Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB680181
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Attocube Systems GMBH on May 20, 2026, for spectroscopic capabilities—attocube upgrade, with a ceiling value of $52,505.00. The order carries no set-aside designation and is firm fixed price. Performance occurs in Germany, with ultimate completion by September 14, 2026. The procurement addresses NIST's requirement for precision nanopositioning and advanced scientific instrumentation to support high-precision...
- 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,...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to M Squared Lasers Inc. for $76,500 on July 28, 2021, for a wavemeter upgrade of a titanium sapphire laser with frequency mixing module and extended warranty coverage for three years commencing upon expiration of the current warranty. The prime is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. Place of performance is Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ultimate completion date is November 17, 2024. The order was issued...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to Swabian Instruments USA Inc. for a time tagging electronics module valued at $21,339.81 on September 11, 2025. This is a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 334516 for Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The equipment will be delivered to Germany, with ultimate completion required by December 30, 2025. The module supports time-correlated single photon counting experiments for quantum...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. on May 14, 2025, for a high-precision wavemeter with a ceiling value of $101,184.00 and firm fixed pricing. Performance takes place in Germany, with delivery required to NIST's Boulder, Colorado facility by November 3, 2025. The wavemeter must measure wavelengths between 390–1140 nm with absolute accuracy of ±10 MHz and simultaneously measure and lock wavelengths for up to 8 independent lasers at...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $42,880 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Metrohm Spectro, Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The contract is for the delivery of six photonics integrated (PI) lasers to support a Calcium 40 Ion Experiment being conducted at NIST's facility in Boulder, Colorado. Three of the lasers are required to operate at 346.000 terahertz (approximately 866 nanometers),...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,761 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a single frequency 698-nanometer laser to support a quantum sensing project developing a strontium optical lattice clock with integrated photonics. The award, designated OU68-25-NEW-173, was issued on August 29, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2025. The laser must meet stringent technical specifications including continuous wave operation at...
- 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...
- <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 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Department of Commerce, awarded a purchase order to Caen Technologies Inc. on September 18, 2024, for the procurement of two high stability bipolar electromagnet power supplies. The contract, valued at $22,272.16 on a firm fixed-price basis, was awarded without set-aside designation through simplified acquisition procedures. Delivery is required by September 30, 2025, to NIST's facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The original...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a purchase order to Aantilia LLC, an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business, for a replacement high-performance cesium beam tube for its 5071A frequency standard on June 12, 2026, with a ceiling value of $50,721.91. The cesium beam tube must be new, electrically and mechanically compatible with the 5071A standard, and meet frequency stability specifications of 5e-12 at 1-second averaging intervals and 1e-14 at 30-day averaging intervals. The tube supports NIST's ensemble atomic time scale that generates UTC(NIST). Delivery, installation, and training must be completed no later than 24 weeks after receipt of order, with an ultimate completion date of December 1, 2026. Work is performed in Austin, Texas. The order is firm fixed price with no set-aside designation.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Replacement High-Performance Cesium Beam Tube | NB688000-26-01570 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 5/4/26, 12:57 PM | |
Replacement High-Performance Cesium Beam Tube for 5071A Frequency Standard | NB688000-26-01570 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/2 | 5/19/26, 1:57 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $50.7k | 6/11/26 |