The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $750,000 firm fixed price purchase order to IPG Photonics Corporation of Oxford, Massachusetts. The contract is for the delivery of six 500 Watt green quasi-CW fiber lasers with a 532 nm central wavelength and water cooled module chassis design under part number GLPN-500-M. Per the original solicitation, the lasers are to be utilized by the Navy and must meet delivery requirements to be determined locations. There is no set-aside...
This is a $43,676.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, to Coherent NA, Inc. for the delivery of a 10-Watt diode-pumped, solid state 532nm continuous-wave laser. The original solicitation was issued as a commercial item acquisition with a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation approach. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, and both large...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command awarded a $104,200.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Lighthouse Photonics Incorporated, a manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state laser systems and accessories, for the delivery of a 532 nanometer laser source with technical manual and standard commercial warranty. This purchase was made under the Air Force's Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12 for the acquisition of commercial items. The original...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $205,808.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Coherent NA, Inc. to provide one 248 nanometer excimer laser producing over 25 watts, one 193 nanometer excimer laser producing over 4.5 watts, and one frequency-doubled neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser yielding 532 nanometer over 6 watts. This award was not set aside for any business category. Coherent NA, Inc. is a subsidiary of the global...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $31,551.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Lighthouse Photonics Incorporated, a manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state laser systems. The contract is for the delivery of a stand-alone ultra-low noise, high stability 10-watt 532nm diode-pumped solid-state laser to support NIST's implementation of a quantum network testbed on the NIST campus and its connection to the regional DC-QNet. This...
The Department of the Navy Naval Observatory awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for a laser system that outputs light at 657.459nm with at least 700mW of power. This $148,793.40 contract supports the Naval Observatory's investigation of atomic clock technology using optical spectroscopy on a calcium atomic beam. The laser will be used to drive a specific transition within calcium that serves as the frequency reference, as part of the...
The U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $7,300 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to Nuphotonics LLC for the delivery of one pump laser in the 405-488 nanometer wavelength range with over 1 watt of pumping power. This laser must meet specific technical requirements, including temperature control and compatibility with infrared thermography and thermoreflectance applications. The contract has a period of performance through January 21, 2025. The contract was...
This is a $60,300.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to IPG Photonics Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and optical systems. The contract is for the delivery of one high-power (18 W), single-frequency 532 nm laser to be used for optical trapping of laser-cooled molecules in NIST's Fundamental Thermodynamics Group. The laser will be delivered to the agency's facility in Gaithersburg,...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency, to IPG Photonics Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and laser systems. The $84,086.48 contract is for the delivery of a 532 NM pump laser, with a completion date of December 1, 2016. IPG Photonics has extensive experience providing specialized photonics equipment, including high-power fiber lasers, to support research, development,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized laser systems. The contract, valued at $201,575.00, is for the delivery of a tunable green laser system that will be used in conjunction with existing laser systems to generate electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) with Rydberg states of rubidium atoms. The laser system must...