# Sources Sought Notice for new Microscopes Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nistss2701 - Solicitation number: NIST-SS27-01 - Notice type: Sources sought - Status: Open. Offers due November 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST - 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: Boulder, Colorado - Who can bid, by location: Anywhere in the US. Location does not limit who can bid: a product shipped to the buyer, research at the performer's facility, or work at the contractor's site. A state shown is the delivery point. - County: Boulder County (FIPS 08013). https://abierto.us/counties/boulder-county-co-08013 - City: Boulder. https://abierto.us/cities/boulder-co-0807850 - First posted: November 6, 2026 - Last posted: November 6, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4a7705c78889440c96848383dbfdaeb7/view ## Description Please see attached. ## Open now in the same industry 43 open in NAICS 334516. - Capital Equipment: Purchase of (1) Millipore Sigma (68HE0227Q0003), due November 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/68he0227q0003 - Measurement Head Module Calibration (N0042127Q1022), due November 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0042127q1022 - MQ-4C Hydraulic Fluid Particle Counter (N6833527R1020), due November 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n6833527r1020 ## Publications - November 6, 2026: Sources sought, due November 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 4a7705c78889440c96848383dbfdaeb7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4a7705c78889440c96848383dbfdaeb7/view ## Points of contact - Forest Crumpler, forest.crumpler@nist.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/nistss2701.