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DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST · Boulder, Colorado, 80305

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Response status

Historical record

Aug 25, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 10, 2026
Archive date
Sep 9, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST published this combined synopsis/solicitation.
  • The place of performance is Boulder, Colorado.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
bb93e9dbd3ba414ca296e5ca92a0d7e2
Solicitation
NB688000-26-02473
Base type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Solicitation number
NB688000-26-02473
NAICS
334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
PSC
6640 — LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 10, 2026
Responses due
Aug 25, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 9, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Aug 29, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
—
Subagency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Subagency code
—
Office
DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
GAITHERSBURG, MD, 20899, USA
Place of performance
Boulder, Colorado, 80305
City code
—
State
Colorado
State code
CO
Postal code
80305
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

See the attached RFQ, Requirements, and Provisions & Clauses documents.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$30,096
Median$51,278
High end (p75)$97,835
Comparable awards
50
Median
$51,278
Computed
Aug 11, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
NBAF - CRITICAL EDS-TTA PARTSPROGRESSIVE RECOVERY INC$344,451.00Jul 21, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EXERCISE OPTION 2 FOR FIB MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENTFEI COMPANY$3,919,236.72Jun 12, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OU68-FY26-414-NEW DUAL-WAVELENGTH-COATED ULTRA-HIGH-REFLECTIVITY MIRRORSFIVENINE OPTICS INC$10,690.00Jul 20, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ILLUMINA MISEQ I100 PLUS SYSTEM 70316572ILLUMINA, INC.$104,060.21Jun 25, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ICP-MS INSTRUMENTPERKINELMER U.S. LLC$284,202.01Jul 1, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERRUSSELLS TECHNICAL PRODUCTS INC$83,233.00Jun 3, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 - THIS IS A FIRM-FIXED-PRICE AWARD FOR PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER. FOB: DESTINATIONVISIONARY EXPERTS LLC$56,264.59May 14, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 - SALT FOG CHAMBERQ-LAB CORP$30,192.00Jul 7, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IRA COLLIMATED BEAM FOR UV TREATMENT TO INCLUDE: DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND TRAINING OF TOPSYTEC DR. GRÖBEL GMBH$47,598.93May 18, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
BB WELDER EQUIPMENTTERUMO BCT BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LLC$16,420.44Jul 28, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IFOBT CPRR FOR VISN 19POLYMEDCO LLC$247,998.63Jul 29, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
POINT OF CARE TESTING ABBOTT I-STATABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.$683,551.00Jun 10, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FLOW CYTOMETER PURCHASEBECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$264,630.46Jun 15, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE OF CUSTOM OPTOMECH (C-OM) WITH DUAL-COMB SPECTROSCOPY (DCS) LASER SYSTEM FOR THE MENLO SYSTEMS INC$326,993.40Jul 28, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GBRU - REVIO SMRT CELLS SYSTEM - PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIAPACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC$92,196.04Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DNA/RNA REAGENT KITS FOR SEQUENCINGILLUMINA, INC.$174,029.48Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LI - ABBL - SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS FOR REAL-TIME PCR SYSTEM - A HIGH-THROUGHPUT, MULTIPLEGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$49,342.24Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GERSTEL LABWORKS PLATFORM FOR AGILENT 8890 GC P00001 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE EXTENSIONGERSTEL INC$217,587.99Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCORPORATE THE MANDATORY CONTRACT CLAUSE FAR 52.22GERMFREE LABORATORIES, LLC$992,238.00May 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FLO-MIN114: MINION DNA FLOW CELLS (24) SQK-RBK114.24: RAPID BARCODING KIT 24 V14 (2) SQK-ROXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES INC$20,460.00Jun 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 10, 2026Aug 25, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC0d61d028d92472b7
2Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 28, 2026Aug 25, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC69b6af5037ecc95d

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 29, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 11, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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