SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Saphire Braising Process
- Notice Date
- 4/9/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-08-R-0246
- Response Due
- 5/9/2008
- Archive Date
- 6/8/2008
- Point of Contact
- Robyn Mappa, Contract Specialist, (973)724-2005
- Description
- The US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center, WeaponSystems and Technology Directorate, Indirect Fire Armaments Division,Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, has a need for the development of aproduction capable metal to ceramic seal brazing process that effectivelyseals xenon gas inside a sapphire flash lamp tube having metal electrodes. Theselected Offeror will be required to develop and demonstrate their processused for sealing a sapphire flash lamp tube through optimization of weldmaterials and/or brazing techniques. The selected Offeror will be required toproduce xenon filled sealed prototype sapphire tubes, using their developedsealing process and will be required to demonstrate the durability andreliability of the seal by conducting leakage testing. The seal must be ableto tolerate, and be free of leaks, after being soaked at extreme ambienttemperatures (-51 F and +230 F), exposed to the flash lamp high temperatureoperational environment and exposed to gun shock and vibration loading (~800Gs axial direction, ~250 Gs lateral direction). The selected Offeror will berequired to deliver successful laboratory leak tested prototypes to theGovernment for Government planned testing and evaluation. The selected Offerorwill be required to evaluate and analyze the results from the Governmentplanned testing and provide and demonstrate corrective actions/processimprovements performed, as necessary. The selected Offeror shall beresponsible for supplying all test hardware, equipment, and instrumentationnecessary for verifying and validating the brazing process, other than theGovernment planned testing referenced above. Interested Offerors shall be required to have extensive expertise and/orsignificant knowledge in the field of flash lamps used for laser applicationsand with sapphire and ceramic to metal sealing/brazing processes. Must alsohave extensive expertise with the ability to develop test procedures andconducting laboratory verification/validation testing, and experience inperforming analysis relevant to the ceramic to metal sealing/brazing processesdeveloped. A summary of the personnel skill levels, equipment, and facilitiesto include technical knowledge, experience, and areas of expertiserelevant/necessary for conducting this effort shall be included in theinterested Offerors response. Interested Offerors shall also provide adescription of test procedures, modeling and simulation and analysis that theycan perform in-house that demonstrates that they have a good understanding ofthe type of testing they will need to perform to verify the structuralintegrity of the metal to ceramic seal, considering exposure to extremeenvironments (temp, S&V, etc.), and its ability to prevent leaking of thexenon filled gas. Above information shall be provided in the Offerorsresponse at no cost to the Government. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government;information provided will not be returned. Responses should be limited to nomore than twenty (20) pages. All responsible, interested Offerors areencouraged to submit their capabilities / qualification data and any pertinentinformation via email, or electronically, No LATER THAN 30 April 2008.TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Government will accept writtenquestions by email. The Point of Contact for this action is Robyn Mappa, ContractSpecialist, Email robyn.mappa@us.army.mil, AMSML-AQ-CA,(973)724-2005. Email your questions to Thomas Grieg, Senior Engineer to tom.grieg@us.army.mil. This is a Sources Sought / Market Survey Announcement only and should not beconstrued as a Request for Proposal or a commitment by the U.S. Government.The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of thismarket survey. A formal solicitation is anticipated and a solicitation noticewill be published at a later date with more detailed technical requirementsprovided. Note 26 applies.
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