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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 18,1997 PSA#1869Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Procurement & Materiel, L-650,
P.O. Box 5012, Livermore, CA 94551 60 -- FIBER OPTICS MATERIALS, COMPONENTS, ASSEMBLIES & ACCESSORIES
WESTERN SONICS JUN 13 1997 PAGE 002 POC James A. Jellison, Sr. Contract
Administrator, (510) 423-5527 E-MAIL: Click her to contact the Contract
Administrator via e-mail., jellison1@llnl.gov. The University of
California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, seeks sources for
.a Prototype Incoherent Fiber Bundle to be used in the National
Ignition Facility (NIF). NIF is a $1.2 billion U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) laser facility which will be used for Inertial Confinement
Fusion (ICF) research. The laser consists of 192 Nd-glass beamlines
delivering 2 x 106 joules at a wavelength of 1.053 m. LLNL and other
DOE laboratories are currently in the detail design phase of this
project. The laser diagnostics design group has need to transmit pulsed
analog optical signals (wavelength = 1.053 m) from remote sensing
locations to centralized recording instrumentation. For a variety of
reasons we have determined that 100 m core graded-index fiber bundles
are necessary to meet system design requirements. At the output end,
signals from several of these optical delay line bundles will be
simultaneously input on to a small area sensor; therefore small bundle
ends are required. Bundles in several lengths are required in order to
achieve time multiplexing of the signals. In addition, since these
bundles will be used in temporal measurements, control of the lengths
of the individual fibers within a bundle will be necessary in order to
limit temporal dispersion to * 50 ps. At this time we are interested
in determining vendor interest in fabricating such fiber bundles.
Comments as to how best to fabricate these delay lines are solicited.
Included in this is a need to establish rough cost estimates and, if
necessary, changes in bundle specifications which would lead to reduced
costs. A prototypical bundle(s) will be purchased later this year.
Production quantities (approximately 500 bundles) are expected to be
purchased towards the end of 1998. Present designs utilize several
bundle lengths ranging from 3 to 27 meters. Prototype Requirements:
Number of fibers in bundle: 19 (1 broken fiber allowed) Bundle length:
27m 5cm Individual fiber length difference within bundle: 0.5cm (i.e.,
25 ps transit time dispersion) Fiber type: Graded-index, 100 m core
diameter, 140 m cladding diameter Bundle ends: Close pack (our goal is
to have a 19 fiber bundle fixed in a tube * 1mm in diameter, fibers
polished at each end and 6" strain relief at each end. Bundle
jacketing: Flexible steel conduit, International Metal Hose type "IC"
or equivalent Documentation: Photo of each end with opposite end
illuminated. Interested firms should respond indicating interest,
description of qualifications and commenting on requirements and ways
to simplify and/or clarify. Please indicate cost per bundle (for
prototype and production quantities) based on the existing requirements
and what requirements changes would lead to lower costs. The Small
Business size standard applicable to the proposed acquisition is 1,000
employees. Firms qualifying as a Small Business with respect to this
standard should so state. Responses are required on or before July 15,
1997. Firms responding to this announcement which fail to provide the
required information will not be considered for inclusion into any
resulting source list. Facsimile and telephone responses will not be
accepted. This notice is to assist the University in determining the
potential for competition; no solicitation is currently available.*****
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