QNet Qubit Controller Development and Manufacturing

for Information/Sources Sought Notice for providers of QNet Qubit Controller Notice ID: NB672030-26-00349 Contract Opportunity Type-Sources Sought Response Date 03/10/2026 6625—Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments NAICS Code 334513 – Instrument and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables

BACKGROUND This is a notice to request information from industry to help the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determine the availability and capability of small businesses and other than small businesses to provide a QNet Qubit Controller, low noise, programmable, RF and microwave pulse generator with capability to generate and synchronize multiple tones between DC and nominally 16 GHz. This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST. OVERVIEW The NIST has a need for a QNet Qubit Controller. See attached Specifications document. ANTICIPATED

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE/DELIVERY NIST anticipates the QNet Qubit Controller with deliver 90 days after receipt of order (ARO). INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES: NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the Specifications document. Thereafter, by the closing date of this notice, NIST encourages those sources to submit responses to [email protected]. Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this notice. Responses should be submitted to contain the following, in Microsoft Word format or in .pdf format, use 12-point font, with a page limitation of four (4) pages (excluding cover page and excluding standard commercial

pricing information): Cover page, including: Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance name Company address Company website address Company points of contact and their phone number and email address Validation of company size status under NAICS: 334513 – Instrument and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov. Provide any suggestions for NIST to consider for the Specifications document, with the goal of improving the Specifications in a way that makes it more clear and as competitive as possible. Provide any suggested evaluation factors for award that your company believes would be meaningful for NIST to consider using for the forthcoming competitive acquisition. If your company has standard commercial

pricing information (e.g., “catalog

pricing”) for its standard commercial products/services, please provide a copy of it and explain what it includes. NIST will consider standard commercial