All billing terms are pre-payment required, unless exception authorized. If authorized, payment terms for domestic customers are Net 30 days from invoice date, and terms for non-domestic customers are Net 45 days from invoice date. Payment must be received within terms to prevent assessment of administrative and late fees, which will be applied at current rate. Penalty charge of 6% per annum will be assessed on balances over 90 days delinquent. No discounts are allowed for early payment.
We cannot accept a Letter of Credit as a form of payment.
Cash, EFT, PayPal, and Western Union payments are not accepted.
All payments must be made in US Dollars.
Accepted payment methods are:
NIST does not charge a fee for any payment type.
Electronic payments can be submitted through Pay.gov by credit card (American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa), ACH, check card, or debit card. Log on to your shop.nist.gov account. Go to My Account > My Invoices. Find the invoice to pay and click Pay. The link will direct you to pay via Credit Card or ACH via www.pay.gov.
Note: For ACH payments, please verify with your banking institution that your account is set up to have ACH payments processed. ACH payments can be made through US banks only.
Please do not go directly into the WWW.PAY.GOV website to make payments.
Select the appropriate address for all check payments to NIST unless otherwise directed by a NIST staff member.
NIST Lockbox
| For regular postal mail only | For courier deliveries and special postal deliveries |
| NIST P.O. Box 6200-12 Portland, OR 97228-6200 |
U.S. Bank Government Lockbox Attn: U.S. Department of Commerce - NIST #6200-12 17650 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR 97230 |
Please remember that all checks must be drawn on a United States (US) bank and made payable in US Dollars. All foreign checks (checks made in non-US currency and/or paid through non-US banks) must be mailed to the NIST Receivables office for deposit. In addition, the NIST invoice or receivable number, order, or quote number must be referenced on the check stub/remittance advice.
NIST Receivables Office
All foreign check, bank draft, and money order payments, including payments made in non-US currency and/or paid through non-US banks must be mailed to the NIST Receivables office for
deposit. Include a copy of the invoice or reference the receivable, order, or quote number on the check stub/remittance advice This address accepts regular mail and courier deliveries:
NIST Receivables Group
100 Bureau Dr., MS 1624
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1624
Wire Payment Instructions for non-U.S. Financial Institutions
Last Revised February 2018
Please provide the following instructions to your Financial Institution for the remittance of Fedwire payments via SWIFT. Do not use this information for ACH, EFT or SWIFT transfers, as your transaction will be rejected.
Note: The transfer of funds can only be accomplished by your company going through a U.S. correspondent bank or by having your country's central bank send a SWIFT telecommunication message (not SWIFT transfer) to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRB), which is located at 33 Liberty St., New York, NY 10045. Any transfers that originate at non-U.S. banks will be rejected unless an intermediary U.S. bank completes the transfer.
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| Message Type: | FIN 103 Single Customer Credit Transfer |
| Receiver: | TREAS NYC NEW YORK, NY US |
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| SWIFT FIELD TAG |
FIELD NAME | Required Information (Enter all bolded fields exactly as displayed below) |
| 20: | Sender's Reference Number | {supplied by sender} |
| 23B: | Bank Operation Code | CRED |
| 32A: | Value Date / Currency / Interbank Settled | Date: {supplied by sender} Currency: US Dollar Amount: {supplied by sender} |
| 50K: | Ordering Customer (Payer) ** | {all supplied by sender} Payer Name: Payer Address1: Payer Address2: Payer Country: |
| 57D: | Beneficiary's Bank | //FW021030004 |
| 59: | Beneficiary Account Number | 13060001 |
| 70K: | Remittance Information | {Quote, Order, Invoice, or other identifying information} |
| 71A: | Details of Charges * | OUR |
* Remitter is responsible for all charges-mark transfer as OUR only. Do not use SHA (Shared) or BEN (Beneficiary), as NIST is not responsible for sender costs of business. Fees may be incurred by the originating and intermediary bank. NIST does not charge a fee for any payment type. Do not deduct fees from proceeds due the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
** Do not use the name of an individual. For proper credit, the name of the organization making payment must be used.
Be sure to include remittance information with the transfer, or e-mail remittance advice to billing@nist.gov
View the wire payment instructions for a non-US financial institution as a PDF file
Wire Payment Instructions for U.S. Financial Institutions
Last Revised February 2018
Please provide the following instructions to your Financial Institution for the remittance of Fedwire payments.
Do not use this information for ACH, EFT or SWIFT transfers, as your transaction will be rejected.
| Fedwire Field Tag |
Fedwire Field Name | Required Information (Enter all bolded fields as displayed below) |
| {1510} | Type/Subtype | 1000 |
| {2000} | Amount | (enter payment amount) |
| {3400} | Receiver ABA routing number * | 021030004 |
| {3400} | Receiver ABA short name | TREAS NYC |
| {3600} | Business Function Code | CTR (or CTP) |
| {4200} | Beneficiary Identifier (account number) | 813060001000 |
| {4200} | Beneficiary Name | National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST |
| {5000} | Originator ** | (enter the name of the originator of the payment) |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information - Line 1 | (enter invoice number) |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information - Line 2 | (enter quote number - if any) |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information - Line 3 | (enter type of service - if any - i.e. SRM, NVLAP, Calibration, etc.) |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information - Line 4 | (enter purpose of payment - if any - i.e. prepayment or gift) |
* Receiver Financial Institution name and address: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty St., New York, NY 10045
Remitter is responsible for all charges, as NIST is not responsible for sender costs of business. Your transfer should be marked appropriately- do not deduct fees from proceeds due the National Institute of Standards & Technology. NIST does not charge a fee for any payment type.
** Do not use the name of an individual. For proper credit, the name of the organization making payment must be used.
Be sure to include remittance information with the transfer, or e-mail remittance advice to billing@nist.gov
View the wire payment instructions for a U.S. financial institution as a PDF file
Please work with the NIST Program Office on any purchases that require an IPAC payment. An Interagency Agreement (7600A/7600B) may be required for your purchase.
If you need additional information, please contact NIST Accounts Receivable by telephone at 301-975-3880, by fax at 301-975-8943, or by e-mail at billing@nist.gov.