Ultralow Loss Mid-IR Optics with Hybrid Crystalline Coatings
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
Place of performance: Gaithersburg, MD
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- Posted
- Jul 17, 2026
- Closes
- No deadline published by the funder
At a glance
This is a government contract opportunity posted by COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF in the analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing category. Work is performed in Gaithersburg, MD.
Classification and identifiers
- Industry (NAICS)
- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)
- Product or service (PSC)
- Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (6640)
- Solicitation number
- NIST-SS26-CHIPS-158
- Contracting office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Who can apply
About this opportunity
Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Ultralow Loss Mid-IR Optics with Hybrid Crystalline Coatings Notice ID: NIST-SS26-CHIPS-158 Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought Response Date: 7/23/26 Product Service Code (PSC): 6640 NAICS Code: 334516 BACKGROUND The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting market research to identify alternative sources that (a) are capable of meeting NIST’s minimum requirements for the following commercial products and commercial services and (b) would be interested in competing for that requirement: The CHIPS Metrology Program includes research in Grand Challenge 1, Metrology for Materials Purity, Properties and Provenance. To address this Grand Challenge, the project Optical Impurit...