Purchase Order N0018921PZ325

The U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) has awarded a $2,773,208.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Associated Universities Inc. (AUI), a non-profit research organization, to deliver a replacement Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) correlator system. The new correlator hardware and software will have the capability to process up to 16 Gbps of VLBI data simultaneously from 16 stations. This sole-source award will provide the USNO with an expandable, real-time VLBI data processing system to support...

The U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), a defense agency, awarded a $149,500 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Teledyne Digital Imaging US, Inc. to provide a large-format COSMOS-4K CMOS camera. This sole-source procurement supports the USNO's 1.3m telescope operations and Department of Defense observational requirements, which are critical for producing and disseminating precise time, astrometry, and Earth orientation parameters. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025...

The Department of the Navy, Naval Observatory awarded a $572,500 firm fixed price contract to Astronomical Consultants & Equipment, Inc. to deliver a new 8-meter spectrograph system for installation on the 1.8-meter Keck outrigger telescope at the agency's Flagstaff Station facility. The spectrograph must meet specifications including fibers for target and sky background collection, calibration lamps, a precision guider system, a filter wheel, and diffraction gratings providing resolutions...

The U.S. Naval Observatory has awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order contract to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) for the routine operations and maintenance of the Deep South Telescope (DST) located at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile. The contract, valued at $234,660.00, has a 12-month period of performance with a 12-month option and is expected to commence on July 26, 2023. This is a sole-source contract, as AURA is the only...

The University of Hawaii - doing business as Information Technology Services - has been awarded a $1.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract by the Department of the Navy Naval Observatory to provide infrared celestial reference frame observations using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope located in Honolulu, Hawaii from September 2023 through September 2024. Under the delivery order, the prime contractor will conduct operations and maintenance activities for the telescope to...

This federal contract award to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, is focused on developing alignment techniques for x-ray gratings to achieve Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 for an x-ray spectrometer system. The objective is to establish a stable optical channel flight design and alignment procedures, assembling the system with surrogate and prototype optics, and subjecting it to environmental testing to validate performance. This $150,002.11...

The Naval Observatory awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order valued at $977,035 to the University of Hawaii under its indefinite-delivery contract. The order calls for the prime contractor to provide infrared celestial reference frame observations using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope located at Penn State University from 2021 through 2022. No set-aside designation was specified. The University of Hawaii will leverage its expertise in astronomical research and existing partnership...

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 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 U.S. Naval Observatory, a defense agency, to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) for the routine operations and maintenance of the Deep South Telescope (DST) located at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. The contract has a ceiling value of $93,062.50 and a period of performance of 10 months from the award date of September 26, 2022. AURA, a non-profit consortium that manages...