Atch_1_Offeror_Template_15_Aug_2018_rev_1.docx

FA700018T0078

1 Meter Telescope Attachment 1: Offeror Template 15 Aug 2018 Rev dated 29 Aug 2018—removing contractor’s ability to propose progress payment terms. Customary progress payments will be made IAW the solicitation and based on cost.

Instructions: Contractor shall submit completed Attachment 1 and applicable supporting documentation in accordance with (IAW) the terms and conditions of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation FA700018T0078, 1-Meter Telescope.

PART I - PRICE:

Provide a written price. In doing so, the offeror agrees to the contract terms and conditions as written in the SOLICITATION:

LINE ITEM 0001: 1-Meter Telescope Unit Price $ Offer shall include shipping, installation, operator training and any warranty on parts and labor.

Customary progress payments are anticipated for this requirement. If progress payments are desired, offerors are required to state their need for progress payments and identify milestones/events where payment is desired. If offerors fail to state the need for progress payments, then progress payments may not be available later.

Progress payments are required by the contractor: (circle) Y / N

PART II – TECHNICAL:

Sub factor 1: Salient Characteristics

TELESCOPE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

· 1-meter telescope will be used for general purpose deep space astronomy, space situational awareness studies, and STEM outreach.

· Research projects will involve photometry, spectroscopy, and polarimetry.

· This telescope will serve as a node on USAFA’s Falcon Telescope Network (which is controlled and operated through The SkyX application), and so the telescope system must support robotic, automated operation (as detailed in the characteristics listed throughout this document).

Based on the general requirements listed above, we have developed the salient characteristics listed below for this telescope system, including the optical tube assembly, mount, instrument cluster, and control system:

OPTICAL TUBE ASSEMBLY and MIRRORS:

· Ritchey-Chrétien 2-mirror optical design with an open truss, and a stretchable light shroud to fit around the truss tubes.

· 1-meter clear aperture with an effective (system) focal ratio of f/6 or faster.

· The telescope system shall be designed for and include appropriate optics to provide a fully flattened and corrected focal plane to provide 100% illumination for the STA 1600 CCD chip (as used in the Spectral Instruments 1110S camera). Design documentation must be provided; e.g., Zemax optical design data.

· All OTA functions controllable through The SkyX.

· Focus shall be controlled through the secondary mirror assembly with respect to a fixed focal plane referenced to the primary mirror.

· Guiding: OTA must employ an off-axis guider (OAG) with light drawn from the main optical path of the telescope. OAG camera and associated software & hardware must be included.

· Capacity to add at least two piggyback telescopes onto the OTA; instrument bolt pattern must support standard telescope mounting rings and Libra Dovetail mounts

· Mirrors (primary and secondary):

· Both mirrors must have a protective coating.

· Below are two acceptable options for achieving desired mirror precision:

· OPTION 1 (highly preferred): mirrors are finished individually using appropriate null optics and modern interferometers; e.g., coherence scanning interferometers, or CSI (detects few square mm and smaller surface variations), and Gen V (whole-mirror large- and medium-scale variations, i.e., larger than CSI-detectable variations):

· Both Primary (M1) and secondary (M2) shall meet Lambda/8 P-V surface and Lambda/28 RMS surface, with 20Å or better RMS surface roughness, at HeNe wavelength (632.8nm).

· For M1, it is highly preferred that validation of this requirement be accomplished with M1 in its final mirror mount, consisting of at least 20 interferometric data sets averaged at or within 10° of the optical axis zenith-pointing. Any other testing methodology the vendor must provide a description of this methodology to the government.

· Assuming M1 and M2 are each finished to this specification, no additional system performance requirement is necessary.

· OPTION 2: M1 and M2 finished as a system using autocollimation interferometry techniques:

· Required system wavefront RMS is lambda/14 at HeNe wavelength (632.8nm).

