This announcement serves as a Sources Sought Notice (FA700019Q0005) issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 for an upcoming acquisition at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). This sources sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or a commitment or obligation on the part of the Government to issue a solicitation. DO NOT submit a quote or proposal in response to this notice. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this notice is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this notice.

The purpose of this notice is to identify companies capable and qualified to manufacture or provide one Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser System with OPO and Harmonic Extensions for the United States Air Force Academy. All businesses capable of providing the Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser System with OPO and Harmonic Extensions are invited to respond. Interested small business vendors must reference their designation below, if applicable. For the purpose of this acquisition, the North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 334516 and the size standard in number of employees is 1,000.   

The contract type will be a firm-fixed price type contract.   

Delivery is FOB: Destination to USAF Academy, CO 80840.

The required quantity is one Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser System with OPO and Harmonic Extensions.

The minimum specifications for the Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser System with OPO and Harmonic Extensions are:

• High-energy Q-switched Nd: YAG laser with a 10 Hz repetition rate, minimum energy of 450 mJ and pulse width of 5 ns at 1064 nm
• Minimum divergence of 0.5 mrad
• Minimum beam point stability of 30 µrad
• Includes an injection seeding option
• Includes all necessary components for 2nd, 3rd, 4th harmonic generation (532, 355, and 266 nm outputs)
• Includes all necessary optics for separating 2nd, 3rd, 4th harmonic generation
• Includes an OPO extension with a tuning range from 410 nm - 2500 nm
• Must mate with existing government owned Edinburgh Instruments LP980 Spectrometer
• Purchase price must include system integration costs

All items and components must be made and manufactured in accordance with DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program.  All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with FAR 52.212-4(t), System for Award Management, that the lack of registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) will make an offeror ineligible for contract award.      

Response Instructions:

Responses are due no later than 1 November 2018, 4:30 p.m. MST. Questions and responses should be addressed to the primary contact, Doris Jeffers, Contract Specialist, [email protected] or the alternate point of contact, Shaun Bright, Contracting Officer, [email protected].

Responses should also include the following:

1.  Company Profile:

                a. Company name:

                b. Mailing address:

                c. CAGE code and DUNS number, as registered in SAM:

                d. Point of contact (name, telephone number, and email address):

e. Business size designation/status, e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business, Veteran-Owned or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, large business, etc.:

2.  Appropriate written information and/or data supporting your capability to provide the stated Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser System with OPO and Harmonic Extensions. Comments and/or suggestions on the specifications are encouraged and can be included in your capabilities package.

3.  Answers to the following questions:

a.       Is this equipment readily available in the commercial market?

b.       Do you require different terms and conditions than those normally used by the Government? If so, what are they? Please provide a copy of your terms and conditions for this type of work, if applicable.

c.        What are your standard payment terms (e.g., Net 30)?

d.       What delivery lead times do you anticipate?

e.        Is your company the manufacturer? If not, who is the manufacturer?

f.        Where is the equipment manufactured (e.g., Country of Origin, or if U.S., City, State)?

g.        What technology trends exist in this industry that might affect this acquisition?

Thank you for your participation.