Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Manufacturing Execution System
Deadline: 07 Aug 2026
Posting Date: 27 Jul 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 146001072
Document Ref. No.: NIST-SSN-26-7301576
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The purpose of this sources sought notice is to conduct market research and identify potential sources of commercial equipment/services that satisfy the Government-s anticipated needs.
BACKGROUND
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory (EL) supports the advancement of Additive Manufacturing (AM). As AM transitions from prototyping to industrial production, the seamless integration of AM machines with enterprise software specifically Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) is the primary enabler for increasing throughput and addressing scalability issues. However, the standards are missing for interoperable AM and MES integration. The research team at the System Integration Division has a research objective to develop a neutral information model that can be standardized for AM and MES integration. As part of the efforts to develop standard information model to integrate AM and MES systems, the Information Modeling and Testing group will conduct a six-month benchmarking study to compare (a) a standards-based AM-MES integration approach using a neutral information model and validation, versus (b) an AI-assisted point-to-point integration approach using Large Language Model (LLM)-driven documentation ingestion and code generation, and (c) test the performance and efforts using existing NIST-owned AM machines, including EOS 290 and Renishaw RenAM500. The goal is to quantify effort, reliability, and semantic accuracy, and to produce a practical roadmap for AM-MES interoperability.
Requirements:
NIST is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing a solution that will achieve the objectives described below:
Product Requirements
The MES software shall have been tested integrable with EOS 290 and RenishawAM500
The MES software shall have an open API which is sufficient for AI-based integration code generation
The MES shall come with emulators for EOS 290 and Renishaw AM 500 for integration...
Notice ID: nist-ssn-26-7301576
Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of
Sub-tier: national institute of standards and technology
Office: dept of commerce nist
NAICS Code: 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services
Inactive Dates: aug 22, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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