DOC; Mountain Administrative Support Center; Acquisition = Management=20 Division; 325 Broadway MC3; Boulder, CO

66 -- SOLID STATE LASER SOURCE=20 SOL NB847900121BJ DUE 031599 POC BJ Roberts, Purchasing Agent, (303) 497-3799, Fax (303) = 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisition Management, Barbara.Roberts@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards & Technology has a = requirement for=20 an all solid=AEstate laser source at 532 nm that is suitable for = pumping cw and=20 pulsed Ti: sapphire laser systems. The output power level must be 5W or = greater. The laser must operate in both single transverse mode and a = single=20 longitudinal mode. The laser must be single frequency with a linewidth = less=20 than 10 MHz. The mode must be Gaussian (M2 equal to or less than 1.1). = The=20 power stability is to be no worse than plus or minus 1 percent after a = 30=20 minute warmup, and the amplitude noise must be less than 0.03 percent = from 10=20 Hz=AE1 GHz. The output polarization is to be linear (greater than = 100:1). The=20 beam waist should be on the order of 1 mm. Our research schedule = requires a=20 delivery time of less than 8 weeks. It is the intent of the Government = to=20 award this procurement on a sole source basis under authority of 41=20 U.S.C.253(c)(1) with Coherent, Inc. of Santa Clara, California. This=20 procurement is being conducted per FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition=20 Procedures (NTE $100,000). This synopsis is issued for information = only. No=20 competitive solicitation is planned. Information submitted in response = to=20 this notice will be used solely to determine whether or not use of=20 competitive procedures to fulfill this requirement would be in the=20 Government's best interest and must address qualifications pertinent to = this=20 requirement. No RFQ is available. All technical questions shall be=20 addressed to James Bergquist of NIST at 303 497=AE5459. Posted 03/03/99 (D-SN304509). (0062)

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