Purchase Order DOCSB134111SU0805

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...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $83,000.64 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Direct Conversion AB, a subsidiary of Varex Imaging Corporation, for the procurement of 1 XC-THOR FX30 X-ray detector, air cooled, with power supply unit and cables. This detector will be used by the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health to support their research and development efforts in breast imaging technologies, including mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, and breast...

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 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 federal contract award to Stanford University, a leading private research institution, is focused on developing a prototype readout ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) for future high-performance X-ray imaging detectors. The award aims to address the technological challenges for the notional High Definition X-ray Imaging (HDXI) instrument of the Lynx Large Mission Concept, which requires a significant increase in frame rate compared to the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The work will...

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...

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...

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC, a subsidiary of the Italian aerospace company Leonardo SPA. The $894,520.72 contract is for the development of a custom linear mode photon counting HgCdTe electron-avalanche photodiode (e-APD) system with an integrated high-speed and low-noise preamplifier. This system is intended to support the Lidar Surface Topography (LIST) mission, which is developing a multi-beam...

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...

This contract award to Photonis Defense Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronics and optics, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a HIGH QE DETECTOR STUDY. The $80,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order has an ultimate completion date of April 3, 2019. The contract is not designated as a set-aside. Photonis Defense Inc. is a key supplier to the Department of Defense, providing a wide range of goods and services to support...