Vendor, Pleasanton, CA
Vector Atomic Inc.
UEI XKE2WAAMTLQ9, CAGE 81U56
28 awards and $33,366,220 obligated between January 8, 2024 and September 14, 2026, 57% under full and open competition, against 191.3 offers on average where reported. 10 of the awards trace back to a SAM.gov solicitation on this site.
Sells to
Awarding agencies by dollars.
| Department of the Army | $13,063,169 |
| Department of the Navy | $11,792,361 |
| Department of the Air Force | $3,999,982 |
| Missile Defense Agency | $2,000,359 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | $1,468,127 |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | $1,045,000 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $0 |
| Defense Contract Management Agency | -$2,778 |
Industries
NAICS on the awards, by dollars.
| Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)NAICS 541715 | $30,245,220 |
| Other Measuring and Controlling Device ManufacturingNAICS 334519 | $2,076,000 |
| Analytical Laboratory Instrument ManufacturingNAICS 334516 | $796,000 |
| Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical SignalsNAICS 334515 | $249,000 |
How it wins
Awards by competition, set-aside and type.
| Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources | 16 |
| Full and Open Competition | 8 |
| Competed Under SAP | 3 |
| Not Competed | 1 |
| Small Business Set Aside - Total | 17 |
| Definitive Contract | 20 |
| Purchase Order | 6 |
| Delivery Order | 1 |
Solicitations it won
SAM.gov opportunities whose award USAspending attributes to this vendor.
- Low-Power Dual-Comb Laser
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce NIST
Combined synopsis and solicitationNAICS 334516Boulder, CONB6750202602317Awarded to Vector Atomic Inc.
Posted Aug 172 publications - Optical Clock
Department of the Navy, Naval Research Laboratory
JustificationNAICS 334519Pleasanton, CAN0017325RFIEN01Awarded to Vector Atomic Inc.
Posted Sep 17, 20258 publications - Low Power Dual-Comb Spectrometer
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce NIST
Combined synopsis and solicitationSmall businessNAICS 334515Boulder, CONB6750202401783Awarded to Vector Atomic Inc.
Posted Aug 26, 20246 publications - Optical Atomic Clock
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce NIST
Combined synopsis and solicitationSmall businessNAICS 334516Boulder, CO1333ND24QNB680240Awarded to Vector Atomic Inc.
Posted May 9, 2024
Awards
Every award in the window, by dollars obligated.
| Contract | Awarding office | Described as | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| W911QX24C0030Definitive Contract, September 20, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 1 offers | W6QK ACC-APG AdelphiDepartment of the Army | Small Business Innovation Research (Sbir) III Titled "scaling Manufacturing and Affordability of Resilient Timing Systems (Smarts)"NAICS 541715, PSC AJ12 | $11,000,000 |
| N0001424C1130Definitive Contract, August 28, 2024, Full and Open Competition, 999 offers | Office of Naval ResearchDepartment of the Navy | Under the 42-Month Miniature Ultra-Stable Iodine Clock Program, Vector Atomic Will Develop and Demonstrate a Liter Scale Optical Clock. MusiNAICS 541715, PSC AC13 | $6,339,000 |
| N0017325P0003Purchase Order, September 25, 2025, Not Competed, 1 offersSolicitation | Naval Research LaboratoryDepartment of the Navy | Optical Clock UnitsNAICS 334519, PSC 6685 | $2,076,000 |
| HQ086025C7403Definitive Contract, February 11, 2025, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 1 offers | Missile Defense Agency (Mda)Missile Defense Agency | Sbir/Sttr Phase II R&D - Miniature Iodine Nanosecond Timekeeper (Mint)NAICS 541715, PSC AC13 | $1,999,999 |
| FA254125CB074Definitive Contract, September 30, 2025, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 76 offers | FA2541 SSC Comrcl SVS Ofc SSC CMKDepartment of the Air Force | To Advance Affordable, Resilient, and Interoperable Technologies Within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture to Enhance Space CapaNAICS 541715, PSC AC32 | $1,900,000 |
| FA955025CB011Definitive Contract, September 28, 2025, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 6 offers | FA9550 AFRL AfosrDepartment of the Air Force | Topic: Af23c-T002 Topic Title: Tunable, Integrated Electro-Optic Frequency Comb for Space-Based Communications and Precision, Navigation andNAICS 541715, PSC AC32 | $1,899,996 |
| W5170126CA166Definitive Contract, April 3, 2026, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 2 offers | W27P USA Acq SPT CTRDepartment of the Army | SBIR Phii Topic Number OSD232-009, Application-Specific Electronic Package for a Quantum Sensor an Application-Specific Electronics Package NAICS 541715, PSC AC12 | $1,700,005 |
| N6893624C0032Definitive Contract, July 2, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 2 offers | Naval Air Warfare CenterDepartment of the Navy | SBIR 2 Osd232-D04NAICS 541715, PSC AC12 | $1,699,999 |
| HR001121C0175Definitive Contract, May 31, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 3 offers | Def Advanced Research Projects AgcyDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency | SBIR Direct to Phase 2: Product-Ready Iodine Clock Enabled by Low-Environmental Sensitivity Subsystems (Priceless) Phase 2NAICS 541715, PSC AC15 | $1,268,127 |
