Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB680175
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- The U.S. Air Force's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex awarded a $30,206.82 firm fixed-price purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. for the procurement of two rugged narrow linewidth lasers. The contract, issued on March 26, 2025, does not utilize a small business set-aside and carries an ultimate completion date of May 26, 2025. NKT Photonics, a Denmark-based manufacturer of advanced photonics equipment with U.S. operations headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in high-performance...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. for a 1078 nm fiber tunable laser on September 4, 2025, with a ceiling value of $17,705.03. Place of performance is Denmark. The procurement acquired a single laser unit for use in a molecule laser cooling platform supporting advanced pressure and temperature metrology. The laser meets technical specifications including continuous wave single frequency output between 1077.8–1078.2 nm, minimal...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a single frequency laser valued at $37,400.00 on September 2, 2025. The order calls for a 1396 nm continuous wave laser system with optical frequency stability less than 100 MHz per Kelvin, short-term linewidth of 100 kHz or less, optical fiber coupled output, and an electronic controller with current and temperature control and modulation capabilities for NIST's Quantum & Nonlinear...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business, for a 420 nm laser system valued at $45,448.00 on September 4, 2025. The order is set aside for total small business. Place of performance is Germany. The laser system is a commercial off-the-shelf product designed to support quantum metrology research involving rubidium atoms, with specifications including high power output of at least 70 mW, spectral narrowness with a...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. valued at $33,500 on June 29, 2026, for a 689 nm laser system. The order carries no set-aside designation. Place of performance is Germany. The laser must deliver output centered at 689.44 nm with minimum 1.5 nm tuning range, output power exceeding 75 mW, mode-hop-free tuning greater than 20 GHz, instantaneous linewidth less than 10 kHz, and frequency stability below 100 MHz/K, along with a...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Picoquant Photonics North America Inc. for $24,530 on June 29, 2026, for a 1550 nm pulsed laser system with an ultimate completion date of October 8, 2026. Performance takes place in Germany. The order is for one fiber-coupled pulsed laser source meeting specifications including optical pulses at 1550 nm nominal wavelength with pulse duration between 500 femtoseconds and 50 picoseconds, user-selectable repetition rate...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,109 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to NKT Photonics Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of advanced photonics equipment based in Denmark. The contract is for the delivery of a narrow linewidth 1112nm laser to support research and development activities within NIST's Physical Measurements Lab. The laser must meet precise technical specifications, including a center wavelength of 1111.60 nm and a linewidth of 5 mW....
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $176,520.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a privately held technology company that develops and produces specialized laser systems. The contract is for a 553 nm laser system with associated options, including a frequency-doubled high-power laser, high-power surcharge, electro-optic modulator, automatic alignment optimization, and chiller. The unique features of the 553 nm laser system,...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $319,644.98 firm fixed price definitive contract to Toptica Photonics Inc. for the delivery of three Toptica Photonics laser systems. The solicitation sought a rack-mountable narrow linewidth laser at 455.5nm with over 60mW output, two frequency-doubled amplified laser systems at 585.5nm and 614.3nm each with over 200mW output, and installation and labeling services to meet research needs. Place of performance will be...
- <p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. on May 14, 2026, for new lasers, with a ceiling value of $40,452.40 under firm fixed-price terms. The order carries no small business set-aside. Performance occurs in Denmark, with ultimate completion by July 24, 2026. The order references solicitation OU68-FY26-345-NEW LASERS.</p>
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base awarded a purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc. for $33,181.22 on July 2, 2026, for rugged narrow linewidth lasers to test the FLOC system. Place of performance is Denmark. The order calls for a laser system with design wavelength centered at 1550 nanometers, tunable range of at least 100 nanometers, tuning step size of 10 picometers maximum, stable single-frequency operation, coupling to polarization-maintaining fiber with minimum 3 milliwatts output power, linewidth less than 1 kilohertz, and relative intensity noise less than −150 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz, together with power supply, communication electronics, and control software. Delivery is due within fifteen weeks of order receipt. Ultimate completion date is October 16, 2026. The procurement originated from a NIST sources-sought notice posted April 14, 2026 under NAICS 334516 and PSC 6640, justified under FAR 12.102(a) and 41 USC 1901 authority for single-source acquisition.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: 1552. 93 NM LASER SYSTEM | NIST-SSN-NOI-26-6800992 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Special Notice 1/1 | 4/14/26, 11:40 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $33.2k | 7/1/26 |