Low-Power Dual-Comb Laser

Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice for Providers/Suppliers for Low-Power Dual-Comb Laser Notice ID: NB675020-26-02317 Contract Opportunity Type Sources Sought Response Date: 7/23/2026 Product Service Code 6625—Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing NAICS Code 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing BACKGROUND This 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 a low-power dual-comb laser for the Boulder, CO NIST 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. OVERVIEW The NIST, Fiber Sources and Applications group; the critical technology for future fielded systems will be high performance, dual-frequency comb systems. In addition to achieving low relative phase noise by phase-locking to a common continuous wave laser, this dual comb system must also have low size-weight-and-power (SWAP) and the potential for future space operation. require a low-power dual-comb laser with an accurate noise characterization is critical for amplifiers and transistors. See attached draft specifications document. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE NIST anticipates that it will require delivery for a low-power dual-comb laser that is similar to that in the draft specifications, 16 weeks after receipt of order. INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES: NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft specifications document. Thereafter, by the closing date of this notice, NIST encourages those sources to submit responses to lia.arthofer@nist.gov. 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): Cover page, including: Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance Unique Entity ID Company name Company address Company website address Company points of contact and their phone number and email address Validation of company size status under NAICS: 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov. Provide any suggestions for NIST to consider for the draft specifications, with the goal of improving the draft specifications in a way that makes it clearer and as competitive as possible. Provide any suggested evaluation factors for award that your company believes would be meaningful for NIST to consider using for the forthcoming competitive acquisition. If your company has standard commercial pricing information (e.g., “catalog pricing”) for its standard commercial products/services, please provide a copy of it and explain what it includes. NIST will consider standard commercial pricing information to help it estimate a fair market price for the upcoming acquisition. Your company may also provide an estimate for the draft specification requirements if you would like to do so; however, do not include a quotation for the draft specifications requirements; a quotation submitted in response to this notice will not be considered. If your company is a small business for the NAICS code included in this notice, indicate whether your company can comply with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022), if this acquisition...