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Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NIST-SS26-165 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 27, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
- Jul 31, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
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
114 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334516.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC. | 6 | $1.5M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| TOPTICA PHOTONICS INC | 6 | $614K | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC | 4 | $2.7M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 3 | $136K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| BRISTOL INSTRUMENTS INC | 3 | $91K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Montana Instruments Corporation | 2 | $440K | Sep 8, 2026 |
| STABLE LASER SYSTEMS INC | 2 | $277K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| SPINNER ICT INC | 2 | $196K | Oct 7, 2026 |
| LIQUID INSTRUMENTS INC | 2 | $176K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| NKT PHOTONICS INC. | 2 | $48K | Sep 30, 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.
- Oct 8, 2026SCIENTA OMICRON, INC.$1.2MHigh-pressure XPS System
- Oct 7, 2026SPINNER ICT INC$98KPrimary S-Parameter Standards for Plasma Etching Record
- Oct 7, 2026TELEDYNE LECROY, INC.$102KArbitrary Waveform Generator
- Oct 7, 2026TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.$410KANRITSU FREQUENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM BRAND NAME ONLY
- Oct 7, 2026SPINNER ICT INC$98KPrimary S-Parameter Standards for Plasma Etching Record
- Oct 7, 2026TOPTICA PHOTONICS INC$61KTunable Laser System with Reference Wavemeter for Wavelength Scanning and Locking
- Oct 7, 2026AVRO INC$23KSingle-mode 532 nm laser for Brillouin Light Scattering Spectrometer (High Speed Metrology for Magnetoelectronic Devices and Models)
- Oct 7, 2026AVANTES, INC$41KNLIR IR SPECTROMETER SYSTEM MODEL S-MIDWAVE-2050-400-2K-F (BRAND NAME ONLY)
- Oct 7, 2026KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$414KMicrowave Network Analyzer (Brand Name or Equivalent)
- Oct 2, 2026RH SYSTEMS LLC$68KMetrology-grade Chilled Mirror Dew Point Hygrometers
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
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.
- 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.