This $632,404.56 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Waters Technologies Corporation, doing business as Waters, on September 3, 2025. The contract is for size-exclusion chromatography with triple-detection equipment and services, with a period of performance through August 31, 2027. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating it was competed on a full and open basis. Waters is a leading...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $820,763.67 firm fixed price purchase order to Waters Technologies Corporation, doing business as Waters, to procure a Waters SYNAPT XS HDMS 4k System liquid chromatograph, gas chromatograph coupled with a hybrid quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometer with ion mobility. The equipment will integrate liquid and gas chromatography sources with post-quadrupole ion mobility capabilities and metabolomics software for use at NIST's...
This firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Waters Technologies Corporation, a manufacturer of analytical laboratory equipment and software, to provide a direct sampling quadrupole mass spectrometer system. The $99,019.37 award includes options for two years of service and maintenance. The purpose is to support NIST's mission to identify and quantify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on firefighting gear. The...
<p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded a $435,126.18 firm fixed price purchase order to Wyatt Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of Waters Corporation, to provide field flow fractionation (FFF) with additional electrical asymmetric flow FFF (EAF4) capability. The work will be performed by Wyatt Technology Corp. in Goleta, California over a five year period concluding on December 17, 2028.</p>
This is a $86,350.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Wyatt Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of analytical instruments and software. The award is for DAWN HELEOS II, COMET, and QELS equipment, which are light scattering detectors, chromatographic instruments, and related software used to characterize macromolecules and nanoparticles. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. Wyatt...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $260,627.14 firm fixed price purchase order to Polymer Characterization SA for the delivery of a high-temperature gel permeation chromatography (HT-GPC) system, including installation, training, and warranty. This sole source award was made under NAICS code 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,000 employees. The HT-GPC system is required by NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory to...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $124,810.00 to Ta Instruments - Waters L.L.C., a leading manufacturer of advanced scientific instrumentation, for the procurement of a photorheometer system. The contract supports NIST's Applied Chemicals and Materials Division's bioprinting research program, which focuses on analyzing the cure kinetics and mechanical properties of hydrogels, synthetic organs, and tissue...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Ta Instruments - Waters L.L.C., a division of Waters Corporation, to procure a RSA-G2 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) System valued at $236,054.99. This sole-source purchase will replace NIST's existing RSA-3 DMA System, which was previously manufactured by Ta Instruments - Waters LLC. The acquisition is not set-aside and was conducted under the authority of FAR...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to LS Instruments AG, a for-profit manufacturer of goods, in the amount of $191,056.75. The contract is for a 3D Cross-Correlation Laser Light Scattering System to be used by NIST's Materials Science and Engineering Division for research on polymer solutions, networks, and gels. This specialized equipment allows for the characterization of turbid,...
This is a $83,438.65 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Wyatt Technology Corporation for upgrades to a nano particulate characterization system. The award does not include a set-aside designation. Wyatt Technology Corporation is a leading provider of specialized analytical instrumentation, equipment, and services to various federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its...