Purchase Order N0018919PZ949

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. (doing business as General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies) a $5 million firm fixed-price purchase order on March 14, 2023, for the design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of two beryllium Ritchey-Chretien receiver telescopes for the Atmospheric Lidar Instrument for Clouds and Aerosol Transport (ALICAT) instrument. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, supports NASA's Atmosphere Observing...

This is a $301,447 firm-fixed-price delivery order awarded by the Defense agency Construction and Equipment to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (Ads) under the Special Operations Equipment - Tailored Logistics Support (SOE TLS) multiple-award contract vehicle. The contract is for the delivery of a 70cm Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, which will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia by the March 2025 completion date. Ads, a for-profit military equipment supplier, will be the prime contractor....

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) to Texas Nautical Repair, LLC, a small business contractor, for the procurement of thirteen refracting finder telescopes. The total ceiling value of the contract is $74,100.00 and the ultimate completion date is December 30, 2023. The contract was awarded on September 16, 2022 and was set aside for small businesses. The telescopes must meet salient characteristics such as a minimum aperture size of...

This is a $98,745.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Planewave Instruments Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer of telescopes, cameras, and related electro-optic equipment. The contract is for the delivery of CDK350 telescopes and cameras, with a performance period ending on April 30, 2022. Planewave Instruments Inc. has previously received prime contract awards from...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Deutsches Zentrum FÜR Luft- UND Raumfahrt E.V. (DLR), Germany's national research center for aeronautics, space, transport and energy. The $57,066.74 contract is for the provision of a balloon telescope structure for a 20ft/f/2 telescope, with a completion date of August 30, 2022. No set-asides were used. The award references a prior sole-source contract opportunity for a balloon sodium lidar to measure tides in...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime to Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, a small business manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri. The contract is for the procurement of four (4) telescopes identified by National Stock Number (NSN) 1240003822232, with a ceiling value of $28,980.00 and an ultimate completion date of August 16, 2025. The original solicitation was posted as a Request for...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $525,514 firm fixed price purchase order to Astronomical Consultants & Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of an infrared telescope system. The telescope is to be used for spectral irradiance measurements at an observatory in Chile. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Astronomical Consultants & Equipment, Inc. is a for-profit, woman-owned business that manufactures astronomical...

This federal contract award was made by NASA to Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp., a small business manufacturer of high-quality precision optics and optical components based in Aberdeen, Maryland. The $70,530 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for an optical telescope to support Doppler lidar research. The original solicitation was a brand name or equal requirement set aside for small businesses, with a 10-day delivery period for the telescope to be delivered to NASA's Langley Research Center....

This is a firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Goddard Space Center, a civilian agency, to Leonardo UK LTD for the delivery of a LINEAR ARRAY HGCDTE APD DETECTOR FOR CASALS. The contract has a ceiling value of $746,500.00 and a completion date of December 9, 2023. The contract was awarded on July 9, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. Leonardo UK LTD is the prime contractor, and there is no information provided about any subcontractors. The contract is funded by...

This $246,920 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was awarded to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to conduct research on directly measuring and calibrating the Kepler charge-coupled device (CCD) pixel response function. The goal is to improve photometry and astrometry of stellar images taken with telescopes and detectors in space, which are typically undersampled. RIT, a private university with expertise in optics, photonics, and imaging, will develop...