The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $31,660.00 to Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. on July 31, 2024. The contract is for the delivery of a Variable Field Module, VFM4, with a final completion date of November 20, 2024. This award was not set aside for any specific business type, indicating that Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of scientific equipment, successfully competed in an open market procurement. Oxford Instruments Asylum Research has a history of providing advanced atomic force microscopy (AFM) systems and related services to NIST, as well as other federal agencies like the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research. This contract award aligns with NIST's research and development efforts, particularly supporting nanofabrication and characterization work under the CHIPS Act.
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