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Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAmendment 2

Atomic Clocks for Ensemble Time Scales

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST · Boulder, Colorado, 80305

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Due in 3 days

Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC

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Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Archive date
Sep 19, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST published this combined synopsis/solicitation.
  • The place of performance is Boulder, Colorado.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
ebee2e3cb717464cb7a65b639ad7eef9
Solicitation
NB688000-26-02391
Base type
Sources Sought
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
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Solicitation number
NB688000-26-02391
NAICS
334519 — Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
PSC
6640 — LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Responses due
Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC
Archive date
Sep 19, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Sep 2, 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
Boulder, Colorado, 80305
City code
—
State
Colorado
State code
CO
Postal code
80305
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). All communications and documents must include the solicitation number NB688000-26-02391. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD), Team E-Boulder has a requirement for (5) Atomic Clock Systems for Gaithersburg and (5) for Boulder to Ensemble Time Scales per the attached Combined Synopsis/Solicitation and documents.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$36,601
Median$85,525
High end (p75)$265,945
Comparable awards
50
Median
$85,525
Computed
Aug 24, 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
EO 14398 - EROSION FUNCTION APPARATUSHUMBOLDT MFG. CO$85,525.00Aug 17, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
R2 EQUIPMENT BRAND NAME OR EQUAL FOR IN-SITU MULTIPARAMETER WATER-QUALITY SONDES (AQUA TROIN-SITU, INC$98,078.00Aug 20, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL SENSORS AND COMPATIBLE DATALOGGERSMETER GROUP INC$12,244.64Jul 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EDDY COVARIANCE EQUIPMENT. PURCHASE MODERN, SERVICEABLE INSTRUMENTATION FOR TWO OF OUR LONCAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC$53,969.70Aug 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CR1000XE DATALOGGERS REQUIRED FOR COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA AT SNCAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC$1,069,447.28Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SNOW PILLOWS FOR OREGON NWCCLANGE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS LLC$107,185.00Jul 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO PURCHASE NEW SUTRON EQUIPMENT. OR-FY26-03355 APPROVAL RECEOTT HYDROMET CORP$192,984.04Jun 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO PURCHASE NEW SUTRON EQUIPMENT. OR-FY26-03257 APPROVAL RECEOTT HYDROMET CORP$105,289.13Jul 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO PURCHASE NEW SUTRON EQUIPMENT. OR-FY26-04344 APPROVAL RECEOTT HYDROMET CORP$20,370.88Jul 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CALL ORDER IS TO PURCHASE NEW SUTRON EQUIPMENT. OR-FY26-04543 APPROVALOTT HYDROMET CORP$106,271.70Aug 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SOUNDTRAP ST640MINI HF: COMPACT, HIGHFREQUENCY, FOUR CHANNEL RECORDERSOCEAN INSTRUMENTS NZ LIMITED$12,180.00Jun 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OU73-FY26-149-MOD - MID-SIZE ROTARY RIFFLER MODIFICATIONQUALITEST USA LC$17,420.80May 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OU68-FY26-455-NEW SURPHASER TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER (TLS)DIRECT DIMENSIONS INC$108,000.00Jun 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OU68-FY26-032-NEW VIBRATION CALIBRATION SYSTEM UPGRADEAPS DYNAMICS INC$297,394.00May 14, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OU68-FY26-200-NEW REPLACEMENT HIGH-PERFORMANCE CESIUM BEAM TUBE FOR 5071A FREQUENCY STANDAAANTILIA LLC$50,721.91Jun 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OU68-FY26-199-NEW CESIUM BEAM ATOMIC CLOCKMICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC$77,840.39Jul 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SKC REPAIR PARTS - TASK ORDERSKC-WEST, INC.$73,690.00Jun 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TSI REPAIR PARTSTSI INCORPORATED$20,845.00Jun 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NRC'S RADIATION SAFETY/DOSIMETRY PROGRAMRADIATION DETECTION COMPANY$73,679.60Jun 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MODIFICATION FOR CONTRACT CLOSEOUTSCITECH SERVICES INC$781,054.29Jun 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 23, 2026Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 AM UTCa250865cd0372ac5
2Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 28, 2026Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC35455d50cd5552b4

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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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 Sep 2, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 24, 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.