The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a 5-year, $14.9 million indefinite delivery contract to University Research Foundation, Inc. (doing business as Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory), a nonprofit research organization, for optical science material research and development services. The contract, which has a period of performance through September 2028, was awarded with no set-aside designation. Task Order 1, valued at $2,974,704.22, was issued under this contract...
Optical Coating Laboratory, LLC (OCLI), a division of Viavi Solutions Inc., has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity other transaction agreement by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The IDV has a potential value of $984,708.70 to support exploratory research aligned with DARPA's mission in areas such as optical sensing, imaging, or measurement technologies. As an advanced technology development agency, DARPA utilizes other transaction agreements to...
Excelitas Technologies Corp, doing business as Research Electro-Optics, has been awarded a $210,807 Other Transaction indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDV) contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The IDV was awarded on September 28, 2022 without any set-aside provisions, to provide specialized optical prototypes to USSOCOM on an as-needed basis in support of unspecified Special Operations programs. As a subcontractor, Research Electro-Optics has extensive...
This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, a civilian agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, provides a range of specialized microscopy equipment and related services to support biomedical research programs across several NIH institutes, including the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a single-award, indefinite delivery contract (IDC) to The Keyw Corporation, a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group, to provide research, engineering, systems integration, and technical support services in the area of optical techniques, devices, and measurements with classified access. The $46,760,070 IDC, which does not carry a set-aside designation, has a period of performance from July 2014 to July 2019. Under this IDC, ONR...
Optowares Inc., a subsidiary of Photonwares Corp., has been awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) with a potential value of $15,624,797.11. Under this contract, Optowares will provide fiber optic equipment, components, and repair services in support of NAVAIR's programs, including the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle. To date, Optowares has received multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders under this contract...
The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to University Research Foundation, Inc. (doing business as Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory), a nonprofit research organization. The $6.6 million contract, with a period of performance through April 2016, is for optical material research and development services. Under this IDC, two task orders have been issued to date. Task Order 1, valued at $2.1 million, provided startup and transition support...
The Other Transaction IDV was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop switchable photonics with soft-lattice perovskites. The University of California, Davis is the prime contractor. This IDV has a potential value of $1,000,000 and aims to procure research and development services related to developing switchable photonics using soft-lattice perovskite materials. Soft-lattice perovskites exhibit promising optical and material properties for applications in...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1,999,996 Other Transaction Authority (OTA) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDV) contract to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop resonantly-bonded visible-band tunable materials. This contract, which has no set-aside designation, aims to produce materials that can selectively absorb or transmit specific visible light frequencies, with potential defense applications such as active camouflage,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a single-award, firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery contract to Optical Sciences Corporation. The contract has a potential value of $1.476 million to provide specialized real-time data analysis and system development services in support of advanced propulsion systems through November 2030. A subsequent $1.452 million firm-fixed-price delivery order was issued for work to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama...