NOTICE OF INTENT-Excimer & DPSS Lasers

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Coherent NA, Inc, located in Plymouth, MI, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source to purchase an Excimer and DPSS Lasers.        

NIST has a requirement to purchase one (1) 248 nm Excimer laser producing > 25 Watts effective power; one (1) 193 nm Excimer laser producing > 4.5 Watts effective power; and one (1) frequency-doubled Nd: YAG laser yielding 532 nm > 6 watt (continuous wave optical power).

The NAICS Code is 334513, Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, with a small business size standard of 750 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price contract to Coherent for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by April 14, 2022. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to angela.hitt@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than March 2, 2022, at 11 a.m. MST.