Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB680245
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- The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $19,990 firm fixed price purchase order to Aleph Scientific LLC, doing business as Huber Diffraction USA, to deliver two Wolter optic alignment stages and associated equipment. Per the solicitation, the contractor will provide two rotation stages and two goniometers integrating pitch and roll control, along with six 2-phase stepper motors to manipulate each axis of motion. Delivery is to occur on a FOB...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Renaissance Scientific, Inc. for a cryogenic nano-positioner on August 25, 2026, with a ceiling value of $178,496.44. The acquisition carries no small business set-aside. The order originates from a June 2026 sources sought that identified qualified vendors capable of supplying specialized cryogenic positioning equipment. Work is performed in Boulder, Colorado. The requirement includes eight X-axis nanopositioners...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $14,020.04 firm fixed-price purchase order to Attocube Systems AG, a German-based manufacturer of precision nanopositioning equipment and scientific instrumentation. The contract, designated OU68-25-NEW-250, calls for the delivery of a motion stage for a vacuum mass exchange system and is scheduled for completion by November 28, 2025. The award was made without a set-aside designation, indicating open competition. Performance...
- <p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Caribbean Waters Inc. on September 2, 2026, for $13,858.00 to upgrade the cold neutron imaging instrument phase grating pitch alignment system. Work is performed in Orinda, California. The order is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of November 30, 2026.</p>
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Attocube Systems AG, a German manufacturer, for the delivery of two 5-axis nanomotion stages. The $74,744.93 contract is in support of NIST's requirement for the development of a nanophotonic probe station. The items are to be delivered within 16 weeks to NIST's location in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the contractor will provide a minimum of one year of...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Pi Physik Instrumente LP for a fast steering mirror system on September 19, 2025, with a ceiling value of $18,650.00. The order is a firm fixed-price commercial acquisition with no set-aside designation. Place of performance is Germany. The two-axis, high-bandwidth fast steering mirror system will support scanning confocal photoluminescence microscopy research at NIST's Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division and...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics division on May 18, 2026, for a 3-axis motorized scanning stage system valued at $33,764.00 under a total small business set-aside. Performance occurs in Fairport, New York. The order calls for an integrated XYZ stage stack with motion controller supporting at least four axes, utilizing non-magnetic materials (aluminum or titanium) with non-magnetic encoders. Specifications include X-axis travel...
- 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...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $270.5K firm fixed-price purchase order to Tescan USA Inc. on September 16, 2024, for a high-precision sample positioning stage designed for nanoscale x-ray tomography applications. The stage must meet stringent technical specifications including operation within a 175mm radius by 300mm height cylindrical envelope in high vacuum environments, rotational motion capabilities within 120 degrees, fine motion ranges of 150...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, awarded a $96,203.50 firm fixed price purchase order to Attocube Systems AG, a German manufacturer, for the delivery of two (2) cryogenic X-Y-Z positioning stages and related controllers. These cryogenic positioners will be used for advanced research, such as in quantum computing and materials science, and are required to operate at temperatures as low as 50 millikelvin. The solicitation was issued as a full and open...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Smaract Inc. for $28,690 on September 4, 2026, under a Total Small Business set-aside for the upgrade of the Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument Phase Grating Roll Alignment System, with ultimate completion by February 28, 2027. Work is performed in Berkeley, California. The procurement calls for three high-precision rotation stages with control hardware and software, engineered to meet exacting specifications: angular resolution better than 0.00005 degrees, position resolution less than 0.00001 degrees, central clear aperture of at least 80 millimeters diameter, and full 360-degree rotation capability. The stages must accommodate low mass grating assemblies and support stage separations ranging from 1 millimeter to 5 meters for the far-field grating neutron interferometer operated by NIST's Radiation Physics Division. The order originated from a sources-sought notice posted May 26, 2026, closing June 9, 2026.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Upgrade of the Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument, Phase Grating Roll Alignment System | 1333ND26QNB680282 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Solicitation 2/3 | 6/12/26, 2:04 PM | |
Upgrade of the Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument, Phase Grating Roll Alignment System | 1333ND26PNB680245 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Award Notice 3/3 | 9/4/26, 11:03 AM | |
Upgrade of the Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument, Phase Grating Roll Alignment System | NIST-AMD-NCNR-SSN26-04 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 5/26/26, 3:59 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $28.7k | 9/3/26 |