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99 -- MISCELLANEOUS DUE 121499 POC Eileen Nasto, Contract Administration Specialist, 925-422-2412 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, nasto1@llnl.gov. 17. The University of California, as Management & Operations contractor for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), under the US Department of Energy (DoE) is soliciting expressions of interest for suppliers for Mechanical and/or Electrical Fabrication with Clean Assembly to support the National Ignition Facility (NIF) project. The NIF project will provide a facility that is capable of achieving fusion ignition utilizing solid-state lasers as the energy driver. In the NIF facility, a large number of lasers will be focused onto a small target located in the center of a spherical target chamber; the energy from the lasers will be delivered simultaneously, and within a few billionths of a second. The target will then implode, forcing atomic nuclei to sufficiently high temperature and density to achieve a fusion reaction. Additional information about the NIF project can be found at http://lasers.llnl.gov/laser.nif.html. The University contemplates the award of one or more contractural agreementsfor production fabrication, cleaning, and cleanroom assembly of mechanical and/or electrical subsystems. The subsystems to be fabricated in a production environment may be part of mirror support and alignment, including electrical elements for active alignment; subassemblies or kitted/partially-assembled parts for electro-optical subsystems; or kitted/partially-assembled line replaceable units (LRUs) for the main laser system. The fabricated systems will become part of ultraclean vacuum and/or inert-gas-filled enclosures and will be required to be delivered in a validated, precision-cleaned state; specifically to level 83 A/10 as defined by MIL-STD 1246C. Subcontractors will be expected to perform a significant amount of fabrication and clean-room assembly in-house. Precision cleaning may also be performed in house, or via subcontractor management of a precision-cleaning services supplier. The duration of NIF Mechanical and/or Electrical Fabrication with Clean Assembly is expect to be approximately four years. A typical task would be to produce first article/prototype subsystems where successful completion of a task would be followed by a separate procurement for Production. Production awards may be negotiated or completed. It is anticipated that only those companies selected for the award of the initial task will be asked to compete for production. While design engineering is not expected to be a major portion of the overall effort, the University anticipates some Subcontracts will include design finalization. For example, reviewing and revising design packages for completeness, manufacturability, and cost-effectiveness. Similarly, some Subcontracts may include installation activities at the NIF facility. Interested candidates are invited to respond with an expression of interest which should include a brief description of qualifications (no more than 10 pages including attachments) with respect to the following areas of expertise: build-to-print mechanical subsystems and simple electrical subassemblies; materials tracking and management in a already-functioning enterprise resources planning (ERP) environment; suitable facilities and manufacturing staff, with ability to rapidly convert to new efforts; supplier management program supported by an ISO-9001-level quality program. Finally, and most important, subcontractors will have clean-rooms maintained at class 1000 or better. While specific experience with MIL-STD 1246C is not required, an awareness of precision cleanliness techniques, with emphasis on particulate control, is essential. Do not send standard company brochures or photographs. Presentations and interviews at LLNL may be required. Expressions of interest are to assist the University in determining the potential for competition among qualified and interested candidates. The actual solicitations for award are not yet available. Facsimile and telephone responses will not be accepted. Overnight delivery of responses shall be sent to 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550. Posted 11/22/99 (W-SN402675). (0326)

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