Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB680105
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. on July 16, 2024, valued at $145,520.24 for the procurement of three specialized photonics instruments. The contract requires delivery of one broadband, high-power supercontinuum light source; one wide bandwidth tunable filter with single-mode fiber output; and one multiline, narrow bandwidth, fast-switching tunable filter with single-mode fiber output. The equipment will...
- The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for $103,340.00 to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned manufacturer of cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. This contract is for the delivery of a "High-Efficiency Low Dark-Count Single Photon Detection System" to support NIST's Quantum Measurement Division's research on quantum-based measurement methods, including the...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $412,600.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit Subchapter S corporation that manufactures cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The contract is for time-resolved emission microscopy cryostats, which support NIST's metrology research programs. Photon Spot Inc. has established itself as a key supplier of high-precision, low-temperature...
- This is a $120,855.92 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Teledyne Digital Imaging US, Inc., operating as Teledyne Princeton Instruments, for a Spectrum Measurement System to characterize photon sources being developed by NIST for quantum communications and networking. The system will measure visible light and infrared wavelengths. The contract has no set-aside designation, indicating full and open competition. Teledyne...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $17,825 firm fixed-price purchase order to Photon Spot Inc. on May 28, 2025, for maintenance and repair services on a Cryospot 4TS Cryogenic System at NIST's Boulder, Colorado campus. The contract, with a completion deadline of June 30, 2025, originated from NIST's March 2025 market research announcement seeking vendors capable of replacing an RDK-205D Cold Head with a refurbished unit. This purchase order was not designated...
- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order for $10,990 to Swabian Instruments GMBH of Almanya. The contract is for a single item: a time tagging unit for single photon detection. No set-aside provisions or subcontractors were specified. NIST supports the U.S. technology industry through research, standards development, and measurement services, and this purchase will provide equipment to enable NIST's work in...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to S-Fifteen Instruments PTE LTD for a 1320 nanometer entangled photon source with a ceiling value of $24,500. The contract was awarded on September 11, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of October 9, 2024. The vendor, based in Singapore, will deliver the quantum optics equipment to support NIST's research and measurement capabilities. No set-aside designation was applied to this award....
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $16,546.66 firm fixed-price purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. for a laser system on March 27, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of May 10, 2025. The contract carries no set-aside designation, indicating open competition. NKT Photonics, a Denmark-based manufacturer of advanced photonics equipment with a U.S. business presence in Boston, Massachusetts, is a recognized leader in precision laser systems and optical...
- 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...
- This is a $168,750 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business, for a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SNSPD) system. The contract supports NIST's research in quantum science, metrology, and photonics, providing specialized scientific instrumentation. The SNSPD system must meet detailed technical requirements, including four single-mode fiber-coupled detectors,...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $57,122 firm fixed price purchase order to Tibidabo Scientific Industries (USA), Inc. on April 24, 2026, for the procurement of a photon counting imaging tube. The contract, designated OU68-FY26-276-NEW, originated from a sources sought announcement posted in February 2026 and carries an ultimate completion date of October 29, 2026. The tube specifications align with NIST's quantum information science research requirements, including a bialkali photocathode with 20% quantum efficiency at 350 nanometers, a 40-millimeter active diameter, and a Z-stack microchannel plate configuration capable of detecting over 1 million photons per second with time resolution better than 5 nanoseconds and spatial resolution of 400 pixels. No set-aside designation was applied to this acquisition. Tibidabo Scientific Industries (USA), Inc., a foreign-owned entity specializing in high-precision optical and laboratory instrumentation, will perform the work at its facility in Madison, Connecticut. The vendor brings relevant experience supplying sophisticated scientific equipment to federal agencies, including previous contracts with the U.S. Air Force and the National Institutes of Health. The photon counting imaging tube will support NIST's quantum information science experiments, contributing to the agency's mission to advance measurement science and technology standards essential to U.S. innovation and competitiveness.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Photon Counting Imaging Tube | NB688000-26-00692 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 2/12/26, 3:27 PM | |
Photon Counting Imaging Tube | NB688000-26-00692 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/2 | 3/5/26, 9:53 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $57.1k | 4/23/26 |