SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Four (4) Mirrors for Ti:Sapphire Coherent Laser
- Notice Date
- 10/23/2019
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-SS20-01
- Archive Date
- 11/14/2019
- Point of Contact
- Tracy M Retterer, Phone: 3019758448
- E-Mail Address
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tracy.bisson@nist.gov
(tracy.bisson@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Drive Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg MD, 20899-1640 This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the NIST for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST's use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data provided in the response. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. NIST is seeking information from small businesses that are capable of providing four (4) Mirrors for Ti:Sapphire Coherent Laser. Summary of Requirements: The requested equipment shall include but is not limited to the minimum specifications below. The potential offeror shall provide information demonstrating that the small business entity is able to provide four (4) Mirrors for Ti:Sapphire Coherent Laser that meets the following minimum specifications: 1.Capability of drop-in operation with a Coherent 899 Ring Ti:sapph laser. This is defined as: a.Having the correct physical dimensions to sit securely in the laser cavity optics mounts: i.Mirror M1: 12.7 mm diameter x 6.35 mm thick ii.Mirror M3: piezo mounted mirror i.e. `tweeter' iii.Mirror M4: 12.7 mm diameter x 6.35 mm thick iv.Mirror M5: 12.7 mm diameter x 6.35 mm thick and, b.Having the correct curvature to properly focus the beam in the laser cavity to achieve 2.5 W output at 720 nm with 18 W pump at 532 nm: i.Mirror M1: r+- 150 mm ii.Mirror M3: lambda/10 planar iii.Mirror M4: lambda/10 planar iv.Mirror M5: r-150 mm c.Tweeter mirror M3 shall have piezo element terminated with SMC or other connector compatible with Coherent Ring 899 drive electronics. d.Output beam should be TEM00 with M^2<1.2 2.Shall have broadband anti-reflection coating on the cavity-facing side of all optics, covering at least 700-820 nm 3.Shall have broadband high-reflection coating on the pump facing side of lower fold mirror M1 and upper fold mirror M5, covering at least 488-532 nm 4.Shall be capable of operating ambient temperature shall be 16 C - 26 C. 5.Shall be capable of operating ambient relative humidity shall be up to 80%. Reference For reference, the requirements correspond to the Coherent 899 Short Wavelength, High Power optics set. The corresponding Coherent optics part numbers are M1: 0161-711-00 M3: 0161-724-00 M4: 0161-717-00 M5: 0161-710-00 NIST is seeking responses from all responsible small business sources Small businesses are defined under the size standard of 500 employees associated with the applicable NAICS code, 333314- Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing. Please include company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the requirements described herein. Small businesses able to provide the requested equipment are directed to email a detailed response describing their capabilities to tracy.bisson@nist.gov no later than the response date for this source sought notice. The report should include any information relevant to the organization's capabilities to meet the requirements detailed in Summary of Requirements. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of company/companies that are authorized provide product, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of product. 4. Indication of whether the product is currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts or any other government-wide contracts. If so, please provide the applicable contract number(s). 5. Indication of whether the product proposed is a commercial item currently offered in the market place. 6. Interested vendors shall address their capability of providing Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts. 7. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum performance requirements. Responses are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages in MS Word or PDF format. NIST invites all interested small businesses to submit any questions or comments regarding the Draft Summary of Requirements via email to tracy.bisson@nist.gov within 3 calendar days of the posting of this notice. NIST intends to then post an amendment providing responses to any questions received. Official responses to the Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted by October 30,2019 at 11:59 pm EST. Points of Contact: Tracy Retterer, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-8448, Email: tracy.bisson@nist.gov Robert Cowins, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 975- 8335, Email: Robert.cowins@nist.gov
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