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58 -- UPGRADE TI: SAPPHIRE PUMP LASER SOL NB814000904115JW DUE 062499 POC Jacqueline Wright (303) 497-5282, FAX (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisitions Management, Brenda.S.Summers@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for an upgrade of a Ti:sapphire pump laser to a 10 W diode pumped solid state technology. The laser system shall, as a minimum, include the following: Pump laser requirements: diode-pumped solid stated technology; greater than 10 W of CW output power at 532 nm; TEM00 mode with M squared less than 1.1; less than 0.05 percent rms noise over bandwidth of 10 Hz to 100 MHz; plus or minus 1 percent power stability (as measured over 2 hour period after 15 minute warm-up); less than 5 microrad/degree Celsius beam pointing stability; 110 V, less than 20 A, single phase electrical utility; power supply included; chiller not included; remote control operation; 1 year/unlimited hour warranty. Guaranteed performance requirements for Ti:sapphire laser with upgrade of pump laser (Spectra-Physics Tsunami, femtosecond option, standard mirror set) are as follows: greater than 1.0 W output power and less than 80 fs operation at 770 nm; 1.2 W output power and less than 60 fs operation at 810 nm; greater than 1.2 W output power and less than 70 fs operation at 850 nm; less than 0.05 percent rms output noise over bandwidth of 10 Hz to 10 MHz; less than 5 percent stability (as measured over 2 hour period after one hour warm-up with less than plus or minus 1 degree Celsius temperature change; mode-locking stability (i.e. no CW-breakthrough) for temperature variation of plus or minus 4 degrees Celsius when operating at 810 nm with an average temperature of 70 degrees Celsius. All interested sources' price quotes should include trade-in consideration for a Spectra Physics 2060-10S BeamLok pump laser and power supply. These are the only specifications. There is no bid package available. Interested sources must submit a written qualification statement, literature, along with the quote by June 24, 1999. Responses must reference Synopsis No. NB814000904115JW. This announcement/solicitation is being issued under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Part 13(NTE $100,000.00). The award decision will be based upon the best value to the Government, with technical merit and past performance being significantly more important than price. Terms and Conditions and agency level protest procedures are referenced at http://netsite.esa.doc.gov.oam. Technical questions can be directed to Tom Silva at (303) 497-7826. JACQUELINE WRIGHT, Purchasing Agent. Posted 06/09/99 (D-SN340898). (0160)

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