Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

377TH AIR BASE WING (AFGSC)

377 MSG/CONTRACTING DIVISION – KIRTLAND AFB, NEW MEXICO

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION NOTICE:

Requirement Title: Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) Laser

Solicitation Number: FA9401-19-Q-A120

Solicitation Issue Date: Friday, 06 September 2019

Response Deadline: Friday, 13 September 2019 no later than 1400 hours (MST)

Points of Contacts: Contract Specialists: Martin Rodriguez/ martin.rodriguez.13@us.af.mil/505- 846-1142

Alternate POC: Richard Odame/ richard.odame.1@us.af.mil/ 505-853-2126

Contracting Officer: Elizabeth Sanchez/ elizabeth.sanchez@us.af.mil/ 505-853-7505

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation notice for commercial product/services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

2. This solicitation is being issued as a(n): Request for Quotation (RFQ).

3. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through, Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-05, dated 13 Aug 2019.

4. This acquisition is full and open competition.

5. North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 333314 – Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing.

6. The size standard of 500 employees. All qualified small businesses under this industry are encouraged to submit quotes.

REQUIREMENT INFORMATION

Description:

The Air Force has a requirement obtain an optical parametric amplifier capable of large rapid tuning range, with high resolution for various spectroscopy tasks such as photo dissociations and laser induced fluorescence. For this, it must be high powered and have high stability. This is a brand name or equal requirement.

Place of Delivery/Performance/Acceptance/FOB Point:

F.O.B. Destination; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117 (exact customer address will be provided in the resulting contract).

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Description Quantity Unit of Measure

0001 PRIMOSCAN/ULD-500 (Or Equal)

1 Ea 0002 LBP/PRO (Or Equal) 1 Ea 0003 UV-L/500 X'TAL (Or Equal)

0004 UV-S/500 X'TAL (Or Equal)

0005 DUV-S/500 X'TAL (Or Equal) 1 Ea

0006 UV-PRIMOSCAN (Or Equal)

0007 DUV-PRIMOSCAN (Or Equal)

0008 COMMON PORT OPO (Or Equal)

0009 0000-0000 (Or Equal) Installation of PrimoScan to existing Quanta-Ray laser. 1 Ea

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

FAR provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(b)(1), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:

1. Questions may be submitted to the POCs and Contracting Officer listed above no later than 10 Sep 2019.

Questions submitted after this date may not be answered.

2. Quotes in response to this solicitation must be submitted via email to the POCs and Contracting Officer listed above no later than the established deadline.

3. Quotes must be valid until 30 Sep 2019.

4. All price quotations must be submitted on Attachment 2 - Quote Sheet, and it must be filled in entirely; all technical submissions must be submitted on a separate document.

5. Complete the below contractor identification information.

Company Name: Point of Contact:

Address: Telephone Number:

Discount Terms SAM Registered: Yes/No Small Business: Yes/No DUNS # CAGE #: Veteran-Owned: Yes/No Woman-Owned: Yes/No Estimated Period of Performance/Delivery: Signature/Date:

Printed Name:

EVALUATION CRITERIA

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

i – Technical Acceptability, technical evaluation team will evaluate by assigning a rating of “acceptable” or “unacceptable”. The Government will evaluate a minimum of three (3) lowest priced offers for technical acceptability in accordance with the solicitation. If none of the lowest three (3) are technically acceptable, the Government will evaluate the next three (3) lowest priced proposals until one proposal is technically acceptable, or until all offers have been evaluated. Only those proposals considered technically acceptable will receive further consideration for award. Once a proposal is deemed acceptable, all technical proposals are considered equal.

A. Brand name or equal to PRIMOSCAN/ULD-500, in accordance to the attached specifications.

ii – Price – Price will be evaluated on a comparative basis amongst all received quotations and the Government’s estimate.

CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS

FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with alternate I applies to this acquisition; the offeror verifies by submission of their offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation.

FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.

FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition; the following checked clauses are hereby included by reference:

52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text

Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management

The provisions and clauses listed below have been determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. All provisions and clauses are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

The following provisions and clauses are hereby included by full text or by reference as prescribed:

52.204-7, System or Award Management 52.211-6, Brand Name of Equal To 52.247-34, F.O.B Destination 252.232-7006, Wide Area Work Flow Payment Instructions http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 – Specifications Attachment 2 – Quote Sheet

Specifications: OPO Laser

Obtain an optical parametric amplifier capable of large rapid tuning range of wavelength, with high resolution for various spectroscopy tasks such as photo dissociation and laser induced fluorescence. It must be high powered and have high stability.

• Must be tunable from 192-2750 nm

• Peak output energy should exceed 140 mJ, with a UV peak exceeding 40 mJ

• Must be capable of >32 mJ at 345 nm, >16 mJ at 260 nm

• Full output range must be fully integrating inside laser housing

• Wavelength separation must be included

• Must be capable of full output through a single output port

• Must be able to be pumped by 500 mJ of 355 nm laser light

• Beam divergence should be less than 2 mrad

• Linewidth should be capable of being less then 6 cm-1

• Extensions can be used to reach the UV region

• Beam Pointing must be stable to <100 µrad at a fixed wavelength

• Beam Pointing must be stable to <300 µrad while changing wavelength

• Wavelength shift time should be less then 100 ms, and capable of being synced with the pump laser

• Must include installation

• A Spectra Physics Pro-230 is available to pump the OPO

• Damaging back reflections must be prevented

Description QTY Price Total

PRIMOSCAN/ULD-500 (or Equal) primoScan Fully Integrated Midband Ultra-low Divergence OPO

- Fully automated midband nanosecond OPO with ultra-low beam divergence

- Widest tuning range: 192-2750 nm (UV range optional)

- 500 mJ (at 355 nm) maximum pump energy delivers >140 mJ at signal peak

- Optional integrated UV module with highest efficiency on the market

- Highest UV energy- > 40 mJ at UV peak

- Fast wavelength switching - 10 preselectable wavelengths each second

- Linewidths from 3.5 cm-1 to 6 cm-1

- Optional single output port available for entire tuning range

- Repetition rates up to 50 Hz Further technical data in accordance with current data sheet.

LBP/PRO (or Equal) Laser beam back reflection protection placed in pump laser to protect laser from 355 light returning from OPO pumped by

PRO

UV-L/500 X'TAL (or Equal) UV CRYSTAL 250-405nm, 500mJ PUMP

UV-S/500 X'TAL (or Equal) UV CRYSTAL 210-250nm, 500mJ PUMP

DUV-S/500 X'TAL (or Equal) DUV CRYSTAL 190-210nm, 500mJ

PUMP

UV-PRIMOSCAN (or Equal) Integrated UV Module for LAB and PRO pumped primoScan/ULD - Highest UV efficiency and energy on the market

- >19 mJ at 345 nm and >9.6 mJ at 260 nm with 240 mJ (at 355 nm) pump energy

- >32 mJ at 345 nm and >16 mJ at 260 nm with 400 mJ (at 355 nm) pump energy

- Integrated inside housing of primoScan

- Fully automated

- Wavelength seperation included

- Optional single output port available for entire tuning range

- Crystals not included

- Requires Type I SHG from pump laser Further technical data in accordance with current data sheet.

DUV-PRIMOSCAN (or Equal) Deep UV option for UV-primoScan

- unlocks primoScan wavelength range down to 192 nm

- Crystals not included. 2x UV-S X'tal required

COMMON PORT OPO (or Equal) Signal and idler from same output port from primoScan OPO

- automatic switching between signal and idler

0000-0000 (or Equal) Installation of PrimoScan to existing Quanta-Ray laser.

GRAND TOTAL -$

Contractor Name

OPO LAser Quote Sheet