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The Department of Commerce, through the AD for Laboratory Programs, is seeking the procurement of two portable optical atomic clocks to be integrated into an auxiliary timescale in Gaithersburg. These high-stability clocks are intended to augment an existing ensemble of microwave atomic clocks, which will reduce the overall reliance on microwave standards and improve the resiliency and performance of UTC(NIST), the official realization of Coordinated Universal Time. This requirement is listed as a forecast under NAICS code 541715, with the place of performance located in Boulder, Colorado. Interested parties may coordinate with the point of contact, Kathryn Stephenson, regarding this effort to upgrade the official US timekeeping infrastructure.

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Commerce seeks two portable optical atomic clocks to improve US timekeeping infrastructure resiliency.

Agency

Department Of Commerce → AD for Laboratory Programs

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Place of Performance

BOULDER, CO

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AgencyDepartment Of Commerce → AD for Laboratory Programs

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Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Commerce → AD for Laboratory Programs

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KATHRYN STEPHENSON

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NIST seeks two portable optical atomic clocks to integrate into an auxiliary timescale in Gaithersburg. This timescale will improve the resiliency and performance of UTC(NIST), NIST’s realization of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). These high-stability clocks will augment an ensemble of microwave atomic clocks and receive high relative weight in the UTC(NIST) computation algorithm, thereby reducing reliance on microwave standards.

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