Purchase Order 1333ND24PNB670548
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- This is a $315,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Vescent Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of precision laser and photonics equipment. The contract is for the delivery of a dual frequency comb system to support work at the NIST Cooperative Testing Laboratory (CTL). This award is associated with the Coronavirus COVID-19 national interest action and is set aside for small businesses....
- This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Vector Atomic Inc., a small business, for the development of an Optical Atomic Clock. The contract has a ceiling value of $545,000.00 and a period of performance through April 2025. The procurement was issued as a small business set-aside Request for Quotation (RFQ) under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subparts 12.6 and 13.5, with technical approach, experience, and past...
- This federal contract award is for the purchase of a wideband optical spectrum analyzer by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency. The $68,752.08 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Technical Communities, Inc., a small business based in San Mateo, California. The contract has a performance period through January 6, 2026. The original sources sought notice indicated NIST was conducting market research for a quantum research project requiring an...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $101,184 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced laser systems and photonics instrumentation. The contract is for the delivery of a high-precision wavemeter capable of simultaneously measuring and locking the wavelengths of up to 8 independent lasers across the 390-1140 nm range with an absolute accuracy of +/- 10 MHz. This contract was awarded through an...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $195,000.80 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the delivery of a Fast Tracking Dual-Comb Spectrometer. This specialized optical laser system is used for precision ranging and timing over free space, requiring two mutually coherent, controllable laser frequency comb sources with specific performance parameters. The contract has an ultimate completion date...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $64,498 purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a tunable telecom laser on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of February 17, 2026. The contract, issued under a firm fixed-price arrangement with no small business set-aside, calls for delivery of a specialized laser system to NIST's facility in Pittsford, New York, where the vendor is headquartered. The laser will serve as a coherent pump tone for quantum...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems, for the delivery of one tunable laser to support the agency's Quantum & Nanophotonics Group research on microresonator optical frequency combs. The $56,424.60 contract has a completion date of January 16, 2026 and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The laser must meet technical specifications...
- This is a $139,960.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized laser systems. The contract is for the delivery of an "AMPLIFIED FIBER FREQUENCY COMB STABILIZABLE TO AN OPTICAL REFERENCE" and includes installation and training. This award does not appear to be associated with a larger contract vehicle and was not set aside for any...
- This firm fixed price purchase order, valued at $458,243.75, was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to Menlo Systems Inc. to deliver a turn-key optical frequency comb system. The system must provide optical frequency measurement capability at specified wavelengths between 698nm and 1388nm. Delivery will take place in Boulder, Colorado by December 31, 2021. The award stems from a solicitation seeking an optical frequency comb system for optical and microwave frequency...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $84,305.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vescent Technologies Inc., a small business manufacturer, to deliver a 1-GHz solid-state mode-locked laser. The laser will be used in NIST's Composition and Precision Molecular Spectroscopy project, which aims to link spectroscopy measurements of greenhouse gases and other planetary atmospheric constituents to the international system of units (SI)...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $249,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vector Atomic Inc. for the development of a Low Power Dual Comb Spectrometer. This contract, which has a completion date of January 10, 2025, was awarded on September 11, 2024 and was not set aside for any particular business size or type. The spectrometer system must contain two fully self-referencable fiber frequency combs, one common narrow linewidth continuous wave laser, associated photoreceivers, thermal control, integrated pump laser diodes, and all actuators required to phase lock the two frequency combs. This contract award aligns with NIST's mission in metrology and standards development, as the agency seeks to procure this specialized instrumentation for its operations in Boulder, Colorado. As an innovative small business focused on quantum technologies, Vector Atomic Inc. has demonstrated its capabilities through previous federal contract and grant awards from agencies like the Department of Defense, NASA, and DARPA, highlighting its role as a key contributor to advancing critical national security and space exploration technologies.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Low Power Dual-Comb Spectrometer | NB6750202401783 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 1/1 | 6/4/24, 1:33 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $249.0k | 9/11/24 |