NIST awarded a purchase order to Eridan Communications Inc. for procurement of a complete Open Radio Access Network system on September 22, 2026, with a ceiling value of $631,060. The award is firm fixed-price and carries no set-aside designation, though the underlying solicitation was set aside 100% for small businesses and conducted as a commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12 using simplified procedures.
Work is performed in Sunnyvale, California. The system comprises CU and DU software with perpetual licensing supporting 3GPP Release 16 and O-RAN 1.0 Split 7.2 architecture, two independent physical servers with perpetual operating-system licensing, production-release RU software for 100 MHz contiguous sub-6 GHz operation, one 4T4R Radio Unit with eCPRI support and 4250 mW output power, timing and synchronization system, two commercial 5G user equipment devices, ten programmable SIM cards, integration with NIST's existing 5G Core, installation, configuration, testing, training for up to five Government personnel, and a minimum three-year comprehensive warranty with one business-day response for critical issues.
The solicitation closed August 15, 2026. Ultimate completion is January 21, 2027, with delivery, installation, and training due within 90 days of award.