Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB030065
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- This $290,798.30 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Technical Communities, Inc., a small business prime contractor, on September 6, 2024. The contract requires the delivery of two 110 GHz extender heads with low-frequency extension and integrated bias tees, as well as two 110 GHz extender head desktop positioners, all from Keysight. These items are needed to support NIST's CHIPS program and on-wafer measurement capabilities...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $118,891.39 to Technical Communities, Inc. (Testmart Division) on August 20, 2025, for a vector network analyzer to support NIST's Quantum Electronics Group. The contract, designated OU68-25-NEW-105, calls for delivery to Singapore by October 20, 2025. This procurement originated from NIST's market research solicitation seeking a specialized instrument capable of S-parameter measurements...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $282,317 firm fixed price purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. (Testmart Division) on March 3, 2026, for a Keysight Technologies B1505A Analyzer under a total small business set-aside designation. The contract is scheduled for completion by May 26, 2026, with performance taking place in Singapore. This award aligns with NIST's CHIPS Act metrology research and development initiatives, which require advanced semiconductor...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a delivery order valued at $327,860.97 to Technical Communities, Inc. for the procurement of split cavity resonators (SCR) and split cylinder resonators with associated calibration equipment. The work will be performed in Foster City, California, with an ultimate completion date of December 20, 2024. This delivery order is structured as a firm fixed-price contract and is issued under Technical Communities' existing $2.0 million...
- This is a $430,037.17 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Technical Communities, Inc. (Technical Communities), a small business. The contract is for the delivery of a single-channel wireless research platform, which is designated as a total small business set-aside. Technical Communities, operating through its Testmart division, is a for-profit organization that specializes in providing a...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Department of Commerce, awarded a $123,955.03 firm fixed-price purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. (operating through its Testmart Division) on March 27, 2026, for the procurement of a research-grade Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectrometer. The contract, designated as OU03-FY26-053-NEW, carries a total small business set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by June 19, 2026. The spectrometer...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $449,281.16 delivery order to Technical Communities, Inc. Testmart Division, a small business, to provide a 67 GHz vector network analyzer. This order was placed under Technical Communities' existing $11 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration to supply commercial test equipment for the National Airspace System through...
- This federal contract award is for the purchase of a wideband optical spectrum analyzer by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency. The $68,752.08 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Technical Communities, Inc., a small business based in San Mateo, California. The contract has a performance period through January 6, 2026. The original sources sought notice indicated NIST was conducting market research for a quantum research project requiring an...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $204,831.90 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. for a spectrum analyzer. This total small business set-aside contract supports NIST's Photonics and Optomechanics Group research in wireless communications, AI computing, quantum metrology, and quantum information science. The spectrum analyzer is required to measure the frequency spectrum of signals generated by microwave devices, with specific technical...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded an $872,368.64 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Technical Communities, Inc. Testmart Division, doing business as Technical Communities Inc., under its Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The contract calls for Technical Communities, Inc. to provide 110 GHZ Vector Network Analyzers to NIST. Performance will take place in Foster City, California, spanning...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $439,184.62 firm fixed-price purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. (operating through its Testmart Division) for Fabry Perot open resonators and microwave components. The award, issued on April 17, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of September 14, 2026, originated from a Sources Sought Notice (NIST-SS26-CHIPS-03) posted in November 2025 seeking specialized electromagnetic measurement equipment to support NIST's CHIPS program initiatives. The procurement encompasses D-band, G-band, and J-band Fabry Perot resonators, coaxial Fabry Perot resonators, PXIe chassis with host adapters, switch matrices, precision source measurement units, and vector network analyzer equipment with extender head modules—all designed to enable traceable complex permittivity measurements up to 330 GHz for on-wafer traceability of S-parameters, power, and phase measurements. Technical Communities, Inc., a small business headquartered in San Mateo, California, was designated as a total small business set-aside awardee for this purchase order. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside, with performance to be completed in Malaysia. Technical Communities brings extensive federal procurement experience as a strategic supplier of RF measurement equipment and scientific instrumentation across civilian and defense agencies, including established indefinite delivery vehicle contracts with the FAA and NIST totaling over $11 million. The equipment will include three-year extended warranties with maintenance coverage as specified in the original solicitation requirements.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Fabry Perot Open Resonators (FPOR) and Microwave Components | 1333ND26PNB030065 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Award Notice 3/3 | 4/17/26, 3:54 PM | |
Sources Sought Notice for Fabry Perot Resonators and Microwave Components | NIST-SS26-CHIPS-03 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 11/13/25, 4:07 PM | |
Fabry Perot Open Resonators (FPOR) and Microwave Components | 1333ND26QNB030032 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/3 | 3/18/26, 9:21 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $439.2k | 4/16/26 |