The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order in the amount of $170,000.00 to MPI America Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer, for an Automated Microwave Probe Station. This purchase order was a Total Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded under simplified acquisition procedures. The probe station is needed by NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory for precision testing of on-wafer...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $249,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to MPI America Inc. for an automated high-precision probe advanced semiconductor test system. MPI America Inc. is a small disadvantaged, for-profit business that specializes in manufacturing and supplying advanced probe stations, probe station systems, and related equipment for semiconductor testing and measurement applications. The contract did not have a set-aside designation. MPI...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $259,200 firm fixed price purchase order to MPI America Inc. of San Jose, California. This contract is for the delivery of one semiautomatic probe station with four programmable manipulators to meet the solicitation requirements. The solicitation sought a spectroscopy integrated measurement system with the ability to control temperature down to -60 degrees Celsius. Delivery is required within 90 days of the...
This firm fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to MPI America Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit small disadvantaged business. The $33,390.00 contract is for the delivery of four 2.4 millimeter, two 1.0 millimeter, and three 0.6 millimeter coaxial radio frequency (RF) probes. The contract has a completion date of June 12, 2024. MPI America Inc. specializes in manufacturing and supplying advanced...
This federal contract award is for the procurement of a Semi-Automatic Probe Station by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The contract is valued at $331,560.00 and was awarded on September 3, 2025 to Lucas Signatone Corp, doing business as Lucas Labs, a small business manufacturer of semiconductor testing equipment and precision scientific instrumentation located in Gilroy, California. The probe station is required to support research on silicon carbide field effect...
This is a $41,780 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to MPI America Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the maintenance and warranty of an automated probe system. MPI America Inc. has previously received other federal contracts from agencies such as the Department of Defense, Air Force Research Laboratory, and NASA to supply specialized semiconductor...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $322,806 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of cryogenic temperature and magnetic measurement solutions. The contract is to provide a closed-cycle magnetic field-enabled probe station to support semiconductor research. The probe station must include a vacuum chamber, closed-cycle refrigerator to reach temperatures...
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $210,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Mycronic Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company, to provide a flying probe substrate test station. The contract has a completion date of May 30, 2025. This contract award did not utilize any set-aside provisions. The contract aligns with NIST's need for a test station capable of fully testing thousands of test points on 3-inch wafers, 150 mm...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $178,228.40 firm fixed price purchase order to Formfactor, Inc. to provide a semi-automated probe station for characterizing CMOS devices designed for biophysical measurements. The probe station must be capable of performing DC and low-frequency measurements up to 10 MHz, including current vs. voltage (IV) and capacitance vs. voltage (CV) measurements. Key requirements include a motorized stage, machine vision, scripting, and...
This is a $193,980.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Microxact Inc., a small business manufacturer of specialized semiconductor testing equipment. The contract is for the delivery of a low temperature probe station to be used in Blacksburg, Virginia. The award was set aside for small businesses. Microxact Inc. is an employee-owned S corporation that has provided specialized testing equipment and services...