Sources Sought Notice of Intent to Sole Source Tender - 142672583

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Sources Sought Notice of Intent to Sole Source Dual Optical Frequency Comb System

Deadline: 18 Jun 2026

Posting Date: 05 Jun 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 142672583

Document Ref. No.: NIST-SS26-06

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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NIST-SS26-06
6640 / 334516
Primary POC: Liz Timberlake ([email protected])
Secondary POC: Donald Collie ([email protected])
Title: Dual Optical Frequency Comb System
BACKGROUND
***THIS IS A COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE***
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing a dual optical frequency comb system. If no alternate sources are identified, the Government intends to issue a Sole Source Award to X3 Optics LLC (1880 S Flatiron Ct, Suite F, Boulder, CO 80301) under the authority of FAR 12.102(a) only one reasonably found source. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516.
NIST has a need for a dual optical frequency comb system that meets or exceeds the following draft minimum specifications:
The Contractor shall provide one (1) array spectroradiometer that meet the following minimum specifications:
1.Comb Architecture: The system should have two optical frequency combs with 50 MHz repetition rate (or less) each and a controllable difference in repetition rates (from 0 to 10 kHz tuning).
2.Spectral Coverage and Power: The system should have a center wavelength at 1550 nm and 30 nm of bandwidth. Average optical power should be 10 mW (or more).
3.Carrier offset frequency: The system should have an integrated carrier offset frequency detection with high signal to noise ratio of ( 30 dB). The system should have a locked carrier envelope offset frequency with
4. Repetition rate feedback: The system should have both fast repetition rate feedback (100 kHz, or more) and slow feedback ( 10 Hz).
5. Optical or RF lock: The system should have an option to lock a comb line to an optical reference CW laser at 1550 nm. In addition, the system should have an outputting repetition rate beat note for directly locking the repletion rates of eac...
Notice ID: nist-ss26-06

Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of

Sub-tier: national institute of standards and technology

Office: dept of commerce nist

Product Service Code: 6640 - laboratory equipment and supplies

NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

Inactive Dates: jul 03, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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