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U.S. Department of Navy Naval Research Laboratory Small Purchase Branch

USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION FOR AN ACQUISITION UNDER

THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD – (exceeding $10,000 $250,000)

Purchase Request No.

Estimated Cost (including options, if any)

FAR 13.106 1(b)(1)(i) states for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, Contracting Officers may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization).

As required by FAR 13.106 3(b)(3)(i), this justification explains the absence of competition for this acquisition, as only one source will be solicited for this requirement (or for a portion of the requirement) and the requirement is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

DESCRIPTION OF ITEM OR SERVICE: (Provide a description of the item or service required, to include its intended use, the name of the required source or brand name, and the required delivery date/period of performance.)

THE DETERMINATION FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING (select all that apply):

A. ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE (select all that apply):

1. RESTRICTIVE RIGHTS. The source has established proprietary rights, limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights or secret processes in the item or service required. (Explain what rights are restricted, why the restrictive rights make the required item or service available from only one source, and why another company could not satisfy the Government’s need.)

2. EXCLUSIVE LICENSING AGREEMENTS. The item or service is only available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or there is only one authorized distributor or technical representative for the OEM. (Identify the OEM and explain the circumstances surrounding why the item or service is only available from the OEM).

1301026349

Description: Pulsed Ytterbium Fiber Laser

Required Source: Lumibird, Inc.

Period of Performance/Required Delivery: ASAP

NRL needs to procure a Pulsed Ytterbium Fiber Laser with the following characteristics: 1. Pulse duration > 500 ps and < 1.5 ns 2.

Repetition rate > 350 kHz and < 100 MHz 3. Pulse peak power > 20 kW 4. Average power of at least 10 W 5. Power with 0.5 nm of center wavelength > 95%. 6. Fiber coupled output 7. Power consumption < 100 W 8. Seed tap for monitoring and 9. Gain for last stage of amplification < 18 dB (preferred). Based on Market Research conducted by the TPOC, the unit from Lumibird (PYFL-M03-RP-025-001-400-1064-T1-ET0-PM14D-FA) is the only unit capable of meeting each of the nine aforementioned characteristics. There are multiple vendors that claim they can meet some of the required laser characteristics, but none of them are able to provide a system that simultaneously provides all nine with proper performance. One of the issues in reporting the peak power has been that vendors cannot directly measure the peak power and estimate it from the average power, repetition rate, and pulse duration. However, lots of the power can be carried by signals outside the center bandwidth of the laser, or in a CW background. To avoid this, Lumibird provided the spectrum and the temporal amplification traces for multiple points of the last amplification stage, correlating the output power to the increase of the temporal trace.