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IRA - High-Temperature Chamber Furnace

Updated Nov 6, 2026

Sources Sought from the Department of Energy. Due Nov 16, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC-5), 10 days left.

Title as posted	66--IRA - High-Temperature Chamber Furnace
Solicitation number	89243327NEX000003
Agency	Department of Energy
Office	National Energy Technology Laboratory
Notice type	Sources Sought
Set-aside	None
Trade (NAICS)	Industrial Process Furnace and Oven Manufacturing (333994)
Product or service code	6640
Posted	Nov 5, 2026
Response deadline	Nov 16, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC-5) (10 days left)
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Description

IRA High-Temperature Chamber Furnace The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is conducting market research to identify contractors capable of providing a high-temperature chamber furnace for the processing of carbon materials at temperatures up to 2600 °C. The required specifications of this High-Temperature Chamber Furnace are outlined in Attachment A to this Sources Sought.

This is not a request for proposal. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE that is open to all companies and is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This Sources Sought Notice is released pursuant to FAR Part 10 Market Research and is issued for the purpose of identifying available sources (interested entities) capable of performing the requirement.

This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and NO CONTRACT will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. The information gathered from this Sources Sought Notice will be utilized in the Government's determination for the business type utilized in the RFQ.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to solicit input and gauge interest among those parties capable of providing a High-Temperature Chamber Furnace for the processing of carbon materials at temperatures up to 2600 °C in accordance with the specifications outlined in Attachment A to this Source Sought. DESCRIPTION: The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory system and is owned and operated by the DOE.

NETL supports the DOE mission to advance the energy security of the United States. As part of this of this mission, NETL has a need for a high-temperature chamber furnace for the processing of carbon materials at temperatures up to 2600 °C. The information being solicited includes, but is not limited to, the following:

A cover page (no longer than one page) which provides the following information: The entities name, address, phone number, email address for the point of contact, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, CAGE code (if applicable), and business size. Specify the small business classification: small business, small-disadvantaged business, woman owned, veteran owned, disabled veteran owned, 8(a) or HUB Zone. The cover page should also include the country in which the furnace would be manufactured in.
A brief Statement of Capabilities detailing how your company meets the requirements outlined in Attachment A – Technical Specifications.

SUBMISSION DATE AND TIME: All interested parties responding to this Sources Sought Notice must submit their responses no later than 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 16, 2026 through the FedConnect Portal or to [email protected]. For consistency purposes, responses are to be submitted electronically in either MS Word (.doc or .docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format using a minimum of 11-point font and allowing for 1-inch margins no more than 20 pages in length, inclusive of the cover page.

Sources Sought responses may be attached to a notification in the Message Center portion of FedConnect. Information regarding how to submit information via FedConnect can be found at fedconnect.net. DOE personnel may contact firms responding to this announcement to clarify a responder’s capabilities or obtain other information as part of this market research process.

Please note that FedConnect is owned and operated by Compusearch Software Systems, Inc., not by the Department of Energy and therefore the Government does not provide help desk assistance for FedConnect. For assistance with FedConnect, please contact the FedConnect helpdesk directly: By email: [email protected]. By phone: 1-800-899-6665 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, except Federal Holidays).

You are strongly encouraged to submit your Capability Statement in response to this Sources Sought Notice at least 24 hours before the specified due date in order to have time to resolve any transmission problems. As previously indicated, this is NOT a solicitation; therefore, no cost or pricing information should be provided. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

This is a market survey to identify potential sources capable of performing the effort required. Responses should be limited to the entity’s cover page and capabilities statement (as identified above) along with their respective business size based upon the list provided. It is not mandatory for an offeror to respond to this Sources Sought Notice in order to be eligible for proposing on a subsequent RFQ when/if issued.

POC: Ki-Joong Kim

Contracting contact

Lahey, David J. · [email protected] · 412-386-9187

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 333994, a business counts as small if it has no more than 500 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

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