SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- ETALON CONTROLLER
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG10341044Q
- Response Due
- 6/29/2010
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- Mary B Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-286-3227, Fax 301-286-1773, Email Mary.B.Brown@nasa.gov - Dawn M. Fountain, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-3318, Fax 301-286-1773, Email Dawn.M.Fountain@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Mary B Brown
(Mary.B.Brown@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for a Fabry-Perot Etalon controller with the following.Specifications: A controller is required to operate existing 2-inch diameter Queensgatecapacitance-controlled Fabry-Perot Etalons, with the following interface requirements:The new interface has the following main features in addition:16 bit control of X, Y and Z;Auto control of quadrature error (or what you know as resistive offset);Step size of 0.15nm (instead of 0.49nm with the standard RS232 interface);Remote adjustment of response time (formally time constant);Readback of etalon positions as well as voltage readback of front panel meters;Programmable with up to 100 commands for scanning to many points;Autonomous repeated scanning until commanded to stop;Scanning synchronously with an external TTL trigger; andPlug in replacement requiring no electronic modifications.NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from I C Optical Systems Ltd. pursuant to FAR13.106, for the acquisition of supplies of services determined to be reasonably availablefrom only one source. This is a replacement for old equipment, built by IC Optical, andmust be compatible with their unique Fabry-Perot capacitance bridge controlled etalons. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 2:30 p.m. EST on datelistsed above. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purposeof determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Adetermination 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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