tional Contracting Division, 2000 Wyoming Blvd SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117- 5777

66 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD E1212B INPUT/OUTPUT BOARDS. SOL F29650-95-B0030 DUE 101095 POC Jim Sullenberger, Contract Specialist, 505-846-2201; Vivian C. Jaramillo, Contracting Officer, 505-846-2201. The Air Force Phillips Laborotory, Directorate of Contracting, Kirtland AFB, NM is seeking potential sources to provide Phillips Laborotory with Hewlett-Packard E1212B input/output boards, ten (10) each and Hewlett-Packard E1256A cable kits, ten (10) each or equal. The existing HP82000 VLSI system is used to evaluate modern electronic components such as memory chips and shift registers. The additional 80 channels of capacity will allow evaluation of higher pin-count components such as microprocessors and ASICs, complete chip sets, and subsystems. The specifications for the additional testing capacity are as follows: SIZE: a printed circuit board shall contain at least eight channels and fit into a single slot on the existing HP82000 maxi-frame card cage. (Thus, an additional eighty channels of testing capacity shall occupy ten or fewer boards.) CONNECTIONS: the boards shall mate precisely with the connectors at the rear of the HP82000 card cage, and shall obtain their required power, timing signals, and control signals from the system bus via these connectors. In addition, there shall be a physical connection from these channel boards to the standard Hewlett-Packard boards, mounted to the front of the maxi-frame, containing the device under test (DUT). This physical connection shall mate precisely, via pogo pins, to the appropriate pads on the DUT boards. FREQUENCY: each channel shall be capable of cycling test vectors at a rate of 200 Mhz or faster with a drive format of do-not-return-to-zero (DNRZ), and with a single level edge compare. In addition, each channel shall be capable of cycling test vectors at a rate of 100 MHz or faster using either the DNRZ, the return- to-zero (RZ), the return-to-one (R1), the return-to-complement (RC), or the high-impedance drive formats, and using either a single level edge compare or a dual level window compare. MEMORY: each channel shall contain a vector depth of 512k (524,288) test vectors or more. DRIVER CAPABILITY: each channel shall be able to drive 80 mA of output current or more at voltages ranging from -4 V to +8 V into an impedance of 50 ohms. The voltage resolution shall be 5 mV or less. COMPARATOR CAPABILITY: each channel shall be able to detect a pulse of amplitude 250 mV or greater, with a pulse width of 2 ns or greater. The detectable voltage threshold range shall be -4 V to +7.5 V, with a threshold resolution of 5 mV or less. COMPATIBILITY WITH HP82000: each channel and all hardware shall be mechanically, electrically, functionally, and software compatible with the Hewlett-Packard HP82000 VLSI Integrated Circuit Evaluation System currently in use. All functions on these channel boards shall be controlled by the standard Hewlett-Packard HP82000 software currently in use, and all output signals and levels of these channel boards shall be compatible with the standard hardware and software comprising the HP82000 system. ENVIRONMENTAL: each channel shall operate within specifications over a temperature range of +15x C to +35x C, and shall survive storage temperatures in the range of -20x C to +70x C. Firms responding shall submit technical documentation (i.e., technical literature, brochures, schematics, etc.) for the items being offered. The technical documentation should provide sufficient technical data in order for the Phillips Lab project office to determine whether the items meet the required technical specifications as stated above. NOTE: This is a sources sought synopsis in which the Government is seeking potential sources capable of providing this FTIR system. Responses will assist the Government in determining how to proceed with this requirement. Do not request a copy of the solicitation as one does not exist at this time. Your attention is directed to the following and you must comply in order to be considered. Small businesses intending to offer an ''or equal'' product shall submit technical literature in sufficient detail with their request for a copy of the solicitation, for the Contracting Officer to determine that there is sufficient competition among small business in order for this solicitation to be set aside for Small Businesses. To be delivered to Kirtland AFB, NM. Invitation for Bid F29650-95-B0030 will be issued on or about 08 Sep 95. Date set for opening of bids will be on or about 10 Oct 95. To be awarded on or about 30 Oct 95. Delivery 30 calendar days after receipt of order. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the bid advertising phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential bidders when a bidder prefers not to use established channels to address concerns during the bid adverting phase of the acquisition. Potential bidders should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before contacting the Ombudsman. For serious concerns only, potential bidders are invited to contact the PL Ombudsman, Colonel James D. Ledbetter or alternate Bruce Grunsten, at 2251 Maxwell Ave. SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776. Firms responding to this announcement should indicate whether they are or are not a Small Business, an 8(a) firm, a Socially and Economically Disadvantaged firm or a Woman-owned business. The Government reserves the right to set-aside this requirement for 8(a) program, Small Disadvantaged Business, Small Business or Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions, based on responses to the synopsis. Contractors must indicate their size qualifications under SIC code 3674, Size Standard: 500 employees. (0220)

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