The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Custom Solutions Group, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for $85,863 on September 23, 2026, for a gas chromatograph system equipped with thermal conductivity and flame ionization detectors with methanation capability.
This total small business set-aside procurement requires delivery of one analytical system within 90 calendar days of award, including installation, training, pre-shipment testing, and NIST verification prior to shipment. The system must support simultaneous and parallel detector operation, packed and capillary column analysis, GC oven temperature programming, remote start/stop functionality, and automated stream selection valves. Performance specifications include analysis of binary gas mixtures (1 ppm methane in air, 250 ppm carbon monoxide in nitrogen via flame ionization with methanation, 0.5% carbon dioxide in nitrogen via thermal conductivity detector, and 40–200 ppb ambient-level carbon monoxide in air) with high-pressure mixtures at or below 25 psig requiring temperature ramping and stable baseline resolution. Place of performance is Katy, Texas. The ultimate completion date is January 11, 2027.