Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Ontario, NY 14519, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase II Action
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Optimax Systems, Inc. to manufacture a monolithic freeform telescope. The contract aims to prove the feasibility of Optimax's optics manufacturing process to produce a freeform optical telescope system with a high-precision freeform surface. This capability enables more compact designs, larger fields of view, and better-performing unobscured systems for space-based telescope applications. The $749,683 firm-fixed-price contract has a period of performance ending on July 24, 2018. As a prime contractor, Optimax has provided specialized optical components and manufacturing research services to various defense and space agencies in the past.