Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Alberto Illobre from AldoIlsant.com. We have extensive experience in device driver development in Windows, Linux and OS X. We have developed touchscreen drivers, USB drivers, drivers for custom devices (including a Usb to serial adapter for Windows) and even a full XHCI stack, mostly for clients living in the states. Our members are either teachers or Ph.D. students from Spanish universities, in Design and Implementation of Operating Systems. Please check our portfolio at www.aldoilsant.com.
I know that you ask for North American developers only and we reside in Spain, but I thought I might offer anyway seeing that the current number of bids and suitable candidates are low. We never found any problems in shipping and with some providers you can get the hardware here (Spain) within 4-5 days. Some of the driver work is device independent, and thus I don't think this deadline will not affect the deadline.
We have always worked this way, even with sensitive hardware (e.g. devices from Synexxus Inc. a USA defense company).
If you think we can go further, please contact us back and we can specify the requirements.
Thanks!