Purchase Order 1333ND25PNB730607
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- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to AFP Technology, Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Lakeway, Texas. The contract, valued at $14,400.00, is for the repair of Filmetrics measurement equipment. The award does not have a set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2025. AFP Technology, Inc. is a for-profit organization and Subchapter S Corporation that...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to KLA Corporation, a global technology company specializing in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, to upgrade and install the KLA G200 Nano-Indenter control PC system and the NanoSuite 7.0 software. The $29,700.00 contract supports critical research capabilities in NIST's Materials and Structural Systems Division, which studies the surface mechanical properties of materials used in...
- This is a $115,130.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Nanovea, Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the provision of one instrumented micro indenter, one module for acoustic sensing, and one module for micro friction sensor. The contract is set aside for small businesses. The micro indenter is required to measure the hardness and elastic modulus of various...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $76,227 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Afmworkshop Inc., a small business manufacturer of scientific equipment, for the delivery of a combination atomic force microscope (AFM) and fluorescence imager. The contract was set aside for total small business and was awarded under simplified acquisition procedures. The contract has a delivery timeline of 3 months from the award date of September 20, 2018, and requires...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $61,290.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to 5 Twenty-Two Systems, LLC, a small business, for the delivery of a microscope miniature mechanical testing apparatus and digital controller system. The purchase order is set aside for small businesses. The apparatus and controller will be used by NIST's Infrastructure Materials Group to monitor microstructural changes and cracking formation of materials under...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order valued at $441,935 to Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. for an Atomic Force Microscope system. The award was made under a competitive solicitation seeking a state-of-the-art AFM to support nano fabrication and characterization efforts at NIST under the CHIPS Act. Key requirements included various imaging modes, automation capabilities, and software. Delivery and installation was required within 30...
- The United States Naval Research Laboratory awarded a $11,243 firm fixed-price purchase order to AFP Technology, Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Lakeway, Texas, for upgraded software to support a Filmetrics F10-RT-UV optical reflectance/transmittance measurement system. The contract, issued on September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2025, will be performed at the Naval Research Laboratory facility in Washington, DC. No small business set-aside was...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $703,897.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of advanced scientific instruments, to upgrade a fluid immersion atomic force microscope (AFM) to support the CHIPS Metrology Program. The upgrade will enable the use of NIST's custom chip-scale optomechanical probes to achieve high bandwidth, high deflection sensitivity, and low perturbation...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order worth $105,262.00 to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a for-profit manufacturer of precision motion control and nanopositioning equipment. The contract is for the upgrade of a "Super Resolution Macro/Micro Stage System" to support specialized research and measurement applications in NIST's Materials Measurement Science Division. This sole-source award was justified...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $564,500.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Nanotronics Imaging, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer, for the delivery of an Automated Defect Inspection Tool. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, was awarded on September 11, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of June 19, 2025. This contract award is a standalone procurement and not associated...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $30,150 firm fixed-price purchase order to AFP Technology, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Lakeway, Texas, for the upgrade and installation of a KLA G200 Nano-Indenter PC system with software. The contract, issued as OU73-25-NEW-142 on September 25, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of October 25, 2025, was awarded without a set-aside designation. The procurement was conducted as a sole-source acquisition under FAR Subpart 13.106(b)(1) authority, with work to be performed in Village of the Hills, Texas. NIST's Materials and Structural Systems Division required these upgrades to maintain critical research capabilities for studying surface mechanical properties of materials used in building, infrastructure, and energy applications, supporting STRS projects, the CHIPS Metrology initiative, and collaborations with national laboratories and U.S. industry partners. AFP Technology, Inc. specializes in providing advanced scientific instrumentation and precision metrology equipment to federal agencies and has an established track record of delivering sophisticated measurement instruments to NIST, NASA, the Department of the Army, and the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center. The vendor's prior contract performance includes delivery of thin film optical measurement instruments, nano indenters, optical profilometers, and other high-precision scientific equipment through firm fixed-price purchase orders. This contract aligns with AFP Technology's core business focus and its demonstrated capability to provide proprietary system upgrades and installation services that support federal research and development initiatives.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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KLA G200 Nano Indenter Computer Hardware and Software Upgrades | AMDTCNOI2502104 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Special Notice 1/1 | 7/16/25, 3:20 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $30.2k | 9/22/25 |