Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: High Resolution Time Tagger
Deadline: 25 Mar 2026
Posting Date: 19 Mar 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138134765
Document Ref. No.: AMDTCNOI2600901
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Introduction
This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued, and quotations will not be requested.
Purpose
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intend to negotiate a firm-fixed priced purchase order on a sole source basis with Swabian Instruments USA Inc. (UEI: F8RAZ9K3T169), located at 1127 Harrison Avenue Suite F Boston, MA 02119. The purchase order will specifically procure a high-precision 4-measurement channel Swabian Time Tagger.
Authority
This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of FAR Subpart 12.102(a) allowing the Contracting Officer (CO) to solicit from one source. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334515 - Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals with a small business size standard of 750 Employees.
Description
In alignment with the 2026 NIST Strategy for American Technology Leadership in the 21st Century and the 2026 IMS Towards a Resilient Time Infrastructure Through Chip-Scale Optical Clocks, the NIST Information Technology Laboratory requires dedicated high-precision time measurement and control infrastructure enabling research and development for quantum networking as well as resilient time distribution. Time taggers provide high-precision time interval counting capabilities with associated software for data acquisition visualization and analysis. They can also be integrated into quantum networking applications research and development for single photon counting, coincidence counting, and other fundamental quantum network metrology protocols.
Sole Source Determination
The sole source determination is based on the following:
The NIST Information Technology laboratory owns and operates Swabian Instruments Time Taggers for research on quantum networking and precision timing measurements. NIST currently has a Swabian X Time Tagger and req...
Notice ID: amdtcnoi2600901
Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of
Sub-tier: national institute of standards and technology
Office: dept of commerce nist
NAICS Code: 334515 - Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
Inactive Dates: apr 09, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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