Sources Sought Nmr Gaussmeter Tender in USA - 146517819

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Sources Sought Notice for Nmr Gaussmeter

Deadline: 13 Aug 2026

Posting Date: 04 Aug 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 146517819

Document Ref. No.: NIST-SS26-170

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 products/services that satisfy the Government-s anticipated needs.
BACKGROUND
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), Nanoscale Device Characterization Division, Advanced Electronics Group intends to purchase a gaussmeter whose operating principle is the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of protons. Additionally, the gaussmeter must be calibrated and traceable to international standards.
A primary strategic focus of the division involves exploring the chemical and physical nature of atomic-scale defects in materials. Chief among these materials is diamond; including applications exploiting its wide bandgap properties for power electronics and its ultra-stable defect entities for use in quantum sensing applications.
The division is currently undertaking an effort to develop diamond-based magnetometers for magnetic field sensing. A critical aspect of this program is the precise measure of the electronic g-tensor of a specific diamond-based defect entity, the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center. Our ability to measure this quantity directly relates to our ability to calibrate the magnetic field of our magnets. Thus, we require an ultra-sensitive NMR gaussmeter. Additionally, our program requires that our measure of g-tensor be SI traceable and thus requires an SI-traceable measure of magnetic field.
The primary purpose of this acquisition is to measure magnetic field in an ultra-sensitive and SI-traceable manner by exploiting the nuclear magnetic resonance of protons. This unit will serve to measure and verify against international standards the magnetic fields of our existing magnet infrastructure. The ability to perform this is ultimately directly related to the sensitivity and traceability of the diamond-based magnetometers currently under development.
NIST is seeking information from...
Notice ID: nist-ss26-170

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: aug 28, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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