Fabrication of Custom Micropillar Arrays

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Material Measurement Laboratory is seeking qualified small businesses to fabricate custom micropillar arrays for use as reference materials in phosphorus concentration measurements within silicon using Atom Probe Tomography and related analytical techniques. This solicitation, numbered 1333ND26QNB640352, is issued as a Request for Quotation under the commercial items provision and is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 541713, which pertains to research and development in nanotechnology, with a size standard of 1,000 employees. The micropillars must be pre-sharpened and engineered for direct compatibility with modern atom probe instruments to ensure precise and repeatable analytical results. Proposals must be submitted by the response deadline of July 27, 2026, and all work is to be performed at Gaithersburg, Maryland, where NIST’s laboratory is located. The contracting office is part of the Department of Commerce and managed by the NIST office in Gaithersburg, with Tish Walker serving as the primary point of contact for inquiries. The procurement is structured to leverage commercial manufacturing capabilities while ensuring the delivered materials meet stringent technical requirements for calibration and standardization in advanced materials characterization. Interested small businesses must respond through the designated SAM.gov portal and adhere to all submission guidelines outlined in the RFQ notification.