Purchase Order 1333ND26PNB770606

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Qunnect, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Brooklyn, New York. The contract, valued at $41,500, is for the delivery of a Qunnect Automated Polarization Compensation System. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of December 15, 2025. Qunnect, Inc. is a small business...

<p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Qunnect, Inc. for $99,500 on September 15, 2025, for an entangled photon source. Qunnect is a small disadvantaged business. Work is performed in Brooklyn, New York. The order carries a firm fixed price and completion is scheduled for March 15, 2026. No set-aside category applied.</p>

<p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Izum Inc., an SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business, for quantum networking metrology support valued at $146,676.22, awarded October 15, 2024. Performance is located in Potomac, Maryland. The order is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of October 14, 2025.</p>

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a purchase order to Technical Communities, Inc. on August 22, 2025, for a Keysight N7786C Polarization State Synthesizer with a ceiling value of $62,241.00. The order is designated as a total small business set-aside. Place of performance is Gaithersburg, Maryland. Technical Communities, Inc., a small business, will deliver one new polarization synthesizer to support NIST's Quantum Information Group research in characterizing...

<p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Izum Inc., an 8(a) certified small business, for $134,972.20 on October 15, 2023, for quantum networking metrology support, with ultimate completion on October 14, 2024. Performance occurs at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland facility. The order is firm fixed price with no set-aside designation beyond the awardee's 8(a) status.</p>

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $308,736 purchase order to Izum Inc., an SBA 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business, on August 29, 2025, for quantum networks entanglement layer research under a Total Small Business set-aside. Work is performed at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland facility through August 28, 2027. The order requires development of a Quantum Network Optimizer, entanglement distribution protocols, and entanglement routing models capable of supporting...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to AB Group Inc. on August 25, 2026, for polarization entanglement analyzers valued at $27,038.74. AB Group is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Columbia, Maryland. The order calls for two quantum network research analyzers: one operating at 1320 ± 20 nm with device return loss less than 60 dB, and one at 795 ± 15 nm with device return loss less than 50 dB. Both units must feature FC/APC...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $147,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Qunnect, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Brooklyn, New York. The contract is for the delivery of an Automated Polarization Compensator (APC) and an Entangled Photon Source for quantum network links. The APC and Entangled Photon Source are specialized quantum networking technologies that were sole-sourced to Qunnect, as the government determined their Qu-APC and...

This is a $1,237,155.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Qunnect, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Brooklyn, New York. The contract is for the &quot;Reliable Entanglement Verification for Scalable and Deployable Quantum Networks&quot; project, which falls under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a completion date of February 23, 2027 and is a total small business...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $32,260 firm fixed-price purchase order to Nuphoton Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned small business specializing in advanced optical and fiber-based technologies. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside, calls for the delivery of two O-band optical amplifiers with low noise and high sensitivity for quantum networking research and network testbed experiments. The amplifiers must meet specific technical...