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58 -- ND: YAG PUMPED DYE LASER SYSTEM SOL NRMGB000800169JW DUE 080798 POC Jacqueline Wright (303) 497-5282, FAX (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisitions Management, Brenda.S.Summers@noaa.gov. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aeronomy Lab (AL), has a requirement for a laser system. The laser will be used to generate and detect trace molecules in a gas phase system for research in Atmospheric Chemistry. The laser system shall, as a minimum consist of a Nd: YAG laser with harmonic generation accessories and a dye laser pumped by the above Nd: YAG laser. The Nd: YAG laser should be flashlamp pumped and have harmonic generation accessories to meet certain requirements such as; the YAG laser will often be used by itself with the following energy specifications met at 10 Hz: greater than or equal to 600 mJ/pulse at 1064nm, greater than or equal to 275 mJ/pulse at 532nm, greater than or equal to 75 mJ/pulse at 355nm. The pulse energy stability (i.e. pulse to pulse energy fluctuation) shall be less than 4% at both 532 nm and 355 nm. Long term stability at 532 nm should be better than 6 percent. Pulse jitter at 1064 nm shall be less than or equal to 0.5ns. The dye laser shall be capable of being pumped by either the second (532 nm) or the third (355 nm) harmonic of the above Nd: YAG laser. Line width of the dye laser shall be less than 0.1 wavenumbers at 560 nm and shall have the ability to produce 0.05 wavenumbers as a retrofit in the future. The A.S.E. background should be less than 0.2 percent at the peak of the dye and 0.5 percent at the edge of the dye curve. All interested sources should have an established service department that can repair the equipment with minimal downtime. Interested sources must submit a written qualification statement along with the request for the bid package by August 3, 1998. Responses must reference Synopsis No. NRMGB000800169JW. This announcement/solicitation is being issued under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Part 13 (NTE $100,000.00). The award decision will be based upon the best value to the Government, with technical merit and past performance being significantly more important than price. Terms and Conditions and agency levelprotest procedures are referenced at http://netsite.esa.doc.gov.oam. Technical questions can be directed to A. R. Ravishankara at (303) 497-3529. JACQUELINE WRIGHT, Purchasing Agent. Posted 07/23/98 (D-SN227399). (0204)

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