· Above requirement must be achieved using a Gen IV/V interferometer and a certified & traceable autocollimation flat with M1 and M2 in their final mirror mounts and optical axis horizontal pointing.

· If this option is chosen, the Government requires proof of flat certification.

· Support visible (~400 nm) to near-IR (~1 micron) wavelengths at 80% or greater average reflectance across this wavelength range (requirement applies to M1 and M2 mirror individually)

· Vendor shall supply reflectance vs. wavelength data for their mirrors over this wavelength range, from witness samples coated in the same cycle as the given mirror.

· Telescope shall have a system (e.g., mirror covers, baffles/shrouds, fans, etc.) to greatly reduce the collection of dust, dirt, dew, etc., on the mirrors.

· Mirror cells must support removal and re-installation by USAFA Observatory personnel (for future re-coating activities). Documentation must be provided on removal and re-installation procedures.

· Vendor must supply custom shipping crates for primary and secondary mirrors to support future re-coatings (since USAFA will have to contract this service).

· Vendor must supply laser re-collimating hardware, software, and user documentation.

· The back end of the 1-meter telescope will include one straight-through instrument port located at the Cassegrain focus. The following eyepiece & instrument mounts shall be provided:

· Eyepiece mount to accommodate 2-inch eyepieces; e.g., focal lengths 24mm and longer, with or without Barlow lens.

· Camera mount for SBIG STL-11000M camera with attached FW8-STL filter wheel (which is our existing camera & filter wheel combination)

· The website: http://www.company7.com/library/sbig/appnotes.html indicates that the FW8-STL filter wheel adds 0.35 inches to the distances found for the standard internal 5-position filter wheel.

· Mount for the fiber optic “injection” unit on our existing Shelyak spectrograph:

· 2-inch barrel.

· 45-mm back focus.

· Website for further info: https://www.shelyak.com/produit/pf0008-f-6-50%C2%B5m-injection-unit/?lang=en

· Support the future purchase of the Spectral Instruments 1110S (or similar) camera and associated filter wheel.

MOUNT:

· Mount must be equatorial and meet the following requirements:

· Conform to the size, shape, and off-set location of our existing pier (drawings will be provided).

· Mount design must eliminate the need for meridian flips.

· Provide adequate instrument clearance for instruments and cameras; e.g., Spectral Instruments 1110S camera, filter wheel, and associated cables.

· Mount system capable of tracking spacecraft as low as 200 km in altitude.

· Capable of slew rates up to 4 degrees per second. This rate applies only for moving the telescope point-to-point, not as a tracking rate.

· Mount shall have direct on-axis absolute encoding.

· Mount controllable by The SkyX.

· Settle time after a slew shall be less than 5 seconds.

· Capable of closed-loop tracking using inputs from the included OAG camera; maximum RMS radius sidereal tracking error of 1 arcsec over a period of three hours.

· Maximum RMS radius open-loop sidereal (or solar system/slow) tracking error of 1 arcsec over a period of 10 minutes.

· Maximum RMS radius open-loop fast tracking error of 5 arcsec over a period of 10 minutes.

· OTA and mount assembly must fit within our existing 244 diameter dome.

· The height of the mount must enable the OTA to sight through the dome slit down to 15 degrees elevation (base of dome slit is ~2.5 meters above telescope pier mounting surface).

CONTROL SYSTEM:

· OTA and mount control system must be:

· Installed in our existing control room (which is separate from the dome area; cable conduits are in place), and connected via electronic cables to the telescope (about 75 feet of connecting cable is required).

· Integrated to control our main dome; minimum functions to include:

· Opening and closing of dome shutters.

· Moving dome to home position (west) on command.

· Dome tracks with telescope during operations.

· Properties of existing dome:

· Built and installed by Ash-Dome in March 2015.

· 90-inch slit width accommodates new 1-meter telescope.

· All mechanics are in working order.

· 1-meter telescope contractor assumes no responsibility for proper dome function, e.g., azimuth and dome shutter motors, bearings, etc.

