Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB030032
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- This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Semiprobe, Inc., a small business manufacturer of probing and inspection systems for the semiconductor industry. The $128,035.00 contract is for the procurement of a wafer probing system, including installation and training, to be delivered by November 28, 2017. The award has a total small business set-aside designation....
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $361,584.75 firm fixed price purchase order to Semiprobe, Inc. for the purchase of a magnetic probe station. The contract is being awarded non-competitively based on a special notice issued by NIST announcing their intent to sole source the procurement due to technical requirements only met by Semiprobe's SA-8 200mm prober. The notice specified requirements for wafer stage motion and placement accuracy, magnet...
- 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...
- Go Green Power Solutions, LLC was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $353,247.50 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on March 20, 2026, for a scanning electron microscope (SEM) probe station. The contract, which originated from a pre-solicitation notice posted in December 2025, supports NIST's CHIPS Act metrology research initiatives under the Department of Commerce. The equipment will be delivered to NIST's Boulder, Colorado facility by July 24, 2026....
- The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within the Department of Commerce awarded a $36,155.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Instec, Incorporated, a small business manufacturer of scientific instrumentation, to provide a high-temperature vacuum probe station system. This procurement was set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). The probe station will support NIST's CHIPS Metrology program and...
- The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $244,023 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Maple Leaf Photonics LLC, a woman-owned small business, for a photonic probe station to support NIST's CHIPS Metrology Program research in semiconductor manufacturing. The probe station must provide automated and flexible electro-optic probing capabilities for multiple photonic test structures at the die level, with specific requirements including die mounting,...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $210,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Mycronic Inc. on August 13, 2024, for a flying probe substrate test station with modifications to payment terms. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, supports NIST's materials science and manufacturing research capabilities by providing specialized testing equipment capable of conducting thousands of test points on 3-inch and 150 mm wafers and diced components....
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $253,595 firm-fixed price purchase order to MPI America Inc. to deliver a semi-automatic microwave probe station. The solicitation requested quotes for a probe station capable of performing automated measurements of integrated circuits up to 200mm in size at frequencies up to 1.1 THz over a temperature range of minus 60C to plus 200C, to support NIST's work in instrument manufacturing. There was no set-aside...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $178,228.40 to Formfactor, Inc. on September 20, 2024, for a probe station designed to support CMOS device characterization for biophysical measurements. The equipment will be delivered to a location in Germany and is scheduled for completion by January 10, 2025. This procurement was conducted as an unrestricted acquisition with no small business set-aside. Formfactor, a publicly...
- This federal contract award is for a Thermo-Reflectance Probe Station, valued at $293,190.42, awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to MPI America Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit small disadvantaged business organization. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of March 19, 2026. The probe station is intended to enable automated temperature distribution measurements of semiconductor devices and circuits under operating conditions...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $251,993.25 firm fixed-price purchase order to Semiprobe, Inc. (doing business as Semiprobe LLC) for a commercial semi-automatic probe station on April 2, 2026, with completion targeted for June 29, 2026. This contract carries a Total Small Business set-aside designation and will be performed in Boulder, Colorado. The award originated from a special notice (NIST-SS26-CHIPS-44) that NIST posted on December 9, 2025, indicating its intent to sole source equipment to Micronix USA for high-vacuum compatible sample positioning stages. However, the ultimate award to Semiprobe suggests that the company submitted a viable alternative proposal during the notice period that met or exceeded NIST's technical requirements. The procurement directly supports NIST's Physical Measurements Laboratory, Nanoscale Device Characterization Division, and the CHIPS R&D Metrology Program's Grand Challenge 2, specifically project 2.07 on extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) scatterometry. The equipment will be utilized for non-destructive measurement of microelectronic features and transistors, requiring precise computerized control of multiple axes within a high-vacuum chamber environment. Semiprobe's established track record with NIST and the Department of the Navy, combined with its specialized expertise in probing and inspection systems for the semiconductor industry, positioned the company to deliver the required capabilities for advancing metrology capabilities in microelectronics manufacturing.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Commercial semi-automatic probe stations | NIST-SS26-CHIPS-44 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 2/3 | 12/9/25, 4:27 PM | |
Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Micronix USA for High Vacuum Positioning Stages | NIST-SS26-CHIPS-44 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Special Notice 1/3 | 12/9/25, 4:14 PM | |
Commercial semi-automatic probe stations | 1333ND26QNB030047 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 3/3 | 2/5/26, 12:45 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $252.0k | 4/1/26 |