Loren Data's SAM Daily™

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 FBO #1767
SOURCES SOUGHT

59 -- Dual Mode Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier

Notice Date

9/26/2006
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

335999 — All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, CA, 93524-1185
 

ZIP Code

93524-1185
 

Solicitation Number

F1S0AX6243B003
 

Response Due

9/28/2006
 

Archive Date

10/13/2006
 

Description

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT; A MARKET SURVEY FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SYNOPSIS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIALLY QUALIFIED SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS (SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS, ETC.) PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION, AS ONE DOES NOT EXIST. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB, CA intends to solicit and award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to Applied Systems Engineering, Inc., PO Box 122987, Fort Worth, TX 76121. This acquisition shall acquire three Model 37 X/Ku 6.0 to 18.0 GHz., Dual Mode Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier. Part Number 59303-1. This requirement is for this specific type of amplifier stated above. Any qualified and interested companies responding to this announcement must be able to provide a statement of capabilities that they ca support this particular requirement. The Government is seeking only qualified sources interested in providing the items identified above. Below are the required specifications needed. All aspects listed below must be met to be valid for this requirement. Frequency: 6.0 to 18.0 GHz Output Power: +48.5 dBm (70W), Minimum Output Power Flatness: +1.0 dB at Saturation RF Gain at Saturation: 49 dB, Minimum, Gain Flatness +2 dB Small Signal Gain: 55 dB, Minimum, Gain Flatness +4 dB Noise Power Density: Broadband: +19 dBm, Maximum Per MHZ: -22 dBm/MHZ, Maximum Harmonics: -3 dBc, Maximum RF Output Connector: WRD-650 Flange Gain Variuation, Fine Grain: + 2 dB Maximum, Peak to adjacent valley over the specified frequency range at constant temp. and RF input power within -40 dB of the specified RF output power. Garin Stability: 0.1 dB, pulse-to-pulse, Maximum Phase Stability: +1.0 Degree, peak-to-peak, Maximum PRF Range: 0 to 1 MHZ Pulse Width Range: 50 nanoseconds to CW VSWR, Input/Output: 2.0 to 1.0, Maximum Load VSWR: 2,7 to 1.0, Full Power Load VSWR: 3.0:0, Maximum Spurious Signals: -50 dBc, Maximum Noise Power (Beam Off): -100 dBm/MHZ Primary Power: 187/229 VAC +10% 47 to 63 Hz, 1200 Watts, Maximum, Removable Power Cord, IEC 320 RF Sample Port: -30 dBc, Typical Rear Mounted SMA, Female Calibration data to be supplied Detected RF Output Port: 1.5 V, 75 ohms at full power Rear mounted BNC Output Rise and Fall Time/Pulsed RF Input Rise and Fall Times: Within 5 nanoseconds of one another Output Rise and Fall Time with CW RF Input: 15 nanoseconds, Maximum Time Delay, Leading Edge of Input Pulse to RF Output Pulse: 500 nanoseconds, Maximum Time Delay, Trailing Edge Pulse: 50 nanoseconds, Maximum of Input Pulse to RF Output Delay Variation Unit-to-Unit: 25 nanoseconds, Maximum Duty Cycle: CW Remote Control Functions: Power On/Off, Operate, Standby, Fault Reset Remote Control: IEEE-488 Standard 19? rack mount Chassis 8.75? high, 26.25? deep with provisions for slides. E-mail responses to this request for information are preferred, and should be sent to: steven.barry@edwards.af.mil. All questions must be submitted in writing and forwarded to the aforementioned point of contact. Mr. Barry can be reached by phone at 661-277-8317. Mailed responses should be submitted to the attention of Steven Barry, AFFTC/PKDB, 5 South Wolfe Ave, Bldg 2800, Edwards AFB CA 93524. The due date and time for responses to this synopsis is 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time on 27 Sep 06.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 5 South Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB

Zip Code: 93524

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01154770-W 20060928/060926220515 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

---

| FSG Index  |  This Issue's Index  |  Today's FBO Daily Index Page |