Picoquant Photonics North America Inc.

Picoquant Photonics North America Inc., headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, manufactures and sells picosecond pulsed diode lasers, fiber-coupled laser systems, time-correlated single-photon counting modules, and related photonics instrumentation to federal research agencies as a prime contractor. The vendor competes entirely on full-and-open (non-set-aside) contract vehicles; it holds no SBA certifications and is structured as a for-profit corporate entity.

The vendor's customer base concentrates in civilian research and development. The National Institute of Standards and Technology leads by award count (30 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value), followed closely by the Office of Naval Research (17 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value, and dominant on dollars). The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the Naval Personnel Bureau round out the active set and account for 67% of recent awards. The two agency rankings diverge slightly — ONR's dollar concentration exceeds its count share, signaling larger individual orders relative to NIST's higher-volume but smaller-value awards. Across all 92 awards in the source data, the vendor has served 17 distinct federal agencies, though recent activity (2022–2026) shows narrowing focus to the top five.

Representative recent work spans NIST's quantum measurements and optical research, ONR's advanced photonics and quantum light characterization, and NIH-NIDDK fluorescence lifetime imaging and protein dynamics research. Specific awards include a $290 thousand Naval Information Warfare Systems Command purchase order (March 2026) for time-resolved excitonic diffusion and quantum light characterization equipment in San Diego, a $249 thousand ONR purchase order (December 2025) for advanced photonics equipment through September 2026, NIST purchase orders for pulsed laser systems with Sepia II software ($48.8 thousand, June 2024 sole-source award) and 1550 nm fiber-coupled pulsed laser ($24.5 thousand, June 2026), and NIDDK orders for laser heads and picosecond laser-driver assemblies ranging from $15.8 thousand to $52.2 thousand. The vendor does not sit on any named GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs; awards are individual purchase orders and proposals.

Activity has remained modest and steady. The vendor received 3 awards in 2022, 2 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 4 in 2026 through early July. Combined potential value across all awards is $5.9 million, with $6.3 million obligated. Three awards (combined potential value $314 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months. The vendor maintains a single subcontract relationship: a sub-award to Amentum Services, Inc. (August 2025) for microelectronics facilities and laboratories research and development, test, and evaluation support to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Strategic Microelectronics Division. Otherwise, Picoquant operates as a direct prime to federal agencies, without significant prime-contractor relationships. Product categories break down primarily under NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) for 71 of 92 awards, with smaller exposure to electromedical apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing.