Latest US Calibration Traceability Contracts & Bids

This is a public tender for **** bolts, with specific quality requirements, inspection procedures, and testing standards. The deadline for submission of proposals is October 23, 2025. The resultant award will be issued bilaterally, requiring the contractor's written acceptance prior to execution. The contract includes detailed specifications, standards, and quality assurance requirements, including traceability, certifications, and inspection procedures. The contract also specifies the use of the ECDS system for certain data submissions and waiver requests. The contract includes requirements for government furnished material and procedures for handling and inspecting it. The contract also specifies requirements for subcontractors and their quality control procedures. The contract includes a list of laboratories for slow strain rate tensile testing.

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is seeking a vendor to provide calibration services for electrical measurement instruments. The vendor must be ISO **** accredited and calibrations must be traceable to national standards. A full list of assets requiring calibration is included in the line items. Vendors must bid on all line items. Onsite services are preferred, but if offsite services are required, an itemized list of equipment, shipment addresses, and turnaround times must be included. Shipping must be included in unit pricing. All instruments must have a calibration sticker applied after services are performed. The vendor must confirm these requirements by completing attachment A (bid questions) and uploading it with their bid. The bid opening date is October 6, 2025, at 1:00:00 PM.

The solicitation is for a stylus profilometer system. The delivery date is 120 days after award to NIST, Building 223, Room A116, Gaithersburg, MD. The system must meet specific technical requirements, including travel lengths, sample weight capacity, and rotary stage capabilities. Calibration standards and certificates are required. Installation, including uncrating, setup, software demonstration, and compliance verification, must be completed within 120 days of award. A one-year warranty is required. Training for NIST personnel is required within 10 days of installation. The acquisition is utilizing full and open unrestricted competition procedures.

The notice details the justification for awarding a contract to San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSU) for the moby system update and operations. The contract is sole-sourced due to SJSU's unique qualifications and the lack of other suitable vendors with the necessary expertise and capabilities. The justification includes market research, which identified only two potential vendors, neither of which could meet the requirements. The contract is for the refresh and operation of the moby optical buoy system, which is crucial for ocean color data collection and satellite calibration. The contract includes the assurance of continuous functionality of the system in the marine environment near Lanai, Hawaii, and the provision of NIST-traceable, quality-controlled ocean color system vicarious calibration data. The notice also mentions the existence of a pre-solicitation notice of intent (NOI) to sole-source the contract to SJSU, with no responses received.

The NIST Hardness Standardization Laboratory requires a new force calibration system. The system must include a digital precision amplifier and three force transducers with calibration certificates traceable to an NMI. Delivery must be within 120 days of award to the NIST loading dock in Gaithersburg, MD, between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Acceptance testing will take up to two weeks. The acquisition is a total small business set-aside.