Microbial Flow Cell Sorter
Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1333ND26QNB640406 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
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What the notice says
This is a solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Biosystems and Biomaterials Division at the Material Measurement Laboratory located at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD plays a vital role in… (show all)
supporting various NIST metrology programs. Biosystems and Biomaterials Division strives to develop innovative methodologies, protocols, and reference materials to foster innovation in biotechnology and bio-surveillance. A cell sorter suited for small particle sorting, especially microbial cells, is needed for validating fluorescence flow cytometry enumeration and characterization work, and for isolating cells based on biological function for further manipulation. The Contractor shall provide one (1) cell sorter instrument with a 12-month warranty and service agreement. The service agreement shall have a base plus four consecutive option periods to start after the warranty ends.
Who won similar work
88 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 334516.
Single-winner award sizes (88): middle half $45K to $187K, median $81K; range $8K to $5.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOPTICA PHOTONICS INC | 5 | $550K | Oct 7, 2026 |
| TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC. | 4 | $1.0M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| BRISTOL INSTRUMENTS INC | 3 | $91K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Montana Instruments Corporation | 2 | $440K | Sep 8, 2026 |
| STABLE LASER SYSTEMS INC | 2 | $277K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| SPINNER ICT INC | 2 | $196K | Oct 7, 2026 |
| LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INC | 2 | $176K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 2 | $97K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| NKT PHOTONICS INC. | 2 | $48K | Sep 30, 2025 |
| CAMECA INSTRUMENTS, INC | 1 | $5.7M | Feb 25, 2025 |
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 8, 2026SCIENTA OMICRON, INC.$1.2MHigh-pressure XPS SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026TOPTICA PHOTONICS INC$61KTunable Laser System with Reference Wavemeter for Wavelength Scanning and LockingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026SPINNER ICT INC$98KPrimary S-Parameter Standards for Plasma Etching RecordNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$410KANRITSU FREQUENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM BRAND NAME ONLYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026TELEDYNE LECROY, INC.$102KArbitrary Waveform GeneratorNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026AVRO INC$23KSingle-mode 532 nm laser for Brillouin Light Scattering Spectrometer (High Speed Metrology for Magnetoelectronic Devices and Models)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$414KMicrowave Network Analyzer (Brand Name or Equivalent)Materiality: <0.01% of $KEYS revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 7, 2026AVANTES, INC$41KNLIR IR SPECTROMETER SYSTEM MODEL S-MIDWAVE-2050-400-2K-F (BRAND NAME ONLY)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026SPINNER ICT INC$98KPrimary S-Parameter Standards for Plasma Etching RecordNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 2, 2026RH SYSTEMS LLC$68KMetrology-grade Chilled Mirror Dew Point HygrometersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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
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
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
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.