SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Laser Rod, Coating, Polishing, Optics
- Notice Date
- 9/27/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-10-X-0259
- Response Due
- 10/11/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/10/2010
- Point of Contact
- Malgorzata Stroynowski, Contract Specialist, (973)724-0000
- E-Mail Address
-
Malgorzata Stroynowski
(margaret.stroynowski@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Joint Armaments Center, on behalf of the US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Weapon Systems and Technology Directorate, Indirect Fire Armaments Division, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, is conducting market research to locate capable firms interested in entering into Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with the US Government. Contractors may be required to participate in Laser Ignition Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT) meetings via telephone, video conferencing, and other means of web access. Interested sources should identify their unique and/or proprietary capabilities and/or processes in order to distinguish themselves from other like sources. Interested sources should be capable of providing one to all of the supplies/services outlined below: The Contractor shall provide manufacturing of laser optics and crystals with high damage threshold, Ion assisted e-beam deposition thin film coatings for the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared ranges. The Contractor shall have the ability to process glasses, crystals, and ceramics, with grinding and polishing operations to include Radius of curvatures (ROC) to within 1% on non-round objects. Specialized contractor capabilities shall include the following: fabrication and polishing of laser crystals to include Nd: YAG and Q-98; providing lenses, lens ducts and lens duct design with appropriate damage threshold anti-reflective coatings; providing intracavity and extracavity laser optics; providing refurbishing and coating of customer-supplied optical material; providing crystal growth, fabrication and thin-film coating; providing verification of curvatures on optical materials. This synopsis is open to all business concerns; however, in accordance with FAR 19.501, the Governments intent is to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA's) with small businesses. In the event there aren't enough responses from responsible, capable small businesses, then large business responses will be considered. The work performed under this award and resulting orders will be at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey area. All interested and potential firms must be registered in CCR, and current firms must update once a year to maintain active status. All interested and potential firms must be registered in CCR, and current firms must update once a year to maintain active status. Please visit the CCR website to register and update at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx. Whether applying for assistance awards, contracts, or other business opportunities, all entities are considered "registrants". Registration in no way guarantees that a contract or assistance award will be awarded. The following information is required to register in CCR: DUNS Number; Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Taxpayers Name; Statistical Information about your business; and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Information. Once a business has been registered in CCR, it can then register in ORCA, https://orca.bpn.gov/. ORCA registration or the submission of a completed FAR 52.212-3 is also required if submitting a response to this notice. All information is to be submitted via e-mail (10MB limit) at no cost or obligation to the Government; information provided will not be returned. All responses shall be in the English Language. Responses shall also indicate the size of the business entity; large or small business and indicate which of the technical areas(s) you are addressing in your submission. Please provide name of your firm, address, POC, phone/fax number, and email address. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Government will accept written questions by email only. Interested firms are encouraged to submit their capabilities / qualification data NO LATER THAN October 4, 2010. Submittals and questions should be directed to the following point of contact: US Army Contracting Command, Attn. Margaret Stroynowski CCJA, Bldg. 10, Picatinny, NJ 07806-5000, email margaret.stroynowski@us.army.mil. This notice does not constitute a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is the government obligated to issue an RFP. In addition, the Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this notice. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey.
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