Summary
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests proposals for a turnkey, highly portable asymmetrical Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) testbed consisting of a transmit/protocol server, an ISAC sensor server, and two software-defined radios to emulate 5G/6G communication nodes and evaluate radar topologies. The contractor must supply all hardware, integration, cabling, timing (GPS-disciplined oscillator and phase-coherent LO sharing), high-speed data shunting to non-volatile storage, and a high-performance GPU for offline processing and ML acceleration. Deliverables include a mobile rack enclosure meeting size constraints, government acceptance testing, and the documents/attachments referenced in the solicitation (SOW, detailed specifications, and SF 1449).