This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under the FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.  This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334413 (Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1250.

The Government requires the procurement of one (1) Tunable Laser and two (2) Tunable Locking Lasers and accessories:

Tunable Locking Laser: Qty: 2

- DLC CTL 1550 FD3 S – Fiber Coupled Continuously Tunable Laser (>100 nm truly modehop-free tuning range, with <5 KHz resolution, ≥15 mW of fiber coupled optical power, ≥ 60 dB isolation)

- FALC PRO - Fast Analog Control Module

- DLC PRO LOCK - Locking option key

- DFC BCF - DFC and laser beam combiner 50:50% @ 1550 nm

- DFC MD - Monochromatic detector 10 GHz bandwidth @ 1550 nm

- LR CUSTOMIZED - Motorization of DFC MD 4.3V stepper and DC motor, programmable

Tunable Laser: Qty: 1

- DLC DL PRO - Tunable Diode Laser system centered at 775 nm

- #LD-0790-0120-AR-2

- #OK-001149 - Optical Isolator DSR780

- FIBERDOCK - Fiber Coupler Unit

- #OK-000679 - Fiber Patchcord

- MOT/DL PRO - Motorization DL pro

- #DA-000104

The Government intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Toptica Photonics, Inc.,

5847 County Rd. 41, Farmington, NY 14425

The Government has determined that other companies’ products and services do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet the Government’s needs.  Toptica Photonics is the only known vendor in the United States of Tunable Laser products that will satisfy the needs of this requirement. The Tunable Laser and Tunable Locking Lasers are developed exclusively by Toptica Photonics and its unique features will only work with the existing laser system at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY. 

This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to [email protected]. Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements.

Responses received will be evaluated; however a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 30 October 2021.

A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate

26 Electronic Parkway

Rome, New York 13441

United States