Fluorescent Phosphate Optical Glass Units (SOURCES SOUGHT)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NIST-MML-25-SS17
- Agency
-
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, has issued a Sources Sought Notice (NIST-MML-25-SS17) focused on acquiring specialized fluorescent phosphate optical glass units. Specifically, NIST is seeking vendors capable of producing 60 cuvette-shaped glass units to renew their Standard Reference Material 2943 (SRM 2943a) for Fluorescence Spectroscopy with Blue Emission. This is a planning-stage notice intended to gather market intelligence and assess potential vendor capabilities. The notice emphasizes that it is not a formal solicitation and does not guarantee a contract award. The opportunity is associated with the NAICS code 334516 for Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
Interested vendors must submit a comprehensive 12-page response in Microsoft Word format to latish.walker@nist.gov by June 26, 2025. The procurement is open to all responsible sources, including both large and small businesses, with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. The glass units must meet stringent technical specifications, including precise emission and absorbance spectra matching previous SRM 2943 units within a 5% tolerance, spatial homogeneity within 3%, and high optical quality free of bubbles and stria. NIST anticipates issuing a Request for Quotation in the fourth quarter of 2025 and expects to award a contract during the same period. Vendors are expected to provide detailed company information, technical capabilities, previous relevant experience, and any applicable contract vehicle information. No solicitation documents currently exist, and NIST will not reimburse vendors for information submitted in response to this notice.
Notice text
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE
Document Type: Sources Sought Notice
Notice Number: NIST-MML-25-SS17
Title: Fluorescent Phosphate Optical Glass Units for NIST SRM 2943a
NAICS code of 334516 -Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Contracting Office Address
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Acquisition Management Division,
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640,
Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
Sources Sought Notice NIST-MML-25-SS17
Title: Fluorescent Phosphate Optical Glass Units for NIST SRM 2943a
This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response.
This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information.
NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME.
NIST is seeking information from vendors capable of producing 60 units of cuvette-shaped glass to renew NIST Standard Reference Material 2943 Relative Intensity Standard for Fluorescence Spectroscopy – Blue Emission.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NIST-MML-25-SS17.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Special Notice | |
| Thermo-Optical Plane Source Thermal Conductivity Measurement Instrument | Pre-Solicitation |
Similar open opportunities
| Opportunity | Agency | Set-aside | Responses due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sources Sought Notice for Continuous Wave Parametric Oscillator (CW OPO) Laser System | National Institute of Standards and Technology | No set-aside | |
| Sources Sought Notice for Mid-IR Optical Frequency Comb | National Institute of Standards and Technology | No set-aside | |
| Glass, liquid sight IND | Land and Maritime | No set-aside |
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Find teaming partners
- Similar opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity