Purchase Order 89243320PFE000377

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business, a $155,921.25 firm-fixed-price purchase order to deliver a single photon detection system. This system must include at least four single-photon sensors capable of detecting photons between 1000 nm and 2000 nm, with key requirements such as an operating temperature of 0.8K or lower, dark count rate of 50 cps or lower, recovery time under 100 ns, and timing jitter under 100 ps FWHM....

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $382,250.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Single Quantum USA Inc. for a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detection System (SNSPD) Rack-Mount. This award is a sole-source contract and is not set aside for any specific business type. The requirement was originally posted as a Pre-Solicitation notice, indicating AFRL determined Single Quantum USA Inc. is the only known commercial vendor capable of meeting the technical requirements,...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for $103,340.00 to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned manufacturer of cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. This contract is for the delivery of a "High-Efficiency Low Dark-Count Single Photon Detection System" to support NIST's Quantum Measurement Division's research on quantum-based measurement methods, including the...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Roper Scientific, Inc. (Princeton Instruments) for the purchase of a low-light, low-noise spectrometer system. The contract, valued at $184,154.75, was awarded on a sole source basis under FAR 13.106-1(b) and FAR Part 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The spectrometer system will be used by NIST's Quantum Measurement Division to conduct frequency domain...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $353,600 firm fixed price purchase order to Dectris USA Inc. to deliver a megapixel photon-counting x-ray camera. The camera will support research at NIST's Quantum Sensors Group, meeting specifications including an active sensor area over 40 square centimeters capable of detecting x-rays from 6-15 keV at over 100,000 photons per second per pixel. A Linux-based server to support camera readout is also required. There was no set-aside...

This is a non-set-aside, firm-fixed price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business in Monrovia, California. The $380,820.00 contract is for the development of a WSI SINGLE ELEMENT NANOWIRE DETECTOR. Photon Spot Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors, primarily serving federal research institutions in quantum science, metrology, and photonics. The company has...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned, Subchapter S Corporation, to provide four superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) and one cryogenic system with corresponding electronics. The total potential value of the contract is $203,840.00, and the period of performance will be completed by March 5, 2018. Photon Spot Inc. has previously delivered similar...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Boston Electronics Corporation for a HIGH-PRECISION 2-CHANNEL TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTER (TCSPC) with a potential value of $43,273.00. This specialized electro-optical equipment is likely used for biomedical research, remote sensing, and advanced communications applications. Boston Electronics Corporation is an experienced federal contractor, having received...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $250,000 purchase order to DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC for an integrated detector cooler assembly with a 2x8 pixel mercury cadmium telluride avalanche photodiode array. DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC will deliver a second integrated detector cooler assembly with the specified detector array to support the detection of single photons at 1030 and 1550 nanometer wavelengths with linear mode photon counting outputs. The...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Quantum Design, Inc. for four (4) single photon detectors with greater than 85% efficiency at peak wavelengths of 900 nanometers and 1300 nanometers, and timing jitter of less than 40 picoseconds. The potential value of the contract is $193,500.00. The contract did not use a set-aside designation. The detectors are to be delivered to the Army Research...