| N6833524C0220Definitive Contract, April 9, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 5 offers | NAVAIR Warfare CTR Aircraft DivDepartment of the Navy | Research and DevelopmentNAICS 541715, PSC AC12 | $1,000,000 |
| 1333ND24PNB680325Purchase Order, August 9, 2024, Competed Under SAP, 4 offersSolicitation | Department of Commerce NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology | Optical Atomic ClockNAICS 334516, PSC 6640 | $545,000 |
| W911NF19C0047Definitive Contract, January 8, 2024, Full and Open Competition, 1 offers | W6QK ACC-APG DurhamDepartment of the Army | Full FundsNAICS 541715, PSC AZ12 | $363,164 |
| N6893624C0010Definitive Contract, February 6, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 17 offers | Naval Air Warfare CenterDepartment of the Navy | SBIR Phase 1 Contract AwardNAICS 541715, PSC AC11 | $294,999 |
| N6893624C0019Definitive Contract, February 23, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 9 offers | Naval Air Warfare CenterDepartment of the Navy | SBIR Phase 1 Contract AwardNAICS 541715, PSC AC11 | $289,999 |
| 1333ND26PNB670500Purchase Order, September 14, 2026, Competed Under SAP, 1 offersSolicitation | Department of Commerce NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology | Low Power Dual Comb LaserNAICS 334516, PSC 6640 | $251,000 |
| 1333ND24PNB670548Purchase Order, September 11, 2024, Competed Under SAP, 3 offersSolicitation | Department of Commerce NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology | Low Power Dual Comb SpectrometerNAICS 334515, PSC 6640 | $249,000 |
| HR001124P0308Purchase Order, June 5, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers | Def Advanced Research Projects AgcyDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Generate Ultrastable Optical and Radio Frequency (Rf) Signals from a Central Hub Containing an Optical Atomic ClockNAICS 541715, PSC AC13 | $200,000 |
| FA955024PB004Purchase Order, September 9, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 12 offers | FA9550 AFRL AfosrDepartment of the Air Force | STTR Af 23C-T002NAICS 541715, PSC AJ11 | $199,986 |
| N6833523C0334Definitive Contract, January 31, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 3 offers | NAVAIR Warfare CTR Aircraft DivDepartment of the Navy | Research and DevelopmentNAICS 541715, PSC AC11 | $100,000 |
| HQ085926FF260Delivery Order, December 19, 2025, Full and Open Competition, 999 offers | Missile Defense Agency (Mda)Missile Defense Agency | Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (Shield) Initial Order.NAICS 541715, PSC AC13 | $500 |
| 80NSSC21C0583Definitive Contract, January 22, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 500 offers | NASA Shared Services CenterNational Aeronautics and Space Administration | Comb Using Photonically Integrated Devices (Cupid)NAICS 541715, PSC AJ14 | $0 |
| 80NSSC23CA056Definitive Contract, May 28, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 500 offers | NASA Shared Services CenterNational Aeronautics and Space Administration | Development of a Cold Atom Laser System (Decals)NAICS 541715, PSC AJ14 | $0 |
| N0001422C1041Definitive Contract, April 12, 2024, Full and Open Competition, 999 offers | Office of Naval ResearchDepartment of the Navy | Miniature Ultra-Stable Iodine Clock Component DevelopmentNAICS 541715, PSC AC13 | $0 |
| W911NF22C0071Definitive Contract, September 10, 2024, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 5 offers | W6QK ACC-APG DurhamDepartment of the Army | 6 Month NceNAICS 541715, PSC AJ11 | $0 |
| HQ085926DE764December 19, 2025, Full and Open Competition, 999 offers | Missile Defense Agency (Mda)Missile Defense Agency | The Contractor Shall Provide All Necessary Materials, Labor, Equipment and Facilities Incidental to the Performance of This Requirement in ANAICS 541715, PSC AC13 | $0 |
| HQ014719C6503Definitive Contract, December 5, 2024, Full and Open Competition, 1 offers | Missile Defense Agency (Mda)Missile Defense Agency | Research and Development: Option 2NAICS 541715, PSC AC23 | -$140 |
| N0001419C1065Definitive Contract, October 24, 2024, Full and Open Competition, 99 offers | DCMA Mountain PacificDefense Contract Management Agency | R&d- Defense Other: Other (Advanced Development)NAICS 541715, PSC AD93 | -$2,778 |
| N0001418C1052Definitive Contract, July 15, 2025, Full and Open Competition, 99 offers | Office of Naval ResearchDepartment of the Navy | The Original Effort Was the Design and Fabrication of a Light Atom Based Gyro/Accel for Inertial Sensing. the Added Effort Is a Design of a NAICS 541715, PSC AD93 | -$7,636 |
- Places of performance
- CaliforniaAlabama
- Product and service codes
- AJ12 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Applied ResearchAC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental DevelopmentAC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied ResearchAC32 National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research6685 Pressure, Temperature, and Humidity Measuring and Controlling InstrumentsAC15 National Defense R&D Svcs; Department Of Defense - Military; R&D Facilities & Maj Equip
- Transactions
- 58 across 28 awards