US-FED-00000388417 - Lock-In Electronics - Deadline August 6,2026

Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice for Providers/Suppliers for Lock–In ElectronicsNotice ID: NB[ phno? redacted ]87Contract Opportunity TypeSources SoughtResponse Date8/06/2026Product Service Code6625Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing InstrumentsNAICS Code334515Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical SignalsBACKGROUNDThis is a notice to request information from industry to help the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determine the availability and capability of small businesses and other than small businesses to provide Lock–In Electronics to the NIST Boulder site.This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST.OVERVIEWThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requires digital lock–in amplifier systems to provide high–sensitivity phase–sensitive detection and real–time digital signal processing to support electro–optic sampling (EOS), carrier–envelope–offset (fCEO) detection, frequency–comb stabilization, and traceable waveform metrology applications, at NIST. See attached draft Requirements/Specifications document.ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCENIST anticipates that delivery, installation, and training will occur within 60 days after receipt of the order.INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES:NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft requirements/specifications document. Thereafter, by the closing date of this notice, NIST encourages those sources to submit responses to [email? redacted] . Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this notice.Responses should be submitted to contain the following, in Microsoft Word format or in .pdf format, use 12–point font, with a page limitation of ten pages (excluding cover page and excluding standard commercial pricing information):