Purchase Order N0017314P0552

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $82,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Raith America Inc. (doing business as Vistec Lithography Inc.) on January 23, 2014, with an ultimate completion date of June 2, 2014. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, is for platform services to be performed at the contractor's facility in Ronkonkoma, New York. Raith America is a foreign-owned precision technology company specializing in electron beam lithography systems and nanofabrication equipment, serving as a critical supplier of advanced research instrumentation to federal agencies including the Department of Defense, NASA, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

This purchase order represents a continuation of the Office of Naval Research's relationship with Raith America, which has historically secured multiple maintenance and service contracts with ONR valued between $78,000 and $730,000. These service agreements typically cover preventive and corrective maintenance, system updates, and yearly service renewals for various Raith electron beam lithography systems. The award supports ONR's research infrastructure needs for nanotechnology and nanofabrication capabilities essential to the Navy's research and development missions.