Purchase Order 1333ND23PNB680333
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $3,535 firm fixed price purchase order to Element Pi LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the procurement of a high-vacuum combination metal sputter/carbon evaporation system. This equipment will be used by NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory, Materials Science and Engineering Division for electron microscopy imaging of non-conductive materials. The contract was competed as a total small business set-aside....
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order worth $105,262.00 to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a for-profit manufacturer of precision motion control and nanopositioning equipment. The contract is for the upgrade of a "Super Resolution Macro/Micro Stage System" to support specialized research and measurement applications in NIST's Materials Measurement Science Division. This sole-source award was justified...
- This is a $17,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of precision motion control and positioning systems based in Auburn, Massachusetts. The contract is for the procurement of a MICROSCOPE STAGE SYSTEM and does not have a small business set-aside designation. Pi Physik Instrumente LP has been a supplier of specialized equipment such as...
- This is a $82,928 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of precision motion control and positioning systems. The contract is for the delivery of a Super Resolution Macro XYZ Stage System, which will likely be used to support advanced research and development activities within NIST. Pi Physik...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, has awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract for $46,621.23 to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a foreign-owned manufacturer of precision motion control and positioning systems. The contract is for the procurement of a high-speed piezo-mirror system to be used at NIST's Engineering Laboratory in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This non-set-aside contract supports NIST's advanced...
- The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Element Pi LLC, doing business as Element Pi, for the purchase of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with accessories for the Math and Science Department. The total potential value of the contract is $193,950.00. Element Pi is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and the North American distributor for COXEM Co. Ltd., specializing in SEMs and related equipment. Element Pi has...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the Department of Commerce, has awarded a $19,181 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of precision motion control and positioning systems. The contract is for the delivery of a two-axes microscope transition stage to support fluorescence microscopy research at NIST. This contract was awarded under a full and open competition with no small...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $2.56 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Physical Electronics USA, Inc. for an X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) System under contract OU03-25-NEW-129. The award, announced on September 15, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 24, 2032, represents NIST's procurement of advanced surface analysis equipment to support semiconductor research and the CHIPS for America initiative. The system will be...
- This is a $28,448 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a foreign-owned manufacturer of precision motion control and positioning systems. The contract is for the delivery of a motorized linear stage, as described in the original solicitation. No small business set-aside was used for this award. As a prime contractor, Pi Physik Instrumente LP has been awarded numerous federal...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $23,858 purchase order to Sepax Technologies Inc. to deliver three scanning electron microscope columns. The firm fixed price contract has a period of performance from August 18, 2023 through October 30, 2023 for work conducted in Newark, Delaware. NIST supports measurement science and standards that drive technological innovation and economic growth for U.S. industry through its Physical Measurement...
Element Pi LLC, a North American distributor of scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipment and materials science research instruments, received a $98.4K firm fixed-price purchase order from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on August 11, 2023. The contract, designated OU68-FY26-038-MOD, is a modification to extend delivery of a triple-source sputtering system, with completion scheduled for February 15, 2026. The work will be performed in Great Britain, United Kingdom, and no small business set-aside was applied to this award. Element Pi has an established track record supplying specialized laboratory equipment to federal agencies including NIST, NASA, and Department of Defense entities. The company specializes in high-end materials characterization and sample preparation equipment, having previously delivered tabletop SEMs, detector upgrades, high-vacuum sputtering systems, and related tools to government research facilities. This extension modification demonstrates NIST's continued reliance on Element Pi for critical materials science instrumentation necessary to support the institute's standardization and measurement research mission.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P26005 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $500 | 12/30/25 | |
| P25004 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 6/9/25 | |
| P25003 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $500 | 11/4/24 | |
| P24002 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 5/13/24 | |
| P24001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 10/31/23 |