Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB030046
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $23,296.06 firm fixed-price purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. (Testmart Division) on September 4, 2025, for the procurement of a helium leak detector to support the Fundamental Thermodynamics group's Photonic Thermometry project. This Total Small Business set-aside contract requires delivery of specialized leak detection equipment meeting stringent technical specifications, including a minimum detectable leak rate of...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $23,800 firm fixed price purchase order to Pfeiffer Vacuum, Inc. of Germany to deliver a helium leak detector unit with dry pumping system. This award was made under solicitation NB681010-23-02258, which requested quotations for this equipment to support NIST's work in measuring and detecting leaks. No subcontractors or set-aside designations were identified. The equipment will be delivered by November 7,...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $5,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Vacuum Instruments Corporation, LLC (VIC Acquisition) of Gaithersburg, Maryland. The contract is for the repair of an MS60 leak detector located at NIST's Gaithersburg facilities. The one-month contract runs from July 14, 2023 through August 13, 2023 and has been set aside for total small businesses. As the nation's measurement institute, NIST supports a...
- This is a $4,031,056.00 definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Quantum USA, LLP, a small business, for the purchase of a turn-key helium recovery system. The system will be installed at NIST's Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) nuclear test reactor facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland to collect, transport, compress, store, purify, and liquefy helium gas produced during experiments involving liquid...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $60,386.99 firm fixed-price purchase order to Airgas USA LLC to supply liquid helium in 100L and 250L dewars on an as-needed basis for NIST's Boulder, Colorado campus. The contract term runs from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Per the solicitation, Airgas will provide the necessary personnel, materials, equipment, services and facilities to deliver liquid helium as specified to support...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at sixty-one thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars and eighty-six cents ($61,666.86) to Airgas USA, LLC for the supply of liquid helium in 100L and 250L dewars on NIST's Boulder, Colorado campus. The contract has a period of performance through September 30, 2022 and was awarded on October 1, 2021 without a set-aside designation....
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract valued at three hundred forty-eight thousand four hundred forty dollars to Hiden Analytical Inc. The contract is for the purchase, installation, training, and initial warranty of a breakthrough instrument mass spectrometer detector and accessories to support evaluation of differential adsorption properties of porous materials under dynamic conditions at NIST's Facility...
- This firm-fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Quantum Technology Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of industrial gas systems. The $93,500 contract is for the delivery of a helium liquefier system to be used at NIST's facilities. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. In 2020, NIST awarded two similar sole-source contracts to Quantum Technology Corp for the...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $90,680.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Custom Solutions Group LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Katy, Texas. The contract is for the delivery of a gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector and pulsed discharge helium ionization detector to support NIST's Gas Sensing Metrology Group within the Chemical Sciences Division. This specialized equipment will be used to develop Standard Reference Materials...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $222,775 firm fixed price purchase order to Hiden Analytical Inc. of Peterborough, New Hampshire for the purchase of HPR-20 R&D mass spectrometers. NIST supports scientific and technical research and works to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. This contract will provide Hiden Analytical's high performance research mass spectrometers to support NIST's research and development...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $37,989.95 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Stateline Solution LLC for a mobile helium mass spectrometer leak detector system. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, was awarded on March 31, 2026, with a completion date of July 6, 2026. The equipment will be delivered to NIST Boulder and must meet stringent specifications including dual-mode operation (vacuum and sniffer modes), detection of helium-4 at minimum leak rates of 5×10⁻¹² mbar·L/s in vacuum mode and 5×10⁻⁸ mbar·L/s in sniffer mode, operation on standard US electrical outlets, and inclusion of a helium spray gun and minimum 10-foot sniffer probe. The system will support the CHIPS Project 1.02 focused on gas flow and thermophysical property data collection for semiconductor chip production. Stateline Solution LLC, a small disadvantaged and minority-owned business based in Romulus, Michigan, was selected as the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offeror. The vendor must provide the equipment as new (non-refurbished), deliver within 90 days of order receipt, supply training for up to two NIST users within 60 days of installation, and provide a minimum one-year warranty. The place of performance is listed as Germany, likely indicating the equipment manufacturer's location or a distribution point, though final delivery is to NIST Boulder, Colorado.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector System | 1333ND26QNB030052 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 1/1 | 2/3/26, 4:31 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $38.0k | 3/30/26 |