# Force Calibration System

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- Solicitation number: 1333ND25QNB640408
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as combined synopsis and solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Inc. for $79,820.56
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
- Place of performance: Gaithersburg, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Gaithersburg. https://abierto.us/cities/gaithersburg-md-2431175
- First posted: August 7, 2025
- Last posted: September 24, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/be9905a0e1ba44398c93d24ea1457946/view

## Description

Amendment I - The purpose of this amendment is to dissolve the small business set-aside and to re-solicit as a Full and Open Competition. The solicitation will close 9/8/2025. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged as a result of this amendment.

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION 1333ND25QNB640408 Force Calibration System This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6- Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is being issued under the authority of FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Register (FAC) 2025-04 effective 6/11/2025. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size of 1,000 employees.

This acquisition will be completed as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The Hardness Standardization Laboratory within the Material Measurement Laboratory maintains the U.S. national realizations of hardness scales in support of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and international key comparisons. Applied force is one of the most significant factors influencing hardness measurements and scales.

The laboratory’s current force calibration system is aging and lacks the performance, stability, and traceability required to maintain alignment with international National Metrology Institutes (NMIs). The laboratory requires a new digital precision amplifier and three force transducers (or load cells). The upgrades will ensure the traceability, accuracy, and stability for calibrations performed on the Primary Hardness Standard Machines (PHSMs) and reduce hardness measurement uncertainty.

The contractor shall deliver a force calibration system comprising a Digital Precision Amplifier and three Force Transducers with calibration certificates traceable to an NMI.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Inc. (UEI RHLAM7GSJGJ4)
- Contract: 1333ND25PNB640502, purchase order
- Obligated: $79,820.56
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 2 offers received
- Link: award number 1333ND25PNB640502 equals the contract number; same awarding office 1333ND (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1333ND25PNB640502_1341_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- August 7, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 9f0eea885856481aa4e111d4a1543657. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9f0eea885856481aa4e111d4a1543657/view
- August 29, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 2444ec3326c24285abfbed318f80dd0e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2444ec3326c24285abfbed318f80dd0e/view
- September 24, 2025: Award notice. Notice be9905a0e1ba44398c93d24ea1457946. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/be9905a0e1ba44398c93d24ea1457946/view

## Points of contact

- Tish Walker, latish.walker@nist.gov

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