Tool Engineering Government Bids & RFPs

The contract period includes a base year of 9 months and two 12-month option periods. The contract is anticipated to begin in spring 2026, with the option to renew for an additional two years.

The contractor shall be responsible for ensuring all personnel performing work under this contract possess and maintain current certifications. Contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language to effectively carry out all contract requirements. Contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall be U. S. citizens unless the provisions of Army Regulation 252, Information Assurance have been fully completed and approval has been granted by the government for the non-U. S. citizen to perform the required support. Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring all personnel performing work under this contract possess and maintain current Information Assurance Technician IAT Level I professional certification during the execution of this contract.

When the contractor's performance is unsatisfactory, a CDR will be issued. The contractor shall reply in writing within five 5 workdays from the date of receipt of the CDR, giving the reasons for the unsatisfactory performance, corrective action taken, and procedures to preclude recurrence.

The bid notice does not explicitly state a delivery deadline for the overall contract. However, specific deliverables have due dates listed in the Schedule of Deliverables section, such as 12 months after start of task order for certain code deposits and 16 month for system design and algorithm development.

The bid notice specifies minimum qualifications for contractor personnel, including a PhD in physics or electrical engineering, over eight years of experience in embedded systems hardware and firmware, digital signal processing, expertise in various signal processing areas, proficiency in VHDL, Verilog, C, C++, Python, and MATLAB, and demonstrated experience with electro-optic systems, complete embedded system development, optical communications, and digital electronics for basic science research. Specific expertise in building digital phase lock systems for laser phase locking is also required.

The bid notice mentions that a site visit for field tests is a deliverable with a quantity of 1 and a due date of 16 month. It also anticipates that the contractor will be required to make at least three visits of one week or less to meet with NIST personnel.

The estimated total value for this contract is not to exceed 7. 5 million dollars over 5 years.

The bid notice does not explicitly state a delivery deadline for the overall contract. However, specific deliverables have due dates listed in the Schedule of Deliverables section, such as 12 months after start of task order for certain code deposits and 16 month for system design and algorithm development.

The bid notice specifies minimum qualifications for contractor personnel, including a PhD in physics or electrical engineering, over eight years of experience in embedded systems hardware and firmware, digital signal processing, expertise in various signal processing areas, proficiency in VHDL, Verilog, C, C++, Python, and MATLAB, and demonstrated experience with electro-optic systems, complete embedded system development, optical communications, and digital electronics for basic science research. Specific expertise in building digital phase lock systems for laser phase locking is also required.

The bid notice mentions that a site visit for field tests is a deliverable with a quantity of 1 and a due date of 16 month. It also anticipates that the contractor will be required to make at least three visits of one week or less to meet with NIST personnel.

The estimated total value for this contract is not to exceed 7. 5 million dollars over 5 years.

The bid notice states that interested parties shall submit a brief capabilities statement package demonstrating their ability to perform the services described herein no later than cob 13 april 2026.

The bid notice states that firms that can meet the USAFS and USNS requirement in the timelines identified above are encouraged to identify themselves by submitting a response to this sources sought notice.