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66 -- OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, TEST EQUIP., COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES SOL N66001-97-Q-A171 DUE 050697 POC POC Ms. Melissa Dolan, Code D222, Purchasing Agent, (619)524-2404. POC for copy, Mr. J.C. Norris, (619)553-4331. The government intends to award on a Sole Source basis, an order to OFT Associates to (1) develop and deliver mathematical model of blazed fiber Bragg grating performance, (2) design, fabricate and deliver phase masks for the manufacture of blazed fiber Bragg grating out-couplers and (3) using these phase masks, manufacture, characterize and deliver blazed fiber grating out-couplers in two types of single-mode commercial fiber, without the use of hydrogen loading. Solicitation document to be issued on or about: 04/21//97. NOTE 22 APPLIES, HOWEVER, ALL OFFERS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS (IN LIEU OF 45 DAYS) AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OR ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. The applicable Standard Industrial Code (SIC) and Size Standard is: 3829/500. See Note(s): 22. (0097)

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