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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 (PAM) 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. 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, and in meeting strict deadlines; Stainless steel fabrication (cutting, welding, drilling) and incorporating optical breadboards, and structure assembly; Precision cleaning of metal assemblies; High voltage and pulsed power; Machine shop capabilities for optical mount and mount interface hardware; Assembling precision optomechanical packages; Optics fabrication, testing, and handling; Optical alignment at 1 micron wavelength; Electrical timing to sub-nanosecond; Assembly and testing of custom 19" electronic chassis, including cabling; Experience with cable and pipe routing for high reliability connections in a tightly packaged structure; Transport of precision assemblies from the assembly location to the customer. LLNL is currently designing for the first prototype unit and will begin assembly of the second unit in October 1998. 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 PAM unit along with a quote for 48 production units to be delivered between May 2001 and July 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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