Inert Atmosphere Glovebox
Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1333ND26QNB030491 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
AMENDMENT 1: The purpose of this Amendment is to provide responses to timely submitted vendor questions regarding the solicitation. Please see questions and responses below: 1. Question: Double-Sided Glovebox and Glove Ports The specifications require a �double-sided inert atmosphere glovebox� and also specify �two glove ports.� Please clarify whether the requirement is: (a) two glove ports in total, with one glove port on each side; or (b) two glove ports on each side, for a total of four glove ports. Please also confirm whether �double-sided� means that operators must be able to perform glov… (show all)
ebox operations from both the front and rear sides. Government�s Response: The term �double sided" was inadvertently included in the title of the requirement. That has been removed in the revised Statement of Requirement (SOR) dated 8/19/26. The glove box shall have a total of 2 glove ports. The following additional specifications have been included in the revised SOR, dated 8/19/26, to provide clarity: The gloves shall be on the same side. The operator only needs to perform glovebox operations on the front side of the glove box. 2. Question: Delivery Lead Time Please confirm whether delivery within 60 calendar days after award is a mandatory technical requirement. If a commercially available compliant glovebox requires a lead time longer than 60 days, would NIST consider an offer proposing the vendor�s earliest achievable delivery date? Government�s Response: The delivery date is a mandatory technical requirement. The delivery date has been extended in the revised SOR, dated 8/19/26, to accommodate a longer lead time. As such, the delivery date now states �Ninety (90) calendar Days After Receipt of Order.� Please see attachment entitled "FormSF1449 (8.19.26)" for the revised Statement of Requirement, which has been incorporated into the document. All revisions to the Statement of Requirement have been notated in red font. Please use this version for quote preparation. Due date for quotations remains the same. All quotes are due no later than 9:00AM EST on August 24, 2026. End of Amendment 1. _____________________________________________________________ See attached document.
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) 5961 and NAICS 334413.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $23K to $147K, median $38K; range $13K to $439K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC. | 1 | $439K | Apr 17, 2026 |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · $IBM · $61.9B | 1 | $50K | Jul 2, 2025 |
| SKYWATER TECHNOLOGY FOUNDRY INC · $SKYT · $342.3M | 1 | $27K | Jul 9, 2026 |
| KCAMOW INDUSTRIES LLC | 1 | $13K | Sep 15, 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.
- $IBM reported $61.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $38K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $SKYT reported $342.3M revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $38K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 15, 2026KCAMOW INDUSTRIES LLC$13KInert Atmosphere GloveboxNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 9, 2026SKYWATER TECHNOLOGY FOUNDRY INC$27KAward Notice: CMOS WafersMateriality: <0.01% of $SKYT revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 17, 2026TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$439KFabry Perot Open Resonators (FPOR) and Microwave ComponentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 2, 2025INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$50KAward Notice: Silicon Wafers with Multiple Thin FilmsMateriality: <0.01% of $IBM revenue (Low) SEC
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 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Commerce, Dept of (DOC) since 2024 (21 filings)
- 2 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.
- 2 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 373 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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.