Purchase Order 80NSSC26P1286

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Research Systems, Inc. (ARS) for the delivery of a closed-cycle cryostat to be used in ultra-high vacuum ice chamber experiments at the Goddard Space Flight Center. The cryostat must achieve temperatures down to approximately 5.5 Kelvin to support planetary science research. The firm fixed-price contract has a ceiling value of $32,216.00 and a completion date of February 14,...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Advanced Research Systems, Inc. for a low-temperature, low-vibration helium cryo-cooler for the ICEE facility, with a ceiling value of $95,382 and an award date of July 28, 2026. The award carries no set-aside designation. The cryocooler will be manufactured and delivered to Macungie, Pennsylvania. The system must achieve minimum temperatures of 9 K or lower with temperature stability of 3 mK or less, deliver 60 Watts or greater cooling...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Oxford Cryosystems Limited for a GSE cryocooler for cryogenic experiments, valued at $50,579.00, on March 23, 2026. The order is firm fixed price with no set-aside category applied. Performance takes place in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the work must be completed by April 22, 2026. The procurement originated from a Special Notice posted September 10, 2025, under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) sole-source authority. The cryocooler comprises two...

NASA's National Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $77,506 firm fixed price purchase order to Danaher Cryogenics Ltd. on January 29, 2025, for a cryostat upgrade at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Boulder, Colorado. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2025, involves modifying an existing cryostat to enable testing of large-format microcalorimeter arrays and a continuous adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. The work comprises four primary...

The U.S. Government awarded a $28,693 firm fixed price purchase order to Advanced Research Systems, Inc. (ARS) for a "HUNT CLOSED SYSTEM CRYOSTAT". This order was placed by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian agency within the U.S. Government. ARS is a for-profit subchapter S corporation that specializes in manufacturing cryogenic equipment for low temperature applications and experiments. The purchase order does not have a set-aside designation. ARS has previously...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Stirling Cryogenics Inc. for $29,080 on November 24, 2025, to procure a cryofan for thermal interface development, with completion by May 23, 2026. The award is firm fixed price under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) sole source authority. Performance takes place in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The cryofan must operate at maximum static system pressure of 450 psia across temperature ranges of 10–350 K, generating 200 meters of delta pressure at 20 cubic...

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $32,737 firm fixed-price purchase order to Advanced Research Systems, Inc. for the procurement of a closed-cycle cryostat. The contract was awarded on December 17, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of April 27, 2026, and will be performed in Washington, DC. No set-aside designation was utilized for this award, reflecting the contractor's competitive positioning in the open market for specialized cryogenic equipment. Advanced Research Systems, a...

The Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Sunpower, Inc. for a cryocooler valued at $44,714.00, with an award date of July 16, 2026 and ultimate completion date of August 27, 2026. The procurement was issued under FAR 12.102(a) commercial item procedures on a sole-source basis, with performance at Huntsville, Alabama. The purchase order covers a cryocooler assembly comprising eleven components per Quote No. Q-94543-1, with work scheduled to begin June 1, 2026 and completion required...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $45,650 firm fixed-price purchase order to Bluefors Cryocooler Technologies Inc. of Syracuse, New York for the procurement of a cryocooler unit designed for the VF-15 AL230 cryocooler system. The contract, awarded on August 29, 2025 with completion expected by January 2, 2026, was issued as a sole source procurement under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), with NASA determining that Bluefors is the sole qualified provider of this specialized cryogenic technology....

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $91,680 firm fixed-price purchase order to Bluefors Cryocooler Technologies Inc., a Syracuse, New York-based manufacturer of advanced cryogenic equipment, for the procurement of a cryocooler and heat exchanger system intended for a liquid hydrogen simulation loop at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of November 20, 2026, was awarded without set-aside restrictions following a sole-source procurement...