SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- CERAMIC YAG SLABS
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.M, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG09309496L
- Response Due
- 9/22/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2010
- Point of Contact
- Agnes L. Smith, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-286-9129, Fax 301-286-1720, Email Agnes.L.Smith.1@gsfc.nasa.gov - Maria McNamee, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-8420, Fax 301-286-6299, Email Maria.L.McNamee@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Agnes L. Smith
(Agnes.L.Smith.1@gsfc.nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for custom Nd: YAG laser slabs and undoped YAG lensesfor the V-Assembly Dual Head Resonator (VADER) laser effort.NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from VLOC only. This the only known company thatoffers ceramic Yag slabs. They have the sole patent license agreement with a JapaneseUniversity that created this material. Specifically, the VADAR laser design is anexperimental effort to push the technologies in all aspects of solid state laser design,crystalline laser gain material. Authority is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) Only one source.This procurement will be processed using FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.This synopsis shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will theGovernment pay for the information solicited.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon September 22, 2009. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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