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66 -- VISIBLE /ULTRAVIOLET ARGON ION LASER SYSTEM WITH HEAT EXCH SOL 53SBNB760126 DUE 051997 POC Calvin Montgomery (301)975-6334 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contract Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a combined synopsis solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation 53SBNB760126 is issued as a Request for Quotation. This is a sole source procurement with Coherent Laser Group because it is the only source producing lasers with the ability to automatically align itself from a non-lasing condition and to optimize its optical alignment to obtain the highest output power. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. This action is being done under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 3826. The small business size standard is 500 employees. CLIN 0001 is for one each Visible/Ultraviolet Argon Ion Laser System with Heat Exchanger Coherent Innova Sabre 25/5 consisting of the following specifications: Required output powers (TEM 00 mode): All lines visible, 25.0 watts; Single line 514.5 nanometers, 10.0 watts; Single line 488.0 nanometers, 8.0 watts; All lines Ultraviolet, 5.0 watts; Power stability: Plus or Minus 1.0 percent over 8 hours; Optical noise: 0.2 percent Root Mean Square; Beam diameter: 1.9 millimeters; Beam divergence: less than 0.4 milliradians full angle; Pointing stability per Degree Celsius: less than five microradians angular deviation and less than three micrometers offset; Warm-up time to achieve these specifications less than 30 minutes; Plasma tube is to be of metal disk/ceramic envelope construction; System is to provide for automatic argon pressure monitoring and filling to maintain optimum plasma tube pressure; An electrical power requirement not to exceed 70 amps, 480 Volts, 3 phase; System is to include a closed loop heat exchanger capable of transferring 60 Kilowatts of heat from the laser and power supply to the laboratory chilled water system. The heat exchanger is to be interfaced to the laser system and must shut down the laser in the event water flow, temperature, or resistivity varies beyond allowable tolerances; System is to be supplied with a remote control module providing all controls and status displays necessary to operate the laser and heat exchanger; Laser shall be able to automatically align itself to a lasing condition without user intervention. It shall be able to align both cavity mirrors to achieve optimum output power and minimum noise; Laser shall be able to automatically tune to individual lasing lines as directed from the control module; Laser shall monitor its transverse mode and be capable of automatically setting its intracavity aperture to obtain TEM 00 operation at the highest attainable output power; Vendor shall provide a warranty covering parts and labor for at least 18 months or 2000 hours which ever comes first. F.OB. Point: Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Delivery Required: within 45 days after contract award. Inspection and acceptance will be at destination. The provision at FAR 52-212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items are applicable to this acquisition. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items, and the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Evaluation of Commercial Items: The Government will award to the responsible bidder offering the lowest priced technically acceptable offer. Coherent Laser Group must submit unit and extended price for all requested items, prompt payment terms, past performance information, product literature, and a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52-212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items (available at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm), with their quotation. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to ImplementStatutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, the following FAR clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies and 52.225-18, European Union Sanction for End Products. These clauses can be found in full text at http://www.gsa.gov/far/. The Coherent Laser Group shall submit an offer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, Attention: Calvin Montgomery, Solicitation 53SBNB760126 by 3:00 p.m., May 19, 1997 (0132)

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