Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB670114
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $60,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems headquartered in Pittsford, New York. Under contract OU68-25-NEW-023, Toptica will deliver a motorized tunable external cavity diode laser system designed to support NIST's Physical Measurement Lab's nanophotonics and quantum dot spectroscopy research. The laser must operate within the 760–790 nm...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $64,498 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a tunable telecom laser on September 15, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of February 17, 2026. The laser will be manufactured and delivered to Pittsford, New York, where Toptica maintains its headquarters. This contract originated from a pre-solicitation sources sought announcement posted in July 2025, through which NIST sought vendors capable of...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $62.6K purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems based in Pittsford, New York, for the procurement of one 950nm tunable laser. This firm fixed-price contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, supports NIST's Photonics and Optomechanics Group research on nonlinear and quantum integrated photonics devices. The laser must meet stringent technical...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $45,368.40 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems headquartered in Pittsford, New York. Under contract OU68-25-NEW-130, Toptica will deliver a Calcium PI Laser System consisting of two specialized lasers (375 nm and 422 nm wavelengths) designed for photoionizing neutral calcium 40 atoms. The system is intended for NIST's Physical Measurements Lab Time...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order valued at $39,446 to Toptica Photonics Inc. on April 16, 2026, for the procurement of an interferometry tunable 780 nanometer diode laser. The contract represents a firm fixed price acquisition with an ultimate completion date of July 15, 2026. This award was not designated as a set-aside contract. The work will be performed in Germany, reflecting Toptica Photonics' international manufacturing and distribution...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $28,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for an 822 nm laser system on January 17, 2025. This contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and carries an ultimate completion date of June 20, 2025. The work will be performed in Germany, with Toptica Photonics serving as the prime contractor. The 822 nm laser system represents specialized optical equipment within NIST's research portfolio,...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,400.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced laser systems and photonics instrumentation, for the delivery of a 1396nm single frequency laser. This laser will be used in NIST's Quantum & Nonlinear Nanophotonics Group's quantum sensing project involving a strontium optical lattice clock with integrated photonics. The contract has an ultimate completion...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $56,424.60 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. on September 2, 2025, for a tunable laser system operating in the 1300nm O Band. The contract, identified as OU68-25-NEW-172, supports NIST's Physical Measurements Lab Quantum & Nanophotonics Group and their research into microresonator optical frequency combs for photonic in-memory computing acceleration. The laser specifications include a continuous...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $35,870 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a Magic Wavelength Laser system designed for ytterbium optical lattice clocks. The award, issued on August 26, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 16, 2025, was made without a set-aside designation. Toptica Photonics, a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems headquartered in Pittsford, New York, will perform the work at NIST's...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $159,987.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-end laser systems. The contract is for the delivery of a 509 nm Tunable Stable Laser System, including shipping, installation, and training, to support NIST's research programs at its Boulder, Colorado facility. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside solicitation (NB688000-25-00627) that...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $67,797.50 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. on April 27, 2026, for external cavity diode lasers and associated optical equipment. The contract, with a completion date of October 23, 2026, fulfills NIST's market research requirements for specialized laser systems to support quantum and atomic physics research at its Boulder, Colorado campus. No small business set-aside was applied to this procurement. Toptica Photonics, a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems headquartered in Pittsford, New York, will deliver two external cavity diode lasers operating at 780 nm and 776 nm with high output power and minimal linewidth specifications, along with saturation spectroscopy modules, fiber-coupling ports, software licenses, and associated fiber patch cables to enable Rydberg measurements in rubidium and cesium atoms. The delivered systems will support NIST's fundamental science and measurement programs by providing precision optical instrumentation with software-based atomic reference locking capabilities and remote control via TCP/IP or USB protocols. Toptica Photonics has established itself as a preferred vendor to NIST and other federal research agencies, with extensive experience delivering specialized laser technologies for quantum computing, atomic clock development, and spectroscopy applications. The vendor must provide on-site installation support and offer a one-year manufacturer warranty with specialized coverage for laser diodes, with acceptance testing expected within 14 business days of system installation.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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External Cavity Diode Lasers | NB6720202600552 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 2/11/26, 5:29 PM | |
External Cavity Diode Lasers | NB6720202600552 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/2 | 3/2/26, 11:42 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $67.8k | 4/26/26 |