Purchase Order NNG13PE02P

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $70,691 firm fixed-price purchase order to 49 Chestnut LLC, doing business as Boston Electronics, on December 30, 2025, for the procurement of two quantum cascade laser combs. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by February 24, 2026, with performance occurring in Washington, DC. Boston Electronics, headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts, is an established distributor of advanced electro-optical components and...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order for $58,008.00 awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for an external cavity diode laser (ECDL) operating at 1572 nm. The laser is required to support NIST's atmospheric gas spectroscopy research in its Chemical Sciences Division. The procurement was conducted as an open, full and competitive solicitation under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, without any...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Rpmc Lasers Inc., a small business, to deliver one (1) long-wave distributed feedback (DFB) quantum cascade laser (QCL) in the amount of $32,563.00. This laser must meet specific technical requirements, including operating in continuous-wave mode at a wavelength of 17.2 ± 0.2 microns with a minimum output power of 1 mW. The contract has a period of performance...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $37,761 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a single frequency 698-nanometer laser to support a quantum sensing project developing a strontium optical lattice clock with integrated photonics. The award, designated OU68-25-NEW-173, was issued on August 29, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2025. The laser must meet stringent technical specifications including continuous wave operation at...

This federal contract award was made by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to Boston Electronics Corporation, a for-profit distributor of advanced electro-optical components and specialized systems. The $16,704.98 firm fixed-price purchase order is for a high-power, continuous-wave, distributed feedback quantum cascade laser (RT-CW-DFB-QCL-40) that can be tuned to and through 1927.3 cm-1 for nitric oxide sensing applications. This contract has a total small business...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $111K firm fixed-price purchase order to Longwave Photonics LLC for the delivery of a terahertz quantum cascade laser (THz-QCL) system. The system will support NIST's Optical Measurements Group in testing components for a spectro-radiometry calibration and measurement testbed. The laser system must deliver continuous wave output in the 3.7 to 3.9 THz frequency range with nominal power of 0.2 mW or greater, operate cryogen-free...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $72,675 firm fixed-price purchase order to Daylight Solutions Inc. on September 12, 2024, for the procurement and delivery of one External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser (EC-QCL) operating at 4530 nanometers wavelength. This specialized mid-infrared laser system will support NIST's Optical Measurements Group in conducting laser spectroscopy of radiocarbon dioxide as part of the organization's scientific research initiatives. The...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $64,498 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a tunable telecom laser on September 15, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of February 17, 2026. The laser will be manufactured and delivered to Pittsford, New York, where Toptica maintains its headquarters. This contract originated from a pre-solicitation sources sought announcement posted in July 2025, through which NIST sought vendors capable of...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to Techcomp USA Inc., a leading provider of analytical instruments, life science equipment, and laboratory instruments to the U.S. federal government. The contract, valued at $98,081.00, is for the procurement of an Optogalvanic Laser Stabilizer and an Edinburgh Laser refillable CO2 laser. The award was made on a sole-source basis, as EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS was...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for one (1) continuous wave optical parametric oscillator and one (1) low-noise laser of 785 nanometer wavelength. The total potential value of the contract is $226,790.00. There was no set-aside used for this award. The products are required to support quantum frequency converting research programs...