hydra harp digital converter system
Added: Jan 11, 2016 8:44 am This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under the 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 QUOTATION. 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 small business size standard of 500 employees.AFRL/RITA requires a purchase of one (1) 1 hydra harp time to digital converter system. The system is comprised of the following components: One (1) hydra harp 400M mainframe and four (4) hydra harp 400 TDC modules. (Part number: 930011(QTY 1): Hydra Harp 400M - Mainframe and Part number: 930015 (QTY 4): Hydra Harp 400 - TDC Module). Complete specifications are as follows:Input Channels and SyncDiscrimination Constant Fraction Discriminator (CFD) in all channels, software adjustableInput voltage range: 0 mV to -1000 mV, optimum: -100 mV to -500 mVTrigger point: falling edgeTrigger pulse width: 0.5 ns to 30 nsTrigger pulse rise/fall time: 2 ns max.External Reference ClockInput: 10 MHz, min. 200 mV, max. 1 V pp, 50 Ohms, AC coupledOutput: 10 MHz, 300 mV pp, 50 Ohms, AC coupledTime to Digital ConvertersMinimum time bin width: 1 psElectrical time resolution: < 12 ps rmsFull scale range - histogram mode: 65 ns to 2.19 s Full scale range - time-tagged mode: infiniteMaximum count rate per input channel: 12.5 × 106 counts/secMaximum sync rate: 150 MHzAdjustable delay range for each input channel: ± 100 ns, resolution 1 psDead time: < 80 nsDifferential non-linearity: < 2 % peak, < 0.2 % rms (over full measurement range)HistogrammerCount depth per time bin: 4.294.967.296 (32 bit)Maximum number of time bins: 65536Acquisition time: 1 ms to 100 hoursTTTR EngineT2 mode resolution: 1 psT3 mode resolution: 1, 2, 4, ..., 33 554 432 psFiFo buffer depth (records): 2097152Sustained toughput*(sum of all channels): typ. 40 × 106 events/secOperationPC interface: USB 3.0Operating system: Windows 7/8Power consumption: small mainframe < 50 W, large mainframe < 100 W at 100 to 240 VAC5 year warrantyThe Government intends to negotiate a sole source contract with:PicoQuant Photonics North America, Inc.9 Trinity DriveWest Springfield, Ma, 01089The Government has determined that no other source can meet this requirement as the Hydra Harp 400 Mainframe (P/N: 930011(QTY 1)) and Hydra Harp 400 TDC Module (P/N: 930015 (QTY 4)) is the highest timing resolution tagging system in a turnkey system that can meet all necessary elements to work with the Government's current applications. The Government's application requires extremely precise timing resolution with low system noise. Typical time to digital converters suffers from low time resolution and low synconization speeds.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 jennifer.calandra-willson@us.af.mil. Responses 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 before 31 January 2016.A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation. FA8751-16-Q-0134 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory
1/11/16, 8:44 AM Hydra Harp digital converter system
Added: Feb 19, 2016 1:24 pm This award notice and attached Justification and Approval (J&amp;A) derives from the Notice of Proposed Contract Action FA8751-16-Q-0134 posted on 26 Jan 2016. Award was made using Commercial Item Procedures (FAR 12) and Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13). FA8751-16-Q-0134 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory
2/19/16, 1:24 PM