Purchase Order 80NSSC26P0133
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- This is a $459,424.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded to Syft Technologies, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company based in Riverside, California. The contract is for the acquisition of a Syft i8 mass spectrometer, installation, and a 1-year service plan for the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The mass spectrometer will be used for real-time, fast, trace gas analysis in the Variable Atmospheric Test Facility. This requirement was set aside for small businesses. The contract...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $85,842 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hiden Analytical Inc. on July 28, 2025, for the delivery of a quadrupole mass spectrometer to support NIST's Chemical Sciences Division Direct Air Capture research program. The contract, designated OU63-25-NEW-240, carries an ultimate completion date of November 13, 2025, and involves no small business set-aside. The instrument must meet 15 specific technical requirements including measuring...
- This is a sole source definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Thermo Electron North America LLC, a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation Financial Services, for the procurement of a hybrid gas chromatography mass spectrometer coupled to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC-MS/IRMS) system. The contract has a ceiling value of $549,987.24 and a completion date of April 30, 2026. The equipment will be used to...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $29,250 firm fixed-price purchase order to Quantum USA, LLP to disconnect, disassemble, and package a helium reliquefier system. The work was awarded without a set-aside designation following a special notice solicitation posted on January 7, 2026, with a due date of January 9, 2026. NASA determined that Quantum USA was the sole provider capable of performing this specialized work and awarded the contract under...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $30,931 firm fixed-price purchase order to Precision Filters, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Ithaca, New York, on August 25, 2025, with completion required by November 20, 2025. The contract was issued as a sole-source acquisition under Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), following a Special Notice published on August 14, 2025, that determined Precision Filters, Inc. to be the sole capable provider of the required equipment. The...
- This is a sole-source contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Hiden Analytical Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company based in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The contract, valued at $167,454.00, is for the delivery of a Hiden EQP mass/energy analyzer. The contract was awarded under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), which allows for sole-source procurement of commercial items under specific...
- This is a sole source contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) to Hiden Analytical Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit organization based in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The contract is for the procurement of a Heiden Analytical EQP-9 quadrupole mass spectrometer and ESPion Langmuir probe, which will be used at the NASA Ames Research Center to investigate the composition, origin, evolution, and chemical processes on the surfaces and...
- This is a $30,629.56 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Shared Services Center (NSSC), a civilian agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to Bruker AXS LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. The contract is for the replacement of an X-ray detector for a Bruker M4 Tornado X-ray Fluorescence spectrometer instrument located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This sole-source contract...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Bruker Scientific LLC, a manufacturer of scientific instruments, for the delivery of a Spectrometer R200-L. The $175,092.42 contract has an ultimate completion date of September 9, 2024. This sole source award was made under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) based on the unique capabilities of Bruker's Senterra II Raman...
- This is a $494,224.91 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded to Thermo Electron North America LLC by the NASA Goddard Space Center. The contract is for the delivery of an Exploris 240 Gas Chromatograph Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer, which will provide simultaneous in situ measurements of organic compounds, site-specific isotope composition, and fragmentation patterns for small molecules separated by gas chromatography. This sole source contract was awarded under the authority of FAR...
On January 13, 2026, NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $76,875 firm fixed-price purchase order to Ardara Technologies LP for a flange-mounted quadrupole mass filter system with a mass range of 1 to 50 atomic mass units (amu). The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of April 13, 2026, was awarded as a sole source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) procedures utilizing commercial item acquisition rules. The specialized instrument will feature a 12 mm quadrupole operating at a minimum frequency of 3.3 MHz with yttrium oxide coated iridium filaments, designed to provide the sensitivity, mass selectivity, and capability to distinguish atomic from molecular hydrogen required for NASA's mission-critical applications. The complete delivery includes an ion detector, power supplies, cables, and data acquisition software, with performance occurring in Ardara, Pennsylvania. This acquisition was issued as a special notice on January 7, 2026, with a compressed two-day submission deadline, reflecting NASA's determination that Ardara Technologies LP is the sole capable provider of the specified equipment. The Shared Services Center determined that no competing vendors could produce an equivalent product meeting the government's specialized requirements. While the procurement was conducted as sole source, NASA indicated willingness to evaluate capability statements from interested organizations to determine whether competitive alternatives existed, though the final award decision remained at government discretion. Ardara Technologies LP, a small business specializing in turn-key mass spectrometry systems and vacuum electronics manufacturing, has an established history of providing similar specialized scientific equipment to federal agencies, particularly the Department of the Air Force.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Ardara quadrupole mass spectrometer with cross-beam ionizer | 80NSSC26922480Q | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center | Special Notice 1/1 | 1/7/26, 10:58 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $76.9k | 1/13/26 |