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R&D Partnership for Product Optimization and Scaling

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Response Deadline08/24/2026, 07:30:00 PM UTC

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Agency

Department Of CommerceView Agency

NAICS

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

Place of Performance

Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

This scope was carved out of NIST-OAAM-AMD-TPO-SN-26-10.

The full solicitation package (1 document), including the RFP, is on the prime solicitation, not on this scope.

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Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

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Timeline

PostedAug 10

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Response DeadlineAug 24

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08/24/2026, 07:30:00 PM UTCin 13 days

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Full Description

Collaborative research to optimize formulation, test performance across applications, and scale production processes for commercial deployment.

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