This notice announces the government’s intent to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to FAR Associates for a high-precision multichannel pyrometer system. The system must provide real-time absorption/off-gas compensation and continuous, wavelength-dependent emissivity measurements from 300–2000°C to support direct energy research. Standard pyrometers are unsuitable due to off-gassing interference, so the government is conducting market research to determine whether other sources can meet these minimum