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High-Power Tunable Infrared Quantum Cascade Laser System

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST · Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899

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Due in 2 days

Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

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Posted
Aug 24, 2026
Archive date
Sep 16, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST published this solicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
  • The place of performance is Gaithersburg, Maryland.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
16e167b9c3d745658b53c748b56cb044
Solicitation
1333ND26QNB640536
Base type
Solicitation
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Solicitation
Solicitation number
1333ND26QNB640536
NAICS
334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
PSC
6640 — LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
Set-aside
Small Business Set-Aside - Total
Set-aside code
SBA
Posted
Aug 24, 2026
Responses due
Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 16, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Aug 31, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
—
Subagency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Subagency code
—
Office
DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
GAITHERSBURG, MD, 20899, USA
Place of performance
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899
City code
—
State
Maryland
State code
MD
Postal code
20899
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

SOLICITATION 1333ND26QNB640536 High-Power Tunable Infrared Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL IR) System This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in RFO Subpart 12.2, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a separate written document will not be issued. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a Small Business size standard of 1,000 Employees. This requirement will be competed as a Total Small Business Set-Aside.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$36,816
Median$97,954
High end (p75)$179,924
Comparable awards
50
Median
$97,954
Computed
Aug 27, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
GERSTEL LABWORKS PLATFORM FOR AGILENT 8890 GC P00001 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE EXTENSIONGERSTEL INC$217,587.99Jun 2, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MISEQ SILVER SUPPORT PLANILLUMINA, INC.$15,810.20Jul 20, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MISEQ I100 PLUS SUPPLIES AND CONSUMABLES.ILLUMINA, INC.$30,063.52Jul 27, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS INSTRUMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THE U.S. EPA AGREEMENT 60-8042-4-172 FOR RESEARCH THAT WILANTON PAAR USA, INC$43,490.00Jul 8, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OCTO-FLOX SYSTEM FOR THE CONTINUOUS AND UNATTENDED MEASUREMENT OF PASSIVE FLUORESCENCE ANDQUBIT SYSTEMS INC$77,100.00Jun 11, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LI-COR 8250-01 EXTENSION MANIFOLD AND LI-COR CHAMBER CABLE AND TUBING BUNDLEIRSA UMAR$16,516.00Jul 8, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE OF A QIAGEN QIAXCEL CONNECTFRANKLIN YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED$59,761.00Jul 30, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE A FREESTYLE IMMUNO AFFINITY COLUMN SAMPLE PREPARATION ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR THE NATIGERSTEL INC$125,487.60Jul 22, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MODIFICATION TO ADD CLAUSEJEOL USA, INC.$609,399.00Jul 14, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADD CLAUSE 52.222-90AZURE BIOSYSTEMS INC$79,185.90Jul 27, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CLAUSE CHANGES BASED ON RFO AND EO.CAITTA INC.$93,393.05Jul 29, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MODIFICATION: CLAUSE CHANGE IAW RFO AND EOGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$126,738.96Jun 3, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INCORPORATE FAR OVERHAUL CLAUSESGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$104,153.72Jul 28, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADDITION OF DEI CLAUSEANTON PAAR USA, INC$107,319.30Jul 27, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADDITION OF DEI CLAUSECAITTA INC.$90,799.15Jul 27, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO14398 - EIGER2 R 500K DETECTOR REPLACEMENTSBRUKER AXS LLC$348,150.00Aug 19, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SHIMADZU PMA-LABSHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.$49,820.00Jul 10, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DELTA Q GC ISOLINK II ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER (IRMS) WITH UPGRADE DISCOUNT AND MAITHERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC$313,402.74Aug 24, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EQUIPMENTSMITH-ROOT INC$30,395.00Jul 17, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADD FAR CLAUSE 52.222-90 ADDRESSING DEI DISCRIMINATION BY FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (APR 2026)BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$62,859.80May 28, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1SolicitationAug 26, 2026Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCcc9892c62a45a8ea
2SolicitationAug 28, 2026Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCde6b50214b9de506

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 31, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 27, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.