MODIFICATION
66 -- Acquisition of a Broadband Tunable Laser Source
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334510
— Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-73-JES
- Archive Date
- 3/26/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Swift, Phone: 3014350358
- E-Mail Address
-
swiftje@mail.nih.gov
(swiftje@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- AMENDMENT 1 TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION (1) Action Code: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (2) Date: March 6, 2013 (3) Year: 2013 (4) Contracting Office Zip Code: 20892-7902 (5) Classification Code: 66 Instruments and Laboratory Equipment (6) Contracting Office Address: 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6128, Bethesda, MD (7) Subject/Title: Acquisition of a Broadband Tunable Laser Source (8) Proposed Solicitation Number: NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-73-JES (9) Closing Response Date: 4 PM, March 11, 2013 (10) Contact Point(s): Jennifer Swift (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD (13) Contract Line Item Number(s): TBD (14) Contractor Award Date: TBD (15) Contractor Name: TBD (16) Description: Broadband Tunable Laser Source and Solid State Laser (17) Place of Delivery: National Institute of Health, 10 Center Drive, Room B3B25, Bethesda, MD 20892 (18) Set-aside Status: Small Business (i) THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. (ii) This is Amendment 01 to solicitation number NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-73-JES. The solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). (vi) SPECIFICATIONS 1. Conversion efficiency of >30% for pulse energy: 50mJ at the peak and 10 mJ per pulse towards 2500nm 2. Tunable wavelength from 680 to 2500 nm using motorized control, with hermetically sealed uncoated BBO to protect it from damage. Optional access port to pump beam without the need for external optics for subsequent experiments requiring 1064 and 532nm. 3. Laser energy fluctuation: +/- 10% or even less. 4. The pulse repetition rate should be equal to 20 Hz. 5. Pulse width should be 3-5 ns. 6. Line width should be less than 35 cm-1 at the peak of the tuning curve 7. Beam diameter should be in the range of 5 mm- 10 mm. 8. Divergence average 20 mrad at the peak (ix) FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, is applicable to this requirement. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Award shall be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror. The Government will evaluate proposals based on the following evaluation criteria: A) Technical Capability and B) Price. CRITERION 1: Output wavelength of the laser is continuously tunable from 680-2500nm, and the energy is more than 40mJ at the peak and 9 mJ per pulse towards 2500nm. CRITERION 2: The pulse repetition rate of laser is equal to 20 Hz, and the laser energy fluctuation is ±10% or less. CRITERION 3: Pulse width is less than 50 ns, and line width is less than 35 cm-1 at the peak of the tuning curve. CRITERION 4: Beam diameter is in the range of 5 mm- 10 mm. CRITERION 5: Average 20 mrad at the peak. (xv) All offerors shall electronically submit, a quotation addressing the following items to Contract Specialist Jennifer Swift at Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov by 4 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) March 11, 2013: 1) Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov. If paragraph (j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required. (refer to item (x) above). Offerors shall submit their quotations no later than 4PM EDT on March 11, 2013. The quotation must reference the RFP No. NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-73-JES. All responsible offerors may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations can be emailed to the Contracting Specialist, Jennifer Swift at Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov. Faxed proposals will NOT be accepted (xvi) For information concerning this solicitation, please contact Jennifer Swift at (301) 435-0358 or email: Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov. All offerors shall acknowledge receipt of the amendment prior to the response date by either acknowledging receipt of this amendment on the proposal submission (preferred method) or by letter/email referencing this combined synopsis/solicitation and amendment number. No other changes were made to this combined synopsis/solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 10 Center Drive, Room B3B25, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
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