SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- RECOVERY-PORTABLE TUNABLE LASER SYSTEMS FOR RADIOMETRY
- Notice Date
- 4/6/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-09-SS36
- Archive Date
- 5/6/2009
- Point of Contact
- Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
todd.hill@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing two portable tunable laser-based radiometric calibration systems for remote sensing sensors. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a system that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. This contemplated procurement is anticipated to utilize Recovery Act Funding if it is determined that responsible sources can satisfy the requirement. NIST has a need for two (2) portable tunable laser-based calibration systems for advanced radiometry that would meet the following requirements: 1.The laser systems must be capable of covering the spectral range from 210 nm to 3000 nm with at least 10 mW of optical power from 210 nm to 240 nm, at least 100 mW from 240 nm to 300 nm, at least 200 mW from 360 nm to 480 nm, at least 300 mW from 520 nm to 1000 nm, and at least 100 mW from 1000 nm to 3000 nm. The laser system repetition rate must be at least 70 MHz and the spectral resolution must be commensurate with a 1-2 psec laser source. It is desired that the laser system be computer controllable. It is desired that the entire system fit on a 4 foot by 6 foot optical table. Training in the operation of the laser system(s) is required. 2. The laser systems must be fiber-optically coupled into artifacts including integrating spheres and collimators for both radiance responsivity and irradiance responsivity calibrations. The systems should match the field-of-view/optical system geometry of a nominal sensor to be calibrated. 3. Associated electronics and data acquisition tools are required with the system, including, but not limited to, wavemeter, shutter, data logger, transfer standard irradiance and radiance meters, transimpedance amplifiers, electronic ruler, and actuator controller. All equipment must be controllable through Ethernet using LabView software. It is desired to have LabView drivers for all equipment. 4.A broadband spectrally tunable validation source is required. The output of the source must be coupled into a fiber bundle or liquid light guide with a 1 mm diameter. The source spectral power density coupled into a 1 mm diameter fiber bundle or liquid light guide must be least 1 mW/nm from 450 nm to 2400 nm. An extended spectral range from 300 nm to 400nm with spectral power density of approximately 0.5 mW/nm is desired. The ability to change the relative spectral distribution of the source to match a user-defined spectral distribution with approximately 5 nm spectral resolution is desired. 5. The system will be required to operate at remote environmental field sites. As such, at least one of the systems must be self-contained in a climate-controlled environment. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company’s size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that construct portable tunable laser-based calibration systems for advanced radiometry are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to todd.hill@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to todd.hill@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
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