalized telescopes. The purchase order is valued at $129,660.00 and has a delivery period of 11 weeks. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as NASA determined Photon Gear, Inc. to be the sole provider of the required telescopes. The place of performance is Ontario, NY....

This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Technical Manufacturing Corp (TMC), a manufacturer of precision laboratory equipment. The $16,392.00 contract is for the purchase of a high-quality optical table to support NIST's Quantum Communication and Networking research efforts, including the establishment of a quantum network testbed and new quantum network node lab. The table must meet specified...

This federal contract award was made by NASA to Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp., a small business manufacturer of high-quality precision optics and optical components based in Aberdeen, Maryland. The $70,530 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for an optical telescope to support Doppler lidar research. The original solicitation was a brand name or equal requirement set aside for small businesses, with a 10-day delivery period for the telescope to be delivered to NASA's Langley Research Center....

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) to Texas Nautical Repair, LLC, a small business contractor, for the procurement of thirteen refracting finder telescopes. The total ceiling value of the contract is $74,100.00 and the ultimate completion date is December 30, 2023. The contract was awarded on September 16, 2022 and was set aside for small businesses. The telescopes must meet salient characteristics such as a minimum aperture size of...

This is a $185,098.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research to Planewave Instruments Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of telescopes and related equipment. The award provides optical tube assemblies to support space and earth science missions at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The underlying solicitation was a total small business set-aside. Through this and prior prime contract awards, Planewave...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Naval Observatory, a defense agency, to Planewave Instruments Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Adrian, Michigan. The $34,199.95 contract is for the delivery of a near-infrared SWIR camera, a telescope rotator, a focuser assembly, linear actuators, and control units to support the "Deep South Telescope" program. The original solicitation was issued as a request for quote with a competitive...

This is a $24,860 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Naval Observatory to Menlo Systems Inc., a vendor that specializes in precision optical measurement systems and instrumentation. The contract is for the SYNCRO-3U UNIVERSAL PLATFORM, which is likely a specialized optical or metrology device. Menlo Systems has previously provided optical frequency combs, ultrafast lasers, and other precision equipment to federal agencies like the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Naval...

This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22PC268, was made to Altos Photonics Inc., a specialized supplier of advanced photonics equipment and components. The $18,264.24 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for a Large Aperture Optical Mount, to be completed by January 17, 2023. The contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, which is a civilian agency under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Altos Photonics has previously received other federal contract awards...

The Department of the Air Force Headquarters Air Force Academy awarded a Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Lunt Solar Systems LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a ONE METER TELESCOPE. The contract, with a potential value of $729,000.00, has a completion date of December 2, 2019. The contract award was based on a Request for Quotations (RFQ) that was posted on August 22, 2018, with a due date of September 4, 2018. The RFQ and associated attachments...