Inert Atmosphere Glovebox

AMENDMENT 2: The purpose of this Amendment is to provide responses to timely submitted vendor questions that were inadverntantly left out of the previous amendment and to update  Form SF1449. Please see  below:

1. Question: Small Business Set Aside

The solicitation contains references to both “Full and Open Competition” and a “100% Small Business Set-Aside.” Please confirm whether this acquisition is restricted exclusively to eligible small business concerns, or whether offers from other-than-small-business concerns will also be considered.

Government’s Response: This requirement is a total small business set aside. Any references to full and open competition has been corrected. 

2. Form SF1449 has been revised to remove the refereneces to "Full and open competition" and "Double-sided", and to correct language under FAR 52.212-2 provision.

Due date for quotations remains the same. All quotes are due no later than 9:00AM EST on August 24, 2026.

End of Amendment 2.

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AMENDMENT 1: The purpose of this Amendment is to provide responses to timely submitted vendor questions regarding the solicitation. Please see questions and responses below:

1. Question: Double-Sided Glovebox and Glove Ports

The specifications require a “double-sided inert atmosphere glovebox” and also specify “two glove ports.” Please clarify whether the requirement is:

(a) two glove ports in total, with one glove port on each side; or
(b) two glove ports on each side, for a total of four glove ports.

Please also confirm whether “double-sided” means that operators must be able to perform glovebox operations from both the front and rear sides.

Government’s Response:  The term “double sided" was inadvertently included in the title of the requirement. That has been removed in the revised Statement of Requirement (SOR) dated 8/19/26. The glove box shall have a total of 2 glove ports. The following additional specifications have been included in the revised SOR, dated 8/19/26, to provide clarity: The gloves shall be on the same side. The operator only needs to perform glovebox operations on the front side of the glove box. 

2. Question: Delivery Lead Time

Please confirm whether delivery within 60 calendar days after award is a mandatory technical requirement. If a commercially available compliant glovebox requires a lead time longer than 60 days, would NIST consider an offer proposing the vendor’s earliest achievable delivery date?

Government’s Response: The delivery date is a mandatory technical requirement. The delivery date has been extended in the revised SOR, dated 8/19/26, to accommodate a longer lead time. As such, the delivery date now states “Ninety (90) calendar Days After Receipt of Order.”

Please see attachment entitled "FormSF1449 (8.19.26)" for the revised Statement of Requirement, which has been incorporated into the document. All revisions to the Statement of Requirement have been notated in red font. Please use this version for quote preparation. Due date for quotations remains the same. All quotes are due no later than 9:00AM EST on August 24, 2026.

End of Amendment 1.

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See attached document.