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Combined synopsis and solicitation

High-Performance Optical Atomic Clocks

NB688000-26-02388

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce NIST. Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing.

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Awarded

Vector Atomic Inc.

$999,998.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). All communications and documents must include the solicitation number NB688000-26-02388.  

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD), Team E-Boulder has a requirement for two high-performance, robust optical atomic clocks to integrate into the timescale in Boulder, Colorado that generates UTC(NIST), NIST’s realization of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) per the attached Combined Synopsis/Solicitation and documents.  

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Vector Atomic Inc.
UEI
XKE2WAAMTLQ9
CAGE
81U56
Vendor location
Pleasanton, CA
Contract
1333ND26PNB680429, purchase order
Obligated
$999,998.00
Actions
1 between September 22, 2026 and September 22, 2026
Competition
Competed Under SAP, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Ou68-Fy26-493-New Optical Atomic Clock Systems
Match
solicitation number NB6880002602388 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1333ND (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. August 7, 2026

    Combined synopsis and solicitation, originally sources sought

    Due August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 3b52cd5171b646edb25f790c6c261db3

    2 revisions on SAM
    • August 7, 2026: publish, combined synopsis and solicitation
    • June 10, 2026: publish, sources sought

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