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Last Updated on 16 Sep 2015 at 8 AM
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Notice of Intent-Cavity Diode Laser

Solicitation ID NB688000-15-04878
Posted Date 28 Aug 2015 at 5 PM
Archive Date 16 Sep 2015 at 5 AM
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Contracting Office Department Of Commerce Nist
Agency Department Of Commerce
Location Institute West virginia United states
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Toptica Photonics, located in Victor, NY, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for a Cavity Diode Laser.

The unique technical specification of this tunable external cavity diode laser are: Linewidth: <100 kHz, 50 kHz best effort (5 us integration time);Output power: >= 70 mW (before optical isolation); and Diode current noise: 280 pA/sqrt(Hz) at 1 kHz, < 50 nA pk-pk (0.1 to 10 Hz).


The NAICS Code is 333314- Optical Instruments and Lens Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica for this requirement.
Interested parties that can demonstrate that they could satisfy the requirements 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 9/23/2015. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected]. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at [email protected] no later than September 1, 2015 at 5 p.m. MST.

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