Sources SoughtPosted Mar 31, 2026·Responses due Apr 10, 2026

Sources Sought - Dynamic Frequency Comb Applications Support IDIQ

Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
NB675020-26-01170
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R425
Place
Boulder, CO, USA
Contact
Daniel Kent (daniel.kent@nist.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NB675020-26-01170 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Mar 31, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Jul 21, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: May 27, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026, middle of the range Jun 19, 2026.
Measured from 19 past early notices at National Institute of Standards and Technology that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Mar 31, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division Sources Sought for Commercial Services Purchase THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible business firms that can provide the product described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that can provide Dynamic Frequency Comb Applications support services under a potential single award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (I… (show all)

DIQ) Fixed Price contract estimated at not-to-exceed $7.5 million dollars over 5 years per the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached herein. This announcement is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is currently available. Additionally, The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources because of this Sources Sought announcement. The results of this Sources Sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business Set-aside opportunities exist. All Small Business Set-aside categories will be considered. In addition, this market research tool is being used to identify potential and eligible firms, of all sizes, prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation. Based on this Sources Sought announcement, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement on the System for Award Management (sam.gov) website and subsequently award a contract. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage that can fulfil the requirement, in accordance with the Specifications, then this acquisition shall be solicited as a small business set aside. However, NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB and VOSB). This requirement is assigned a NAICS 541511 � Custom Computer Programming Services with a small business size standard of $34.0 million. The specific purpose of this Sources Sought announcement is to determine if there are small businesses, within the parameters identified above, that can provide the product identified in the Specifications document. Interested business organizations that believe they can meet the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit responses to five (5) pages or less. Responses should include the following information: 1. Company Profile to include number of employees, office location(s), Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and Cage Code. 2. Name of company that will provide the services. 3. Capability sheets and examples of same or similar services that meet the requirements of the PWS attached herein. 4. Identification and verification of the company�s small business status. 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing our requirement and finalizing our market research. (Company sales brochures or marketing packages will not be considered). REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW: See the attached PWS document.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST), same product/service code (PSC) R425.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $175K to $9.8M, median $8.5M; range $78K to $9.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
REID MIDDLETON, INC.1$9.8MApr 10, 2025
AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.1$9.8MApr 10, 2025
Applied Research Associates, Inc.1$9.8MApr 10, 2025
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND LABORATORIES (ATL) INTERNATIONAL, INC.1$9.5MSep 25, 2025
LES INSTRUMENTS WAXWING INC1$7.5MSep 14, 2026
Octosig Consulting Inc1$200KAug 28, 2025
IBISWORLD, INC.1$100KSep 16, 2026
CHMURA ECONOMICS & ANALYTICS, LLC1$78KSep 16, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Commerce, Dept of (DOC) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Commerce, Dept of (DOC) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 372 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.