Sources SoughtPosted Jul 13, 2026·Responses due Jul 23, 2026

SOURCES SOUGHT: Dimensional Metrology Service

Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
NB672010-26-02285
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J066
Place
Not stated
Contact
Clifford Nicholson (clifford.nicholson@nist.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NB672010-26-02285 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 13, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Aug 4, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 8, 2026 to Nov 17, 2026, middle of the range Oct 1, 2026.
Measured from 19 past early notices at National Institute of Standards and Technology that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 13, 2026).

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division Sources Sought for Commercial Product Purchase THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible business firms that can provide the product described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that can provide Dimensional Metrology Service per the Statement of Work attached herein. This announcement is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ) … (show all)

and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is currently available. Additionally, The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources because of this Sources Sought announcement. The results of this Sources Sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business Set-aside opportunities exist. All Small Business Set-aside categories will be considered. In addition, this market research tool is being used to identify potential and eligible firms, of all sizes, prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation. Based on this Sources Sought announcement, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement on the System for Award Management (sam.gov) website and subsequently award a contract. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage that can fulfil the requirement, in accordance with the Specifications, then this acquisition shall be solicited as a small business set aside. However, NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB and VOSB). This requirement is assigned NAICS 811210 � Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a small business size standard of $34M. Interested business organizations that believe they can meet the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit responses to five (5) pages or less. Responses should include the following information: 1. Company Profile to include number of employees, office location(s), Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and Cage Code. 2. Name of company that will provide the product. 3. Name of company that will manufacture and country of origin of the product. 4. Specification sheets and examples of products that meet the Specifications attached herein. 5. Typical lead time to deliver the product after receipt of award to include installation time and any necessary training that is provided. 6. Identification and verification of the company�s small business status. 7. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing our requirement and finalizing our market research. (Company sales brochures or marketing packages will not be considered). REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW: See the attached draft Statement of Work Document.

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same product/service code (PSC) J066.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $10K to $49K, median $19K; range $4K to $216K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CHRISTOPHER HOAGLIN 400 WEST CUMMINGS PARK SUITE 1725-143 Woburn MA 01801 USA2$68KAug 27, 2026
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $7.4B2$11KSep 23, 2025
HIGH-REZ ANALYTICAL, LLC1$216KSep 18, 2026
PRECISION MACHINERY & TOOLING, LLC1$80KAug 8, 2026
EASTERN MOUNTAIN OPTICS, INC1$38KJun 23, 2026
AXIVEND LLC1$29KFeb 3, 2025
DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT RECONDITIONING CORPORATION1$19KAug 21, 2026
ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B1$16KSep 17, 2025
PIPET REPAIR SERVICE, INC.1$11KJul 10, 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.

Investor context
  • $A reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $19K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $19K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Commerce, Dept of (DOC) since 2024 (6 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
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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.

  • 1 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
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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. 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 5 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.