Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB680029
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- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $158,670.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide a mode-locked fiber laser. This contract was set aside for small businesses. Menlo Systems Inc. is the parent company of Menlo Systems GMBH, another for-profit manufacturer. Through past prime and subcontract awards, Menlo Systems has provided optical frequency comb systems,...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Menlo Systems Inc. for the development and delivery of a mid-infrared optical frequency comb system. The $142,819.20 contract has a completion date of December 31, 2015 and does not utilize a small business set-aside. Menlo Systems, a Colorado-based company, is a leading supplier of precision optical measurement...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to Menlo Systems Inc. for the delivery of electro-acoustic, pulsed laser equipment. The contract has a ceiling value of $131,550.00 and a completion date of March 13, 2025. Menlo Systems Inc. is a foreign-owned, for-profit organization that has previously provided optical frequency comb systems, RF comb generators, and upgrades to optical lattice laser...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $195,000.80 firm fixed-price purchase order to Menlo Systems Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based supplier of high-precision optical measurement instrumentation, for a Fast Tracking Dual-Comb Spectrometer. The contract was awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2026, and carries no small business set-aside designation. The dual-comb spectrometer is a specialized optical laser system designed for precision...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $200,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the delivery of an optical frequency comb system. Menlo Systems has previously provided similar metrology equipment and services to NIST, the Department of the Navy's Naval Observatory, and the Department of the Army's Headquarters at West Point Military Academy under other prime and subcontractor...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide a one-year service agreement for an existing optical frequency comb system. The contract has a ceiling value of $97,500.00 and a period of performance from May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026, with two potential one-year renewal options. The contract supports NIST's Neutral Atom Optical Clocks Division and requires...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit small business, for an optical frequency comb system to measure the frequency stability of standards within NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory. The $182,100.00 contract has a completion date of November 27, 2019 and was set aside for small businesses. Menlo Systems has previously provided optical measurement systems...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Department of Commerce, awarded a $91,535 firm fixed-price purchase order to Attocube Systems AG for six interferometric displacement sensors on September 19, 2025. This contract, designated OU68-25-NEW-261, responds to NIST's solicitation for fiber-optic-based interferometer systems required to build a compact, portable primary standard instrument for measuring gram-level masses using a Kibble balance. The sensors must meet...
- This firm fixed price purchase order, valued at $458,243.75, was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to Menlo Systems Inc. to deliver a turn-key optical frequency comb system. The system must provide optical frequency measurement capability at specified wavelengths between 698nm and 1388nm. Delivery will take place in Boulder, Colorado by December 31, 2021. The award stems from a solicitation seeking an optical frequency comb system for optical and microwave frequency...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to purchase a laser system for $180,180.00. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Menlo Systems is a leading developer and global supplier of precision optical measurement systems, including optical frequency combs, ultrafast lasers, and timing electronics. The company has previously provided similar...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $36,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Menlo Systems Inc. on February 23, 2026, for replacement locking electronics. The contract, identified as OU68-FY26-217-NEW, calls for delivery by May 15, 2026, and represents a non-set-aside procurement. Based on the originating pre-solicitation notice, the deliverable is a custom SYNCRO control unit housed in a 19-inch, 3-height-unit enclosure that includes servo loop electronics for Pound-Drever-Hall laser frequency stabilization, a high-bandwidth PID controller, and an ORC-TEC Temperature Controller for NIST's Ultrastable Cavity-laser System. The work will be performed in Germany, and Menlo Systems is expected to provide installation services at NIST's Boulder, Colorado laboratory along with a 12-month warranty. Menlo Systems Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, specializes in high-precision optical measurement instrumentation and advanced scientific equipment. The company has established a track record with NIST and other federal agencies, having secured over $1.8 million in contract value since 2021, primarily for optical frequency comb systems, ultrafast lasers, and precision laser measurement devices. This award reflects NIST's confidence in Menlo Systems' technical capability to deliver specialized optical and control electronics systems that support the agency's standards and measurement research mission.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Sources Sought for Replacement Locking Electronics | NB688000-26-00406 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 1/21/26, 12:11 PM | |
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Replacement Locking Electronics | NB688000-26-00406 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Special Notice 2/2 | 1/29/26, 11:17 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $36.0k | 2/22/26 |