About this opportunity
AI summaryThe United States Air Force, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is conducting market research to identify potential sources capable of providing a High-Precision Wavemeter. The selected contractor must supply all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform High-Precision Wavemeter measurements and required data for physics research at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Interested parties, including small businesses, must be registered in SAM.gov and demonstrate CMMC Level 1 compliance self-certified in SPRS. Capability packages must include company details, contact information, and business size under NAICS code 334516, and vendors must submit them via email to Brian Algeo and Candice Snow by November 12, 2026, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.
Scope of work
- One High Finesse WS8-2 wavemeter
- Multi-channel switch (MCLC8)
- Absolute Rb reference source
- Associated hardware, firmware, and software
- Up to 20 hours of installation and operational training
Minimum qualifications
- Products manufactured in a qualifying country per DFARS 225.872
- Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database
- Self-certification of CMMC Level 1 compliance in SPRS within PIEE
Documents to include with your response
- Capability package
- Company Name, Address, CAGE Code, and Unique Entity ID (UEI)
- Point of Contact information
- Company/Business size status under NAICS 334516
Key dates
- Responses due
- November 12, 2026, at 11:00am Eastern Time
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit capability package via email with subject line FA860127Q0020, Sources Sought: High-Precision Wavemeter. Attachments ending in .zip or .exe are not allowed.
Contract details
- Term
- Delivery within 180 days after receipt of order
- Place of performance
- AFIT/ENP, 2950 Hobson Way, Bldg. 640, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
- Funding
- DFARS 225.872
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- FA860127Q0020
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA8601 Aflcmc Pzio
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 27, 2026
- NAICS
- 334516 · Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433
- Contracting contact
- Brian Algeo
brian.algeo.1@us.af.mil - Additional contact
- Candice Snow
candice.snow@us.af.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (FA8601) with descriptions matching "high precision", performed in OH. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| HANDIX SCIENTIFIC INCFA860123P0089 · HIGH PRECISION NANO-SIZED AEROSOL SAMPLER AND TYPE IDENTIFIER - NEW MODEL UPGRADE | $75,333 | Mar 3, 2025 |
Market context
Awards in the same category (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 334516, since Oct 1, 2024
4,002 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.