The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $24,100 to Fivenine Optics Inc. to deliver two sets of high reflectivity mirrors. The mirrors will support NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory Chemical Sciences Division Optical Measurements group, which conducts cavity ringdown spectroscopy and photoacoustic spectroscopy to produce spectral data on gases including water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane....
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $14,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Fivenine Optics Inc., doing business as Fivenine Optics, for the delivery of 14 dual coated cavity ring-down mirrors. The solicitation sought the procurement of these mirrors to support NIST research programs, with delivery required within 16 weeks to NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland facility. The contract has a 100% small business set aside designation under NAICS code...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $14,850 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Perkins Precision Developments, LLC, a woman-owned small business, for the provision of mirror substrates. The mirror substrates will be used for pressure measurements based on the refractive index of gas at very low pressures. This award was made under NIST Solicitation Number 1333ND24QNB680304, which was set aside for small...
This is a $124,887 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Dallas Optical Systems Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer. The contract is for the fabrication of lightweight, diamond-turned aspheric mirrors using additive manufacturing techniques such as selective laser melting and direct metal laser sintering. The mirrors are intended for use in various applications. This contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I...
This federal contract award is for the purchase of an aluminum plano mirror from Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp., a small business manufacturer of optical components and subsystems. The $54,360 firm-fixed-price purchase order was issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), a defense agency, and has a performance period ending on July 10, 2024. The mirror, measuring 500mm in diameter, will be made of fused quartz and coated with protected aluminum. This requirement was originally solicited...
This is a $123,444 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Spectabit Optics LLC, a small business. The contract is for the development of a self-nulling schlieren imaging method to study shock waves created by aircraft in flight. This work builds on previous research that synthesized full-scale schlieren images of aircraft by analyzing high-speed video of aircraft flying across the sun. The new self-nulling approach has the potential...
This is a $129,370 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Space Optics Research Labs, LLC, a small business located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The contract is for the delivery of custom off-axis parabolic mirrors and flat mirrors in support of directed energy and sensor platforms. Space Optics Research Labs has received over $500,000 in prior federal contracts, primarily from Department of the Navy entities, for...
The U.S. Department of Defense's Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division awarded a $54,090 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Sellers Optical, Inc., a small business manufacturer of precision optical components and instruments. The contract, which is set-aside for small businesses, is for the delivery of one 14-inch turn mirror and three 14-inch transform section mirrors in accordance with specified technical drawings. This contract is part of the agency's effort to procure custom...
This federal contract award, valued at $44,095.00, was issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE ERDC) to Aperture Optical Sciences Inc. to procure a fast-scanning mirror for integration into a high-altitude airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor. The mirror must meet specific technical requirements, including a 6"/150mm round configuration, weight under 1 lb, 1064nm wavelength optimized reflectance, and thermal stability between...
This federal contract award, valued at $6,944.00, was made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Fivenine Optics Inc., a small, for-profit manufacturer of specialized optical components and coatings. The contract is for the purchase of optical mirrors and does not have a set-aside designation. Fivenine Optics has a significant history of providing advanced optical products and services to various federal agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and...