National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Div.,100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572

66 -- YAG LASER-PUMPED PULSED, TUNABLE DYE LASER SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB060075 DUE 050200 POC Joan M. Smith (301) 975-6458 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.*****This solicitation, #53SBNB060075, is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15.*****The associated Standards Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3826, and the small business size is 500 Employees .*****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a YAG Laser-Pumped Pulsed, Tunable Dye Laser System. A. Specifications for the Pump-Laser are as follows: 1) Q-switched Nd:YAG with temperature-stabilized second harmonic generator; 2) 5 to 10 Hz operation (triggered either internally or from an external source) with at least 800 mJ/pulse at the fundamental (1064 nm) and 400 mJ/pulse in the second harmonic (532 nm); 3) Separate output ports for the (residual) fundamental beam and the second harmonic beam, with the latter being used for dye laser pumping; 4) Pulse duration for fundamental and second harmonic from 3 to 10 nsec; 5) Linewidth of 1 cm(-1) or less; Injection-seeding, single-longitudinal mode upgrade shall be available as a stock item and readily installable in the field without having to return the laser to original vendor. (NOTE: The injection-seeding SLM upgrade is NOT being purchase at this time); 6) Beam pointing stability of 100 microradians or less; beam divergence of less than 0.5 milliradians; 7) Pulse energy stability of +/-3% at fundamental; 8) Nearly Gaussian (95%-fit) beam spatial profile in the far field; 9) Beam diameter of 10mm or less; 10) Field upgradable to higher pulse energy, to about 1.5 J/pulse at fundamental, through upgrades to power supplies and optical elements; (NOTE: Thisupgrade is not being purchase at this time). B. Specifications for the Dye-Laser are as follows: 1) Wavelength/scan control through an RS-232 port compatible with LabVIEW, with the driver available either from laser vendor or National Instruments. (LabVIEW is a product of National Instruments, Inc.); 2) Linewidth of 0.1 cm(-1) or less for 532 nm-pumped dyes between 550 and 670 nm; 3) Pump energy using 532 nm of up to 800 mJ/pulse; 4) Super radiance (ASE) of less than 0.5%; 5) Beam diameter of 3 to 6 mm, divergence of less than 1.0 milliradians, and vertically polarized with a purity of greater than 98%; 6) Conversion efficiency at peak of Rhodamine 6G dye gain curve of at least 25% of 532 nm pump energy. Given spec YAG pump (A-2 above), at least 100 mJ/pulse of dye laser output at the peak of R6G; 7) Absolute wavelength accuracy of +/- 0.05 nm; frequency drift of at less than 0.05 cm(-1) per deg C per hour; 8) Laser wavelength, with the linewidth specified in B-2, must be tunable over an entire dye gain curve without the need the realign/reconfigure any optical elements in laser. For example, for R6G dye, this would result in a wavelength tunability range of about 20 nm, centered at about 590 nm. C: General: Price shall include installation, training and manuals; a 2 year warranty (from installation date) on parts/labor; a reduced warranty period, but at least 60 days from installation date, is acceptable for flashlamps and optical surfaces; and both the YAG pump laser and the dye laser are to be manufactured and serviced by the same company, so that one company (the supplying vendor) is clearly responsible and accountable for the aggregate system (YAG and dye) performance. Vendors shall provide a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.*****Delivery is required within 120 days after receipt of order (ARO).*****Delivery location is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. The FOB point shall be DESTINATION, Gaithersburg, MD. ***** NOTE:*****Vendors shall address all requirements in this combined synopsis/solicitation, and shall provide clear evidence of understanding and the ability and willingness to comply with the Government's specifications of need. Failure to address a specification/requirement will be construed by the Government as inability to meet the need, or the vendor's taking exception to it.*****The Government anticipates awarding one order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible vendor whose quotation, conforming to this synopsis/solicitation, will offer the BEST VALUE to the Government, price and other factors considered, based on (A) Technical capability to meet the Government's specifications (vendors shall submit a quotation addressing all required specifications, and shall provide descriptive literature for item(s) quoted; (B) Past Performance (vendors shall submit evidence of having produced and sold comparable units/systems within the past 5 years, with indication of performance success (provide a list of 10 references spaced out over the past 5 years, and include the name of a contact, firm, phone number, and item(s) purchased); and (C) Price. The Government reserves right to award a purchase order without discussions. Selection will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES, Subpart 13.106-2, Evaluation of Quotations or Offers. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; and 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -Commercial Items.*****The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (11) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (12) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (13) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (14) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (17)(i) 52.225-3 Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement-Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program; and (22) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer -- Central Contractor Registration. The clause Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm, applies to this solicitation as well. Copies of other above-listed clauses are available for downloading at www.arnet.gov/far or by calling Joan Smith at (301) 975-6458. All interested, responsible firms should submit quotes by 3:00 PM, Washington DC time, on MAY 3, 2000, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, ATTN: Joan Smith, Building 301, Room B117, 100 Bureau Drive STOP 3572, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3572. Faxed quotations will NOT be accepted. Posted 04/18/00 (W-SN446168). (0109)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0247 20000420\66-0010.SOL)