Department of Commerce · National Institute of Standards and Technology · DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
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Compliance matrix
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Proposal outline
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Questions to submit
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Past performance write-ups
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
1333ND26QNB030491
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
334413
Product service code
5961
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-08-19
Response deadline
Aug 24, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Gaithersburg, MD
Contracting contact
Sadaf.Afkhami@nist.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 334413 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
AMENDMENT 2: The purpose of this Amendment is to provide responses to timely submitted vendor questions that were inadverntantly left out of the previous amendment and to update Form SF1449. Please see below: 1. Question: Small Business Set Aside The solicitation contains references to both “Full and Open Competition” and a “100% Small Business Set-Aside.” Please confirm whether this acquisition is restricted exclusively to eligible small business concerns, or whether offers from other-than-small-business concerns will also be considered. Government’s Response: This requirement is a total small business set aside. Any references to full and open competition has been corrected. 2. Form SF1449 has been revised to remove the refereneces to "Full and open competition" and "Double-sided", and to correct language under FAR 52.212-2 provision. Due date for quotations remains the same. All quotes are due no later than 9:00AM EST on August 24, 2026. End of Amendment 2. __________________________________________________________ AMENDMENT 1: The purpose of this Amendment is to provide responses to timely submitted vendor questions regarding the solicitation. Please see questions and responses below: 1. Question: Double-Sided Glovebox and Glove Ports The specifications require a “double-sided inert atmosphere glovebox” and also specify “two glove ports.” Please clarify whether the requirement is: (a) two glove ports in total, with one glove port on each side; or (b) two glove ports on each side, for a total of four glove ports. Please also confirm whether “double-sided” means that operators must be able to perform glovebox operations from both the front and rear sides. Government’s Response: The term “double sided" was inadvertently included in the title of the requirement. That has been removed in the revised Statement of Requirement (SOR) dated 8/19/26. The glove box shall have a total of 2 glove ports. The following additional specifications have been included in the revised SOR, dated 8/19/26, to provide clarity: The gloves shall be on the same side. The operator only needs to perform glovebox operations on the front side of the glove box. 2. Question: Delivery Lead Time Please confirm whether delivery within 60 calendar days after award is a mandatory technical requirement. If a commercially available compliant glovebox requires a lead time longer than 60 days, would NIST consider an offer proposing the vendor’s earliest achievable delivery date? Government’s Response: The delivery date is a mandatory technical requirement. The delivery date has been extended in the revised SOR, dated 8/19/26, to accommodate a longer lead time. As such, the delivery date now states “Ninety (90) calendar Days After Receipt of Order.” Please see attachment entitled "FormSF1449 (8.19.26)" for the revised Statement of Requirement, which has been incorporated into the document. All revisions to the Statement of Requirement have been notated in red font. Please use this version for quote preparation. Due date for quotations remains the same. All quotes are due no later than 9:00AM EST on August 24, 2026. End of Amendment 1. _____________________________________________________________ See attached document.
Contact
Point of contact
Sadaf Afkhami
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
Sadaf.Afkhami@nist.gov
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