Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for : Procurement of Cryogenic, Optical-Accessible, Magnetic-Field-Capable- Strain Cell "COM-Strain Cell�

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1333ND26QNB680562 in this department, oldest first.

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

Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST), same product/service code (PSC) 6640 and NAICS 334515.

Single-winner award sizes (10): middle half $26K to $183K, median $100K; range $16K to $246K.

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.

• Oct 7, 2026PC VISION INC$104KOpto-Isolated High Voltage Switch, G3VM-101LRNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Oct 1, 2026CHIMERA INSTRUMENTS LLC$95KHigh Band Current Measuring AmplifierNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Aug 24, 2026MEASUREMENTS INTERNATIONAL INC$246KAward Notice: DCC Bridge, High Resistance Bridge, and ScannersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• May 18, 2026Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.$224KCHIPS R&D 67 GHz Microwave SourceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• May 5, 2026TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$16KAward Notice for Directional CouplersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Mar 17, 2026G G B INDUSTRIES, INC$28KWR4 On-Wafer ProbesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2025GAP WIRELESS INC$16KDAQ with 24-bit Digitizer for Lock-In Amplifier ReplacementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 18, 2025TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$205KAward Notice for Spectrum AnalyzerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 17, 2025LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INC$25KField-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Servo ControllerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Aug 20, 2025TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$119KVector Network AnalyzerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

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.

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.

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.