Purchase Order SBAHQ13M0213

This is a $200,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to Sown To Grow, Inc., a small, for-profit business that provides a social-emotional learning platform to K-12 schools. The award is for research services related to developing the company's platform, which aims to improve student well-being and academic outcomes through reflective exercises and data analytics. This Phase I award will establish the...

Vector Atomic Inc., a small business quantum technology firm based in Pleasanton, California, was awarded a $1.9M Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on September 30, 2025. The contract, designated as a firm fixed-price definitive contract with an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2027, focuses on developing a tunable, integrated electro-optic frequency comb for space-based communications and precision navigation and...

This is a $100,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to Next Wave Impact LLC, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business located in Kanab, Utah. The contract is for the production of an empirical, data-intensive research report evaluating current small business economic trends, characteristics, or impacts, and assessing the policy implications of the findings. This contract was awarded under a total small business...

This is a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Higher Ground LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Palo Alto, California. The contract is for the development of battlefield air operations technologies and is set aside for total small business participation. The contract has a ceiling value of $749,875.74 and a completion date of December 1, 2020. Higher Ground LLC specializes in developing compact and secure...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Mainstream Engineering Corporation, a small business based in Rockledge, Florida, a $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract for scaled silicon carbide on insulator technology development with quantum applications. This Total Small Business set-aside contract, issued on August 26, 2025, represents a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with a completion date of November 27, 2027. The effort focuses on advancing silicon...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $139,881.88 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract, which carries a firm fixed-price structure and is designated as a total small business set-aside, focuses on pioneering 100-kHz laser diagnostics for measuring hypersonic velocity and non-equilibrium temperatures. With an ultimate completion date of...

Gohypersonic Incorporated, a Dayton, Ohio-based small business specializing in hypersonic technologies, was awarded a $14.1 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the U.S. Air Force on April 16, 2015. The contract, set aside for small businesses, supports conceptual design and cold-start analysis work for a hypersonic glide flight test vehicle, with performance extending through September 30, 2025. Structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract, this...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy to Robert W. Fairlie, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for $58,250.00 to conduct research on small business topics using economic data. The contract has a period of performance through September 27, 2022 and was set aside for small business concerns. The original solicitation, 73351021R0008, was a request for proposal (RFP) for research and development...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,781.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the "HIGH-SPEED MEASUREMENT OF FLAME-STABILIZATION PROCESSES IN VITIATED AUGMENTOR ENVIRONMENTS" research project. This contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Spectral Energies provides research, development, testing, and...

Highri Optics, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Piedmont, California, has been awarded a $148,646 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to develop rapid, low-loss polymer photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platforms utilizing high-index nanoimprintable materials. This total small business set-aside contract, awarded on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of October 28, 2026, falls under the SBIR Program Phase I Action and is funded by a civilian...