QNet Amplifier Pump
Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NB6760302602025 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 13, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
- Aug 18, 2026Combined Synopsis/SolicitationOpen
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
Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice for Providers/Suppliers for QNet Amplifier Pump Notice ID: NB676030-26-02025 Contract Opportunity Type Sources Sought Response Date 7/20/2026 Product Service Code 6625�Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments NAICS Code 334515�Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals BACKGROUND This is a notice to request information from industry to help the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determine the availability and capability of small … (show all)
businesses and other than small businesses to provide QNet Amplifier Pump to the NIST Boulder site. This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST. OVERVIEW The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) require a low noise, tunable, high-power, single frequency microwave synthesizer with capability to generate tones of up to 16 GHz at NIST. See attached draft Requirements/Specifications document. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE NIST anticipates that delivery, installation, and training will occur within 21 weeks after receipt of the order. INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES: NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft requirements/specifications document. Thereafter, by the closing date of this notice, NIST encourages those sources to submit responses to lia.arthofer@nist.gov . Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this notice. Responses should be submitted to contain the following, in Microsoft Word format or in .pdf format, use 12-point font, with a page limitation of ten pages (excluding cover page and excluding standard commercial pricing information): Cover page, including: Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance Unique Entity ID Company name Company address Company website address Company points of contact and their phone number and email address Validation of company size status under NAICS: 334515�Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov. Provide any suggestions for NIST to consider for the draft requirements/specifications document, with the goal of improving the draft requirements/specifications document in a way that makes it clearer and as competitive as possible. Provide any suggested evaluation factors for award that your company believes would be meaningful for NIST to consider using for the forthcoming competitive acquisition. If your company has standard commercial pricing information (e.g., �catalog pricing�) for its standard commercial products/services, please provide a copy of it and explain what it includes. NIST will consider standard commercial pricing information to help it estimate a fair market price for the upcoming acquisition. Your company may also provide an estimate for the draft requirements/specifications if you would like to do so; however, do not include a proposal for the draft requirements/specifications; a proposal submitted in response to this notice will not be considered. If your company is a small business for the NAICS code included in this notice, indicate whether your company can comply with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022), if this acquisition were to be conducted as a total small business set-aside and provide supporting explanation. See https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_219_14 for the full text of this clause. Indicate whether your company has a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract or other federal contract under which NIST would be authorized to place an order and, if so, provide a copy of that contract (including contract number, name and contact information for contracting officer, contract SOW, contract terms and conditions and contract prices). The NIST reserves the right to follow up on a one-on-one basis with respondents to request additional information or clarifications about information submitted. Teaming Arrangements Firms seeking to respond to this notice as part of a team must include the above-requested information for each entity. Disclaimer Industry sources must provide information in response to this notice voluntarily, and for fully authorized use without limitation by NIST. This notice does not obligate NIST to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to help NIST assess alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that NIST is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received and other market research, NIST may publish a solicitation on SAM.gov or on GSA eBuy, depending on the approved acquisition strategy. Responses received after the closing date for this notice may not be considered for market research purposes.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST), same product/service code (PSC) 6625 and NAICS 334515.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $40K to $252K, median $122K; range $24K to $413K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. | 2 | $611K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| MOOSE HILL ENTERPRISES, INC | 1 | $45K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| VIRGINIA DIODES, INC. | 1 | $24K | Sep 21, 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.
- Sep 30, 2026Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.$413KType N and 2.4 mm Power Transfer StandardsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2026MOOSE HILL ENTERPRISES, INC$45KPulse GeneratorNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 21, 2026VIRGINIA DIODES, INC.$24KPower Sensor Check StandardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2025Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.$199K50 GHz Vector Signal GeneratorNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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.