SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- RECOVERY - TIME SCALE AND TIME DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 12/1/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-10-SS16
- Archive Date
- 12/9/2009
- Point of Contact
- Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.wood@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(carol.wood@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY-This Notice includes updated information from a previous Notice, AMD-09-SS43, with a previous response date of July 10, 2009. All potential vendors are strongly encouraged and invited to respond to this updated Notice, including vendors who may have responded to the previous Notice. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing one or more parts of a high performance Time Scale and Distribution System to be used as part of NIST’s time and frequency measurement programs in the NIST Physics Laboratory. The principal purpose of the system is to provide stable and reliable time and frequency information for NIST measurements services, for coordination of international time and frequency standards, and to provide NIST customers with accurate and precise time and frequency measurements and related services. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for one or more parts of the system that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. This contemplated procurement is anticipated to utilize American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding if it is determined that responsible sources can satisfy the requirement. NIST has a need for Time Scale and Distribution System that can meet the functional requirements outlined below, and which comprises two subsystems: 1. Frequency Standards and Measurement System. 2. Precision Time Distribution and Time Transfer System. Potential vendors are encouraged to consider providing information about meeting NIST needs for any one or both of the subsystems. For example, a vendor may wish to consider providing information for a potential bid only on the Frequency Standards and Measurement System (component #1) or only on the Precision time Distribution and Time Transfer System (component #2). Or a vendor may wish to consider providing information on both components as a single procurement. 1. Frequency Standards and Measurement System This system comprises a time scale of several high performance atomic frequency standards and a high performance measurement system to enable the production of a single weighted average time signal from the ensemble of frequency standards. The ensemble of frequency standards is expected to include: • Approximately ten high performance, active cavity tuned hydrogen masers. • Approximately eight high performance cesium beam standards. The measurement system is expected to include: • Up to two Auxiliary Output Generators providing time and frequency offset signals compared to the hydrogen masers without significantly degrading maser performance. • Up to two multi-channel measurement systems, each with at least 32 separate channels. For all of the equipment, NIST requires the best possible performance, and a record from manufacturers of delivering products that meet or exceed advertised performance specifications for frequency stability and other critical characteristics. 2. Precision Time Distribution and Time Transfer System This system comprises high performance electronic components and fiber optic components required to convert the output from the Frequency Standards and Measurement System (#1 above) into useful signals for precision distribution and transfer of NIST time and frequency information to various external customers and partners. The system is expected to include: • Approximately 175 high performance 5 MHz distribution amplifiers. • Approximately 42 high performance Pulse Per Second (PPS) Generators. • Approximately six high performance Pulse Distribution Amplifiers. • Approximately 12 high performance Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver systems, with varying performance characteristics. The GNSS receiver systems must be able to lock on to GPS L1, GPS L2, GLONASS L1 C/A and GLONASS L2 signals. The receiver systems must provide stable time delays through the entire system. The systems must comprise antennas, cables, and control/analysis computers. The systems must output RINEX observation and navigation formatted data, according to RINEX standard 2.10. • One new Ku-band Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) system. This system consists of the antenna and waveguide feed, high power amplifier, low noise amplifier, up converter, down converter, SATRE compatible TWSTFT modem, and a weather proof enclosure to hold the major components and up and down converters in close proximity to the antenna. The system must be designed for very high group delay stability over time and for variations in environmental conditions. • A complete compensated optical fiber link for radio-frequency transfer comprising a length of optical fiber with optoelectronic modules at each end enabling the modulation of the light by an RF signal and providing the means to compensate for unwanted phenomena including Doppler effects, optical fiber noise and thermal effects. Each physical link is unidirectional and at least 4 physical links will be implemented to ensure a minimum of two independent and fully-bidirectional connections between two buildings on the NIST campus in Boulder, CO, separated by a distance of a few hundred meters at most. • Up to two 5 MHz Quartz Oscillators with outstanding short-term stability over the temperature range 0 C to 40 C. • An ultrastable microwave source based on an erbium-fiber optical frequency comb, with two stabilization systems. One system phase-locks the carrier-envelope offset frequency to a suitable RF source, creating a “self-referenced” optical comb. The other one phase-locks one of the comb’s optical frequencies to a CW laser stabilized via a thermally-controlled and vibration insensitive, high-finesse optical cavity. The output of the cavity-stabilized, self-referenced optical frequency comb is a microwave signal whose frequency is an integer multiple of the repetition rate of the optical comb and whose short-term frequency stability is the one achieved by any optical frequency part of the comb, effectively creating an optical frequency divider. It is unlikely that a single manufacturer can provide all the required equipment. Expressions of interest and technical capabilities are sought from potential vendors who can work with a range of original equipment suppliers to provide the required equipment described above. For all of the equipment, NIST requires the best possible performance, and a record from manufacturers of delivering products that meet or exceed advertised performance specifications for frequency stability, minimal phase noise, and other critical characteristics. Companies that provide systems responsive to NIST’s needs for one or more of the subsystems listed above are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to Carol.Wood@NIST.GOV not later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report must include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to Carol.Wood@NIST.GOV are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
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- Address: Ship to:, NIST/Boulder, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
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