This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Eospace Inc., a minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer based in Redmond, Washington. The contract is for the delivery of waveguide electro-optic phase modulators, with a ceiling value of $79,424.99 and a completion date of May 11, 2018.
The award was made under a small business set-aside solicitation (ID: ce08abf7c3c29771bb599ff68a918a40) posted on January 16, 2018. Eospace was selected for the award, which will be delivered as a prime contract to NIST. Eospace's expertise lies in manufacturing custom electro-optic hardware and delivering engineering services for specialized defense and scientific applications, including optical telecommunications, directed energy weapons, electronic warfare systems, space-based sensors, and free-space optical communications.