· Compatible with the Windows 10 operating system.

· Operable from the SkyX, and scriptable through JavaScript, C++ and Orchestrate.

· Capable of 15 arcsec RMS on the sky to 60-degree zenith distance or better all-sky pointing accuracy after application of a pointing model. This pointing model must be supplied with the telescope control software.

· Capable of executing guiding corrections using the included OAG system.

· Capable of LEO/MEO/GEO satellite tracking through The SkyX and vendor-specific satellite-tracking application using TLE inputs.

· OTA and mount control system must be (cont’d):

· Support manual OTA & mount control via hand-paddle. Hand paddle controls must include:

· Telescope movement (fast, medium, and slow speeds).

· Dome movement (left-right).

· Focus (fast & slow speeds).

· Mirror cover operation (if applicable).

· Installed with emergency shut-off (kill) switches strategically placed around the dome and on the OTA. Software kill switches must also be incorporated into each screen within the telescope control software.

· Data acquisition system specifications:

· Standalone system, not physically integrated into a telescope control chassis or box. This salient characteristic is to enable easier future upgrades to the Data Acquisition System.

· Fanless (natural convection, passive cooling).

· Processor: QuadCore 6/8MB Cache, minimum 2.5 GHz frequency.

· Memory: 8GB.

· Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.

· Graphics interface: DVI-D and HDMI ports; resolution up to 1920x1200.

· Integrated graphics card is acceptable, assuming that DVI and HDMI external ports are available, otherwise secondary standalone graphics card is required.

· Include Ethernet and wireless network connections.

· Audio ports: include line-in, line-out, and mic-in.

· Required IO interfaces:

· 2x RS232 ports.

· 4x USB 3.0 ports and 2x USB 2.0 ports.

· Expansion:

· At least 2x PCI slots and 3x PCIe slots.

· Hard drives. We require one drive for boot and a separate drive for storage:

· Boot drive: Sequential Read up to 2500 MB/s, Sequential Write up to 2000 MB/s 256GB SSD.

· Storage drive: 8TB 7200RPM 256MB CACHE 6GPS SATA III.

· Computer timing provided by GPS card (PCIe) with minimum 1-millisecond timing precision.

· Dual monitors (LCD, minimum 19-inch diagonal display), keyboards, and mice for both control room and dome level.

· USB + HDMI extenders for remote dome-level peripherals (monitors, keyboards, mice, etc).

DOCUMENTATION: Supply all customary documentation to support telescope operations, maintenance (such as mirror removal, re-installation, and laser collimating instructions), repairs, and future modifications and upgrades.

INSTALLATION: Delivery, installation (to include the cost of heavy equipment and operator fees for placing the telescope components into the USAFA Observatory dome, if required), set-up, and telescope system testing must be included in quote. NOTE: Removal of the existing telescope will be accomplished outside this contract, so those costs need not be included in the quote.

Sub factor 2: Experience

Include the following recent experience information pertaining to the manufacturing and installation of 0.6 meter or larger telescopes.

To obtain an acceptable rating, an offeror shall include a minimum of ONE (1) company for which they have manufactured, installed, tested and received payment for a meter-class telescope within the last five years (i.e., either a 1-meter primary, or the nearest size primary the vendor has used but not smaller than 0.6 meter). Cited experience outside of these requirements will be excluded from evaluation.

Reference:

0. Entity/Company/Division Name:

0. Contract # (if applicable):

0. Contract Dollar Value

0. Point of Contact (POC):

Note: By listing a POC, you are granting the Government permission to contact this company to obtain further information.

0. POC contact information (verified Email and Phone):

0. Telescope specifics (attachments are acceptable):

0. Offerors role in telescope manufacturing/delivery/installation/testing:

PART III – CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION (Representation and Certification).

Include attachments as required in Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. Complete provisions as required in the Solicitation. These provisions may be completed in SAM or hard copy. If the certifications in SAM are completed, state accordingly in the quotation package.