Purchase Order W911QX25PA077
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- This is a $42,750 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency within the federal government, to Maple Leaf Photonics LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Bellingham, Washington. The contract is for the procurement of a Maple Leaf Fiber Positioner, a specialized piece of equipment that will be used in the PIC Advanced Research and Development (PICARD) Lab at NASA's Langley Research Center. This is a sole source award with no set-aside...
- The Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $103,568 firm-fixed price purchase order to NKT Photonics Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of photonic equipment, to provide a scientific-grade visible light source and a laser line tunable filter extension. The supplies will be delivered within 9 weeks to the U.S. Army Research Laboratory facility at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This was a sole source procurement...
- The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $562,115.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to 3D-Micromac America LLC, a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the procurement of one 3D-MicroMac MicroPrep Pro laser machining station. This contract was sole-sourced under the authority of FAR 13.501(a) due to a compatibility requirement with an existing high-resolution nano-computed tomography scanner used by the Army Research Laboratory's...
- The U.S. Army Materiel Command's Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $35,270.00 Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to TECH Imaging Services, Inc., a veteran-owned small business, for the delivery of one (1) laser illumination system. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside, with the laser system to be delivered within 12 weeks to the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The laser illumination system must meet the...
- This is a $114,708.30 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to MPI America Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of an Advanced Semiconductor Test System and associated accessories. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). The test system is intended to support the electrical and RF device characterization and testing requirements of the U.S. Army...
- The U.S. Army Materiel Command awarded a $25,944 firm fixed-price purchase order to FormFactor, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor test and measurement equipment, to provide one probe station, digital video package, cables, and a camera adapter. This sole-source award was made without a set-aside to support research and development of batteries, electrochemical transistors, microelectrodes, and photoelectrodes at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. FormFactor has previously...
- The U.S. Army Materiel Command, Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground, awarded a $94,100.00 firm-fixed price purchase order to Bristol Instruments Inc., a small business manufacturer of optical and laser measurement devices, for the delivery of two optical wavemeters. The contract includes a 872-VIS Resolution Wavelength Meter, MCL-4 Multi-Laser PID Controller 4-Channel, and FOS-4-UPS-VIS/NIR Fiber Switch, FC-UPC 4-Channel. The place of performance is the U.S. Army Research Laboratory...
- This is a $999,450.92 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Aberdeen Proving Ground to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of photonics equipment. The contract is for the First Monthly Technical Report under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research project. As a prime contractor, N.p. Photonics will deliver specialized photonic systems, including fiber lasers, specialty amplifiers, and optical components, to support...
- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) awarded a $77,800 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Lightium AG, a Swiss company, for the delivery of Photonic Integrated Circuits. This sole-source procurement, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), is for the delivery of a Design Rule Check Report, a Design Mask with an associated report, and 50-150 Full Photonic Integrated Circuits meeting specific performance thresholds. The contract has a period of performance through March 16,...
- The U.S. Army Materiel Command's Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $138,176 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Toptica Photonics Inc. to provide one near-infrared (near-IR) laser frequency measurement tool and one visible laser linewidth measurement tool. This award was made under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and was not set aside for any specific business size or type. The contract is required to be completed by December 1, 2024. Toptica Photonics...
The U.S. Army Materiel Command, Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $236.65K firm fixed-price purchase order to Maple Leaf Photonics LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Bellingham, Washington, for a Maple Leaf Photonics Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) Probe Station. This sole-source award, issued on August 21, 2025, procures specialized analytical laboratory instrumentation including a single-die optical probe station with chip-eject capability, two DC/RF probe positioners with five degrees of freedom and motorized axes, a dust enclosure with removable doors, and optional items such as a fiber positioner, bias control module chassis, and an 8-channel voltage/current card. The procurement was conducted as a Request for Quotation for commercial items under FAR authority, with no small business set-aside designation applied. Delivery is scheduled for the Army Research Lab's Adelphi Laboratory Center in Adelphi, Maryland, with an ultimate completion date of August 20, 2026. The award supports the Department of the Army's research and development mission, leveraging Maple Leaf Photonics' specialized expertise in precision optical and photonic measurement equipment for semiconductor characterization and photonic integrated circuit testing. The government determined that Maple Leaf Photonics possessed unique capabilities to meet the technical specifications of the required equipment, justifying the sole-source procurement approach. The company has established a track record of federal contract performance, having previously secured awards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and other federal agencies for similar advanced photonic research instrumentation.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: One (1) Maple Leaf Photonics PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuits) Probe Station | W911QX25QA094 | Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground | Solicitation 1/1 | 8/1/25, 1:35 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $186.8k | 8/21/25 |