Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB030060
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Newport Corp, a subsidiary of MKS Instruments Inc., to provide two optical tables and two sets of four pneumatic vibration isolation legs. The total ceiling value of the contract is $22,866.88, with a completion date of October 29, 2025. The contract was awarded on July 18, 2025, following a Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation. The procurement was unrestricted, without any small...
- Thorlabs, Inc., a leading manufacturer of photonics equipment and specialized optical components headquartered in Newton, New Jersey, was awarded a $130,078.94 firm fixed-price purchase order by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 18, 2025. The contract, designated OU03-25-NEW-295 and titled "CHIPS R & D: Enclosure for the SRM," supports research and development efforts under the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors)...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $24,936 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Formfactor, Inc. on September 18, 2025, for a programmable stage and installation services. This contract, issued under simplified acquisition procedures citing sole-source authority, will deliver specialized microscope automation equipment to NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory Radio Frequency Technology Division at the Boulder facility. The programmable stage features a...
- This is a $21,695.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of a civilian federal agency to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics Division, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the delivery of a Zaber Gimbal System. The purchase order was set aside for small businesses and is a brand name acquisition supporting research activities at NASA's Langley Research Center. Avro Inc. has secured multiple prime federal contract awards from both defense and civilian agencies,...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $86,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Axiom Optics Inc., a small business based in Somerville, Massachusetts. The contract is for the delivery of one in-vacuum scientific CCD camera system to support NIST's VUV, EUV, and X-ray imaging research efforts. The original solicitation did not use a set-aside program. The contract has a period of performance through November 30, 2022. Axiom Optics has previously been...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $16,045 firm fixed price purchase order to Advr, Inc. to deliver an entangled photon source. As part of its mission to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness, NIST supports research in quantum information science and precision measurement. This award will provide Advr the opportunity to supply NIST with an entangled photon source to support the agency's ongoing research efforts in these...
- The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a $53,204.90 firm fixed price purchase order to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics Division, doing business as AVR Optics, for an ultra-high speed phase 1024 x 1024 spatial light modulator system. The total small business set-aside contract has a period of performance through November 16, 2023. As a foreign owned for-profit organization, AVR Optics will provide the specialized photonics equipment to the Navy for use in research and development...
- The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base awarded a $497,526 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics Division for the procurement of a Magneto Optical Trap (MOT) system. The award, made on August 28, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2025, was issued without a set-aside designation following a sole-source determination under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The MOT will support the Air Force Institute of Technology's...
- The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations awarded a $48,000 purchase order to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics Division for optics-related products and services. The firm fixed price contract runs from July 24, 2023 through September 30, 2023 and will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland. As the prime contractor, AVR Optics will support the NIH's research mission by providing optical equipment without subcontractors. The award...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the Department of Commerce, has awarded a $19,181 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Pi Physik Instrumente LP, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of precision motion control and positioning systems. The contract is for the delivery of a two-axes microscope transition stage to support fluorescence microscopy research at NIST. This contract was awarded under a full and open competition with no small...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $16.2K firm fixed-price purchase order to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics division for motorized positioners supporting advanced semiconductor research under the CHIPS Act program. The contract, issued on March 25, 2026, with completion targeted for June 24, 2026, fulfills NIST's requirement for custom-built automated optical and RF wafer probing systems equipped with motorized linear translation stages. The equipment will be installed in the High Frequency Electronic laboratory at NIST's Boulder, Colorado facility to support high-frequency transistor characterization and model verification, with technical specifications including travel ranges of 75 mm or greater, minimum incremental movements of 20 nm or smaller, linear motor drive systems, crossed-roller bearings, and integrated optical encoders for closed-loop positioning. This procurement contains no set-aside designation and was awarded as a non-small business contract. AVR Optics, a foreign-owned photonics company headquartered in Fairport, New York, has established itself as a reliable federal supplier of precision optical equipment, having secured seven prime federal contracts totaling approximately $809K since 2021 across multiple agencies including the Department of the Navy, U.S. Air Force, NASA, and the National Institutes of Health. The company specializes in advanced optical systems including spatial light modulators and magneto-optical trap systems for quantum research applications. All of AVR Optics' federal awards have been structured as purchase orders with firm fixed-price contracts and no documented subcontractor relationships, demonstrating the company's capacity to serve as a prime contractor for specialized scientific instrument procurement.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Motorized Positioners | NIST-SS26-CHIPS-48 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 12/10/25, 1:53 PM | |
Ghz Motorized Positioners | 1333ND26QNB030063 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/2 | 2/13/26, 10:46 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $16.2k | 3/24/26 |