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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 21, 2020 SAM #6840
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT-Amplified Fiber Frequency Comb Stabilizable

Notice Date

8/19/2020 2:13:50 PM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

333314 — Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
 

ZIP Code

20899
 

Solicitation Number

NB688000-20-03204
 

Response Due

8/26/2020 10:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

09/10/2020
 

Point of Contact

Angela L. Hitt, Phone: 3034977305
 

E-Mail Address

angela.hitt@nist.gov
(angela.hitt@nist.gov)
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Toptica Photonics, located in Farmington, NY, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source to purchase one (1) Amplified Fiber Frequency Comb Stabilizable �� NIST requires is an amplified fiber frequency comb stabilizable to an optical reference. �The laser outputs, zero carrier-envelope-offset frequency fCEO, and actuators of the repetition rate fREP of such a system shall allow stabilization to a sub-Hz linewidth 1070-nm optical reference at NIST and realization of narrow-linewidth comb teeth across a broad optical spectral range by merely controlling fREP. The NAICS Code is 333314, Optical Instruments and Lens and Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price contract to Toptica Photonics for this requirement. Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by 09/06/2020. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to angela.hitt@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than August 26, at 11 a.m. MST.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/1c8ea7cc39b24c32ab90d4fae0b488e0/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Boulder, CO 80305, USA

Zip Code: 80305

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05764785-F 20200821/200819230158 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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