Contract

Ultralow Loss Mid-IR Optics with Hybrid Crystalline Coatings

Agency: COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Deadline: Closes in 5 days (Jul 23, 2026)
Posted: Jul 16, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)
NAICS code: 334516

What this contract is for

Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Ultralow Loss Mid-IR Optics with Hybrid Crystalline Coatings Notice ID: NIST-SS26-CHIPS-158 Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought Response Date: 7/23/26 Product Service Code (PSC): 6640 NAICS Code: 334516 BACKGROUND The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting market research to identify alternative sources that (a) are capable of meeting NIST’s minimum requirements for the following commercial products and commercial services and (b) would be interested in competing for that requirement: The CHIPS Metrology Program includes research in Grand Challenge 1, Metrology for Materials Purity, Properties and Provenance. To address this Grand Challenge, the project Optical Impurity Analysis of Semiconductor Gases for Enhanced Quality Systems seeks to purchase Ultralow Loss Mid-IR Optics with Hybrid Crystalline Coatings to perform ultrasensitive cavity ring-down and cavity-enhanced spectroscopy on low-temperature (180 K to 220 K) gas-phase samples. The project is led by the Chemical Science Division of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory, the nation’s premier metrology laboratory for measurement science, standards, technology, and data in the area of chemical sciences To improve sensitivity in laser absorption spectroscopy, optical cavities are used to enhance the interaction pathlength between a laser source and a gas-phase sample. Here we aim to detect trace impurities in gas-phase samples relevant to the semiconductor industry. Therefore, we require high reflectivity mirrors with low absorption and scattering loss that efficiently transmit and store laser light. The overall goal is the trace detection of small molecules like carbon dioxide (CO2) and carb...

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