Sources SoughtPosted Aug 7, 2026·Responses due Aug 24, 2026

Mecademic Robotics MECA500-R4-OB Robot Arm (BRAND NAME OR EQUAL)

Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333998
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
NIST-AMD-SSN-26-02447
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
3693
Place
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NIST-AMD-SSN-26-02447 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 7, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 3, 2026 to Dec 12, 2026, middle of the range Oct 26, 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 Aug 7, 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.

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same industry group (NAICS 3339).

Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $32K to $142K, median $90K; range $22K to $858K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
APPLETON MARINE INC1$858KSep 11, 2025
HAMILTON JET, INC.1$567KMar 3, 2025
CALIBER SALES ENGINEERING INC.1$512KJun 10, 2026
BURT PROCESS EQUIPMENT, INC.1$142KSep 21, 2026
AMERICAN MATERIAL HANDLING, INC.1$100KJul 30, 2025
KAY KAY LLC1$95KSep 23, 2025
Palfinger Marine USA, LLC1$90KJan 7, 2025
SERVICE PUMP & SUPPLY CO INC1$80KJun 27, 2025
MEAK SOLUTIONS LLC. Mentor OH 44060 USA1$42KJun 2, 2025
CENTRAL ALABAMA TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC.1$32KAug 13, 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.

Latest awards

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
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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.

  • 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
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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.

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