Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Translation Stages — Optical Instruments

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST is soliciting Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Translation Stages — Optical Instruments. Solicitation number 1333ND26QNB030595. Classified under NAICS 334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. Product/service code 6650 — OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS. Place of performance: MD, USA. Responses are due by 18 September 2026 15:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

(I) This is a solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. (II) This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquistion.gov/far-overhaul, and as otherwise noted in the attached provisions and clauses. (III) See Block 10 of the SF1449 for the applicable North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code and whether this solicitation is set aside for any socioeconomic programs. (IV) All quotations shall include a firm-fixed-price for Item Numbers 0001, 0002 and 0003 in the solicitation. Quoters may alternatively submit a quotation with an alternative structure that is consistent with their standard commercial practice, if applicable. (V) The requirements for Item Numbers 0001 through 0003 are included in the minimum specifications. (VII) Quoters must possess an ACTIVE registration in the System for Award Management system, www.SAM.gov, when submitting a quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any purchase order resulting from this solicitation. If the quoter’s SAM.gov registration is not active, when NIST receives the quotation, the quotation will not be considered for award. (VIII) The provision at RFO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION Jan 2026), applies to this acquisition. See Addendum to RFO 52.212-1 below. DUE DATE AND TIME FOR FOR QUOTATIONS Quoters shall submit their quotation, in accordance with the Addendum to RFO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION Jan 2026) in this solicitation, s via email so that they are received at the following email addresses by no later than 11:00 AM Eastern Time, September 18, 2026: [contact details removed] with a courtesy copy to [contact details removed] Please reference the RFQ number in the subject line of all email communications. Quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is received at the e-mail address(es) set forth above. Quotations which do not reference the RFQ number in the subject line of email communications may not be considered for award.

INQUIRIES:

Quoters must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing [contact details removed], with a courtesy copy to [contact details removed].  Questions should be received at those email addresses no later than September 15, 2026. Contracting Officer responses to timely submitted questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will be deemed as the Government’s formal response and govern performance of the purchase order.

Quotation Preparation Instructions:

Addendum to RFO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION Jan 2026): This addendum replaces paragraph (a) in provision 52.212-1. (a) Submission of quotations. Submit quotations to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. As a minimum, quotations shall include— (1) The solicitation number; (2) The name, address, telephone number of the quoter; (3) The quoter’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and, if applicable, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator; (4) Information necessary to whether the quotation clearly and unambiguously meets minimum specifications in the solicitation; (5) An FOB destination price for Item Numbers 0001 through 0003 in the solicitation; (6) Whether each quoted end product is a domestic end product and, if not, the country of origin for each quoted end product; (7) If applicable, evidence that the quoter is authorized by the original equipment manufacturer to sell the end products in the quotation. (8) Responses to provisions that require quoter completion of information, representations, and certifications (other than those collected via the System for Award Management (SAM)), including: FAR 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation FAR 52.222-18 Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate 52.225-18 PLACE OF MANUFACTURE (DEVIATION JAN 2026); and (9) A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments. *********************************************************************************

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD:

The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Quoter whose technically acceptable quotation, conforming to the solicitation, represents the lowest evaluated price.