The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Hitech Instruments Inc., a small business, to provide one Zeiss Apochromatic Zoom Microscope for $72,482.22. The contract is a total small business set-aside with a completion date of June 1, 2024. The microscope will be used by NIST's Materials and Structural Systems Division in Gaithersburg, Maryland to study infrastructure materials at a macroscopic scale to complement their...
This is a $99,447.30 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Hitech Instruments Inc., a small business, for the provision of an optical microscope for metallography. The contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside solicitation and will support scientific research and technical analysis across various federal agencies. Hitech Instruments Inc. is an experienced supplier of advanced...
This firm fixed-price purchase order, valued at $21,791.94, was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Hitech Instruments Inc., a for-profit organization, for upgrades to a Zeiss AxioZoom.V16 fluorescence microscope. The upgrades include the X-Cite XYLIS II LED fluorescent light source and were procured through a sole-source acquisition without a set-aside. This contract supports NIST's Materials and Structural Systems Division research on...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Hitech Instruments Inc., a for-profit organization, for a software upgrade for a Zeiss AxioZoom V.16 microscope. The contract has a ceiling value of $20,548.90 and is not set aside for any specific business type. The contract's ultimate completion date is February 26, 2026. Hitech Instruments Inc. is a longtime federal contractor specializing in the supply...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded a $187,124.70 firm fixed price purchase order to Lyncee TEC SA of Switzerland for the delivery of a strobe holographic microscope. The contract runs from August 14, 2023 through November 7, 2023 and calls for Lyncee TEC SA to provide the specified microscope equipment to NIST's laboratories. As the nation's measurement standards laboratory, NIST conducts research in areas...
The National Human Genome Research Institute, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $14,207.48 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Hitech Instruments Inc., a for-profit organization, for the delivery of a Zeiss Axiovert 5 TL FL SCB microscope stand. The contract has an ultimate completion date of January 12, 2026 and was awarded on August 13, 2025. Hitech Instruments Inc. is a small business that specializes in providing advanced...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a civilian agency, to Hitech Instruments Inc. for the acquisition of a ZEISS AXIOZOOM.V16 HYBRID ZOOM MICROSCOPE. The contract has a ceiling value of $49,988.28 and a completion date of November 30, 2024. Hitech Instruments Inc. is a for-profit organization that specializes in providing advanced microscopy equipment and related services to various federal agencies, including the National Institutes of...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to purchase a Carl Zeiss LSM 800 confocal widefield microscope for $176,671.50. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2018 and was not set aside for any special categories of businesses. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is an international manufacturer and distributor of microscopes, microscopy equipment, and...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Nikon Metrology, Inc. (doing business as Metris USA Inc.) for the delivery of an advanced infrared microscope system. The $108,760.31 contract has a period of performance through September 30, 2025. The microscope system is intended for use in NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory, specifically for imaging defects on silicon wafers and chips. The contract did not utilize any set-aside...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $327,878.87 firm fixed price purchase order to Lyncee TEC SA, a manufacturer based in Switzerland, to deliver a digital holographic microscope. The microscope will support NIST's regenerative medicine measurements program. No set-aside was used for this contract, which was awarded through a competitive solicitation for a digital holographic microscope to measure cell morphology and viability. Lyncee TEC SA will provide the microscope...