# High-Performance Optical Atomic Clocks

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nb6880002602388

- Solicitation number: NB688000-26-02388
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- NAICS: 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
- Place of performance: Boulder, Colorado
- First posted: August 7, 2026
- Last posted: August 7, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3b52cd5171b646edb25f790c6c261db3/view

## Description

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.

## Publications

- August 7, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 3b52cd5171b646edb25f790c6c261db3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3b52cd5171b646edb25f790c6c261db3/view

## Points of contact

- Angela Hitt, angela.hitt@nist.gov, 3034977305

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