Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Aug 7, 2026·Responses due Aug 17, 2026

399nm Optical Assembly for Laser Conditioning

Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
334413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
NB688000-26-02470
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
6640
Place
Boulder, CO, USA
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NB688000-26-02470 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 28, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
  • Aug 7, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Aug 17, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 9, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026, middle of the range Sep 24, 2026.
Measured from 67 past solicitations at National Institute of Standards and Technology that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 7, 2026).

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.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

Who won similar work

7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334413.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SIGRAY, INC.1$2.1MApr 15, 2026
DECTRIS USA INC1$798KMar 20, 2026
FINETECH Mesa AZ 85210 USA1$643KJan 30, 2025
TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.1$439KApr 17, 2026
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · $IBM1$50KJul 2, 2025
SKYWATER TECHNOLOGY FOUNDRY INC · $SKYT1$27KJul 9, 2026
KCAMOW INDUSTRIES LLC1$13KSep 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 7 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 (20 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
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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.

  • 2 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 1 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.