SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Fabricate Ulta-Low Loss Mirrors
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NB847000-9-18512DR
- Archive Date
- 8/15/2009
- Point of Contact
- DianaRomero, Phone: 303-497-3761
- E-Mail Address
-
diana.romero@noaa.gov
(diana.romero@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division, Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Advanced Thin Films, LLC for fabricating ultra-low loss mirrors. Sole Source determination is based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) requirements which can only be met by Advanced Thin Films, LLC for fabricating ultra-low loss mirrors. The contractor will fabricate ultra-loss lows ion-beam deposited optical coatings and fused silica rings, and optical contracting services to mate these mirrors, ring and NIST supplied cavity spacers. Based on market research Advance Thin Films, LLC is the only known vendor that can meet these requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, firms that believe they can provide equipment that fully meets the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/MASC/NB847000-9-18512DR/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 5733 Central Ave., Boulder, Colorado, 80301-2848, United States
- Zip Code: 80301-2848
- Zip Code: 80301-2848
- Record
- SN01900152-W 20090807/090806000905-b7aebaf1b97d1d4f951eef7bd870dab1 (fbodaily.com)
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