The Department of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded Specs TII Inc. a $2.789 million firm fixed price purchase order to procure a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) - sputter deposition - angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) ultra-high vacuum cluster tool. The tool will include an MBE chamber, ARPES/XPS/LEED chamber, sputter deposition chamber, and sample transfer and handling module capable of meeting vacuum requirements and accommodating sample sizes up to 3 inches....
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a Defense agency, to R & D Enterprises, Inc., a small business contractor. The $104,275.00 contract is for the delivery of a rheometer and thermo equipment. R & D Enterprises, Inc. has previously provided scientific instruments and accessories, such as mass spectrometers, thermal conductivity testers, colorimeters, and titration calorimeters, to various federal agencies including the Department of...
The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $105,706.53 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Techcomp USA Inc., a division of Techcomp USA, for the provision of an FS5 Steady State Spectrofluorometer Spectrometer. This sole-source procurement was made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, as the requirement did not exceed the $250,000 simplified acquisition threshold. The Naval Research Laboratory determined Techcomp USA to be the sole...
The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Quantum Design, Inc., a manufacturer of laboratory equipment, to repair a magnetometer probe used in materials characterization research. The $34,635.00 contract has an August 2024 completion date and does not utilize any set-aside designation. The award stems from a sole-source special notice published by the Naval Research Laboratory, which indicated the need for refurbishment of a specific...
The Department of the Navy awarded a $163,263.97 Firm Fixed Price purchase order to Thermo Electron Karlsruhe GMBH, a for-profit manufacturer of laboratory and scientific equipment, for a Sample Preparation System. The award was made on a non-competitive basis with no set-aside designation. The system includes a MiniLab Computer, MiniJet, and associated accessories such as screws, software, molds, and a warranty extension. This purchase will support the Naval Research Laboratory's requirements...
Scienta Omicron Inc., a foreign-owned small disadvantaged business, has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $521,525 by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research. The award is for the delivery of a SYSTEM PRO-100-1X200+10X63-RTTA160 to the Naval Research Laboratory as described in Pre-Solicitation Notice N00173-23-Q-MB22, which sought a PRO-75 oxide MBE chamber, high-capacity vacuum pumping system, retractable ion gauge package, and consumable spare parts to...
This firm-fixed price purchase order, awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), provides $2,905.00 in funding for repair services for Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of scientific instruments and equipment. The contract has no set-aside designation, indicating that Oxford Instruments Asylum Research successfully competed in an open market procurement. Previous federal contract awards to Oxford Instruments Asylum Research demonstrate the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development awarded a $19,600 purchase order contract to Maxwell Biosystems AG, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced scientific research instruments and software. The contract is for a subscription to MaxWell Biosystems' MaxTwo Plate consumables, which are specialized laboratory equipment used in neuroscience, stem cell research, and electrophysiology studies. This award does not use a small business set-aside and...
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Value Tronics International Inc., doing business as Value Tronics, for the procurement of a Tektronix DPO72004B 20 GHz 4-Channel Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope, including NIST traceable calibration. The $57,455.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation. This sole-source purchase was executed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)...
The Department of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $702,966 to FEI Company Materials And Structural Analysis Division, a division of Thermo Electron Corporation Financial Services Division. The contract is to deliver a multi-purpose transmission electron microscope to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. by June 30, 2021 in support of the laboratory's critical science and technology research efforts. The...