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60 -- FIBER OPTICS MATERIALS, COMPONENTS, ASSEMBLIES & ACCESSORIES POC Fred Sass, Contract Administrator, (925) 422-9285 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract administrator via, sass1@llnl.gov. The University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, seeks sources to build and integrate complete National Ignition Facility (NIF) Preamplifier Beam Transport System (PABTS) modules from existing drawings ("build to print"), verify that the assembled unit performs as designed and specified, and ship the assembled unit to LLNL for final alignment and acceptance prior to being installed in the NIF facility. High-risk optics would be furnished by LLNL to the contractor. There are 48 Pre-Amplifier Beam Transport Systems (PABTS) which total 1,066 individual line replaceable unit (LRU) sub-systems. Prospective sources should have the following resources and/or expertise, or the capability to outsource the following: Integrating a large assembly of optical, mechanical, and electrical hardware, while meeting strict deadlines; Stainless steel and steel fabrication (cutting, welding, drilling) incorporating structure and optical systems assembly; Cast metal fabrication and precision machining; Ability to precisely machine optical mount assemblies, assemble and test same; Precision cleaning of metal assemblies to level 100; Assembling precision opto-mechanical sub-assemblies; Optics fabrication, testing, and handling; Optical alignment of each LRU package to be 0.25mm with angular tolerance of 0.1 prior to shipment to LLNL; Assembly and testing of custom optical mount assemblies both motorized and non-motorized; Transport of precision assemblies from the assembly location to the customer with no degradation in performance. LLNL is currently designing for the first prototype unit and will begin assembly in January 1999. We plan on purchasing components at the highest practical level of integration for the second prototype. We plan to award two (2) cost-plus-fixed-fee awards to two (2) different contractors in the fall of 1999. Those successful contractors will be expected to return a complete PABTS unit along with a quote for 48 production units to be delivered between November 2000 and December 2002. Interested firms should respond with a description of qualifications with respect to the foregoing or related fields. The Small Business size standard applicable to the proposed acquisition is 500 employees. Firms qualifying as a Small Business with respect to this standard should so state. Responses are required on or before July 31, 1998. Firms responding to this announcement which fail to provide the required information will not be considered for inclusion into any resulting source list. Facsimile and telephone responses will not be accepted. This notice is to assist the University in determining the potential for competition; no solicitation is currently available. Posted 07/06/98. (0187)

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