United States - Paladin Laser System

Description

Added: Aug 28, 2019 1:00 pm

This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516 with a size standard of 1000 employees. 

Brief Description of Requirements:

• 1282968: PALADIN SCAN 532-36000 Laser System

o Wavelength 532 nm
o Output power 36W
o Repetition rate: 76 MHz plus/minus 1 MHz
o Pulse length: < 25 ps @ 532 nm
o Spatial Mode: TEM00
o M^2: <1.2
o Beam Waist diameter (@1/e^2): 1.35 mm plus/minus 15%
o Beam Divergence: <750 μrad (full angle)
o Beam Ellipticity: 0.9 to 1.1
o Pointing stability after warm-up: <20 μrad/K after
o Polarization: Linear, >100:1, vertical, linear
o Long Term Power Stability: <±2%
o Noise (20 MHz bandwidth over 100s): <1% RMS
o Max warm-up time: <30 min from standby

The Government intends to negotiate a sole-source contract for the purchase of the requirement described above. The identified sole-source provider/producer of this laser system is as follows:

Coherent Inc.
5100 Patrick Henry Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Coherent is the only known manufacturer of a 355nm picosecond pulsed laser that will satisfy the requirements of the Government's trapped ion lab experiment. Specifically, the Coherent laser is the only known source that can meet the required average power needs and which also possesses the necessary frequency, pulse width, and repetition rate needed in the experimental setup. This setup cannot be modified without jeopardizing the entire experiment. This system has been proven to be successful in similar peer experiments and the Government's experiment cannot be successfully performed without the use of this specific laser. If this system is not procured from Coherent, there will be significant technical capability degradation to the future experiments of the Government, potentially causing the inability to meet yearly program milestones. Procurement of a different brand system will add an estimated 4 months or more of development effort by a PhD ($150k) to make that system usable in the Government's experiment. Award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Government's requirement.

This is a notice of proposed contract action and NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to Tabitha.Haggart@us.af.mil

Responses to this notice must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. 

Responses received will be evaluated; however a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or after 20 September 2019.

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command
AFRL/Information Directorate
26 Electronic Parkway
Rome, New York 13441
United States

Opportunity closing date

12 September 2019

Value of contract

to be confirmed