The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Department of Commerce, awarded a $515,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. for a dilution refrigerator. The refrigerator will support NIST's research in microwave measurements and signal analysis for cryogenic quantum computing applications at its Boulder, Colorado campus. The original solicitation sought a single dry dilution refrigerator to meet technical specifications provided in Attachment 1....
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $345,321.70 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. for a dilution refrigerator system. The contract was awarded non-competitively under a solicitation seeking quotations for one dilution refrigerator with associated wiring, packing, shipping, delivery, installation, commissioning, warranty, training, maintenance, repair and travel services to meet specifications in the attached statement of work. Performance will take place...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $149,706 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Cryomech, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer of cryogenic equipment, to deliver a liquid helium recovery system. This set-aside contract supports NIST's research and technical applications requiring extreme cold temperatures, such as cryogenic cooling for physics experiments and maintenance of cryogenically-cooled sensor systems. Additionally,...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $454,550 to Bluefors OY, doing business as Bluefors Cryogenics. The contract is for a dry dilution refrigerator system to meet the technical specifications outlined in solicitation NB686050-20-02311. Key requirements included over 12 milliwatts of cooling capacity at 20 millikelvin, detailed instrumentation, shielding, and space constraints. The refrigerator will...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $85,290 firm fixed price blanket purchase agreement call contract to Normco Cascade Inc. for preventive maintenance and repair services for NIST-owned cold storage units located in Cape St Claire, Maryland. Set aside for total small businesses, the contract requires the prime contractor to deliver preventive maintenance and repair of NIST's cold storage equipment through March 2021. As the measurement science and standards agency of...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $14,320.70 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. for the repair of an environmental chamber. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of January 30, 2017. NIST is a non-defense agency that conducts measurement science research and develops standards. This repair contract supports NIST's operations and research...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) call contract valued at sixty-eight thousand four hundred thirty dollars ($68,430) to Normco Cascade Inc. for maintenance and repair of NIST-owned cold storage units. Set aside for total small businesses, this firm fixed price contract will provide needed services to NIST's cold storage facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland through December 2023. As the federal...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $27,200 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of cryogenic temperature and magnetic measurement and control solutions. The contract is for the provision of a Sumitomo RDK-101D closed-cycle mechanical cryocooler system, including a CNA-11 air-cooled compressor, that meets specific temperature and cooling power requirements for NIST's...
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 Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $35,450 firm fixed price purchase order to Attocube Systems AG of Germany for a low temperature nano-positioning system commercial off-the-shelf item. The contract has a period of performance from September 11, 2023 through February 15, 2024 and calls for delivery of precision positioning equipment to support NIST's physical measurement research programs. No subcontractors or set aside designations were...