Chemical, Phosphor, Rare Earth, Inorganic Oxysulfide, Infrared-to-VisibleUpconverter

Title - W911QY-12-R-0042 - Chemical, Phosphor, Rare Earth, Inorganic Oxysulfide, Infrared-to-Visible Upconverter; U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Massachusetts. The Government anticipates that this solicitation, in the form of a Request For Proposal (RFP), will be available on or about 20 March 2012 from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website on-line at https://www.fbo.gov/ and the Natick Contracting Division website at http://www3.natick.army.mil. The solicitation, specifications, and associated information will be available only from the Federal Business Opportunities and Natick Contracting Division websites.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Contractor will provide all plant, labor, supplies, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision necessary to provide three types of custom designed materials. The following materials will be procured, via delivery orders, in the proposed acquisition for use as additives: three luminescent materials (up-converters) that include rare earth phosphors that have narrow energy (IR) excitation and emitting in a narrow VIS wavelength. All three rare earth phosphors, will have an emission in the IR wavelength when excited by a N-IR source. All work required shall be in strict accordance with the detailed requirements of the technical provisions and specifications. All deliveries shall be F.O.B. Destination to the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, MA.

The Government anticipates awarding a single Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contract with a base period of one (1) year and two (2) one-year option periods and that all delivery orders under this IDIQ contract will be Firm Fixed Price. The first Delivery Order is anticipated to have a delivery requirement for June 2012 and shall constitute the minimum guarantee for this contract. Also, the Government contemplates including an option for the purchase of a technical data package (TDP) and, if necessary a patent license, covering all data and/or formula's necessary for the re-procurement of the custom designed material purchased hereunder. This solicitation is set aside for Small Businesses. Funds are presently not available for this acquisition. The applicable North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this solicitation is 325131 - Inorganic Dye and Pigment (Ceramic colors) Manufacturing and the small business size is 750 employees. All responsive offers from responsible offerors will be considered. Interested offerors must be registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR). CCR registration information can be accessed on-line at http://www.ccr.gov/. Interested offerors are required to post their representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov.

W911QY-12-R-0042 - Chemical, Phosphor, Rare Earth, Inorganic Oxysulfide, Infrared-to-Visible Upconverter; U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Massachusetts. The Government anticipates that this solicitation, in the form of a Request For Proposal (RFP), will be available on or about 1 March 2012 from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website on-line at https://www.fbo.gov/ and the Natick Contracting Division website at http://www3.natick.army.mil. The solicitation, specifications, and associated information will be available only from the Federal Business Opportunities and Natick Contracting Division websites.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Contractor will provide all plant, labor, supplies, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision necessary to provide three types of custom designed materials. The following materials will be procured, via delivery orders, in the proposed acquisition for use as additives: three luminescent materials (up-converters) that include rare earth phosphors that have narrow energy (IR) excitation and emitting in a narrow VIS wavelength. All three rare earth phosphors will have an emission in the IR wavelength when excited by a N-IR source. All work required shall be in strict accordance with the detailed requirements of the technical provisions and specifications. All deliveries shall be F.O.B. Destination to the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, MA.

The Government anticipates awarding a single Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contract with a base period of one (1) year and two (2) one-year option periods and that all delivery orders under this IDIQ contract will be Firm Fixed Price. The first Delivery Order is anticipated to have a delivery requirement for June 2012 and shall constitute the minimum guarantee for this contract. Also, the Government contemplates including an option for the purchase of a technical data package (TDP) and, if necessary a patent license, covering all data and/or formula's necessary for the re-procurement of the custom designed material purchased hereunder. This solicitation is set aside for Small Businesses. Funds are presently not available for this acquisition. The applicable North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this solicitation is 325131 - Inorganic Dye and Pigment (Ceramic colors) Manufacturing and the small business size is 750 employees. All responsive offers from responsible offerors will be considered. Interested offerors must be registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR). CCR registration information can be accessed on-line at http://www.ccr.gov/. Interested offerors are required to post their representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov.