COASTSYSTA Dahlgren Division, NSWC, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

A -- FABRICATE AND DEMONSTRATE A BREADBOARD OPAL BASED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGER SOL N61331-98-R-0002 DUE 111797 POC Mark Ross, Contract Specialist, (850)235-5624 Carol A. Dreger, Contracting Officer, (850)234-4863. The Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Florida intends to award a sole source contract to LaSen, Inc., for the development of an optical parametric amplifier laser (OPAL) based hand-held multispectral imager. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition because preliminary modeling, testing and concept development has already been performed by LaSen currently holds a patent on the optical parametric amplified laser technology. Number Note 22 applies. (0281)

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