Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB680019
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $762,747 firm fixed-price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. on September 21, 2023, for the delivery of a horizontal dry dilution refrigerator system to support the Physics Measurement Laboratory (PML). The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025, was awarded without a set-aside designation through full and open competition. Bluefors Inc., a Brooklyn, New York-based manufacturer of advanced...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $12,174.11 firm fixed-price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. on September 8, 2025, for design, fabrication, and installation of a Horizontal Dry Dilution Refrigerator Gas Handling System modification. The contract, numbered OU68-25-NEW-220, represents a modification to NIST's existing cryogenic equipment by consolidating components from two separate gas handling units into a single vertical rack configuration to optimize...
- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company, for a SD250 dilution refrigerator system with 40+GHz bandwidth wiring option. The contract has a ceiling value of $385,392.75 and a completion date of May 10, 2024. No set-aside designation was used. The original solicitation sought information on vendors that could provide a sub-kelvin cryostat with optional...
- Bluefors Inc. was awarded a $388,938.50 firm fixed price purchase order by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to deliver a dilution refrigerator meeting the technical requirements specified in the solicitation. The award is associated with NIST's request for quotation seeking a cryogenic dilution refrigerator capable of achieving base temperatures of 30 milliKelvin or lower with a mixing chamber diameter of at least 150 millimeters. Performance will take place at NIST's...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $345,321.70 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. for a dilution refrigerator system. The contract was awarded non-competitively under a solicitation seeking quotations for one dilution refrigerator with associated wiring, packing, shipping, delivery, installation, commissioning, warranty, training, maintenance, repair and travel services to meet specifications in the attached statement of work. Performance will take place...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $698,742.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors OY, doing business as Bluefors Cryogenics, for the delivery of a cryogen-free dry dilution refrigerator. This specialized equipment will be used in quantum metrology research at NIST's Precision Measurement Laboratory (PML) in Boulder, Colorado. Bluefors, a manufacturer of ultra-low temperature cooling solutions and cryogen-free dilution...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $729,305.06 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company, for the purchase of two dilution refrigerators. The refrigerators must be capable of cooling below 30 millikelvin overnight without liquid helium using pulse tube cryocoolers, and provide over 1 milliwatt of cooling power at 4 Kelvin and over 150 microwatts at 100 millikelvin while maintaining a base temperature of 20...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $16,128.67 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide Dilution Refrigerator Vacuum Can Extensions. This includes a still shield, 4K shield, 50K shield, and lower vacuum can with 150mm of additional vertical space. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 26, 2025. This requirement was not set aside for small businesses, and Bluefors competed...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Department of Commerce, awarded a $515,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. for a dilution refrigerator. The refrigerator will support NIST's research in microwave measurements and signal analysis for cryogenic quantum computing applications at its Boulder, Colorado campus. The original solicitation sought a single dry dilution refrigerator to meet technical specifications provided in Attachment 1....
- This federal contract award to Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, is for the delivery of specialized dilution refrigerator wiring to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The contract has a ceiling value of $36,599.76 and a completion date of June 30, 2025. The contract was awarded on a full and open competition basis without any set-aside designation. The original solicitation from NIST sought information from vendors capable of providing microwave...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $21,400.38 firm fixed-price purchase order to Bluefors Inc. on January 30, 2026, for relocation services related to a Horizontal Dry Dilution Refrigerator (HDDR). The contract, identified as OU68-FY26-063-NEW, requires expert support for disassembly, packing, and relocation of the specialized cryogenic equipment from NIST's Boulder, Colorado facility to Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. The scope of work encompasses technical oversight during disassembly and packing operations, transportation coordination, and reassembly and installation at the destination site, with the critical objective of maintaining existing warranty coverage and performance specifications throughout the relocation process. The contract extends through April 17, 2026, with specific performance milestones anticipated for January and February 2026, including cooldown testing to verify the refrigerator maintains its sub-10 millikelvin base temperature performance. This contract represents a competitive award to Bluefors Inc., a Brooklyn-headquartered supplier of advanced cryogenic equipment and a primary vendor to NIST for specialized laboratory instrumentation. No set-aside designation was applied to this acquisition. Bluefors' expertise in handling semi-custom dilution refrigerators and maintaining equipment integrity during complex relocation procedures directly supports NIST's mission to enable cutting-edge scientific research. The company's established track record with NIST and demonstrated technical capabilities in cryogenic systems make it well-positioned to execute this specialized relocation service, which requires compliance with security requirements and adherence to stringent technical specifications critical to quantum technology research applications.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Horizontal Dry Dilution Refrigerator Relocation Service | NB687000-26-00250 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 12/15/25, 1:53 PM | |
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Horizontal Dry Dilution Refrigerator Relocation Service | NB687000-26-00250 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Special Notice 2/2 | 12/22/25, 1:22 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $21.4k | 1/30/26 |