SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- non-contacting heterodyne visible laser interferometer
- Notice Date
- 3/29/2013
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-13-SS34
- Archive Date
- 4/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Eric Bubar, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
-
eric.bubar@nist.gov
(eric.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a non-contacting heterodyne visible laser interferometer to support research and development in the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML). After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, and specifications developed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order for a non-contacting heterodyne visible laser interferometer. 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. The Physical Measurement Laboratory develops and disseminates the national standards of length, mass, force and shock, acceleration, time and frequency, electricity, temperature, humidity, pressure and vacuum, liquid and gas flow, and electromagnetic, optical, microwave, acoustic, ultrasonic, and ionizing radiation. Its activities range from fundamental measurement research through provision of measurement services, standards, and data. The Quantum Measurement Division (QMD) provides measurement and data support for a broad range of national needs, conducts metrology research enabling more accurate determination of SI units and fundamental constants, performs basic electrical, mass, force and torque calibrations, distributes its findings widely and effectively, and maintains an active schedule of services, partnerships and collaborations with industry, academe and government. This optical heterodyne displacement-measuring laser vibrometer will have digital demodulation to perform high-accuracy measurement of displacement of a moving target for displacements up to 10.5 cm and velocities up to 0.65 m/s. The system must be able to measure the displacement of a single target spot and the differential displacement between two target spots (these two modes do not have to operate simultaneously). All requirements stated below assume a user-supplied smooth target surface of reflectivity ≥ 60% at the laser wavelength. Acceptance testing may take up to 4 months after delivery. Minimum Requirements: 1. Nominal wavelength: 633 nm 2. Laser spot size: 80 µm ≤ 1/e2 laser spot diameter ≤ 8 mm; smaller spot sizes may be acceptable if accompanied by guarantee that the vibrometer will perform as specified in the presence of features (i.e. scratches) of up to 2 µm width on the reflector surface. 3. System optical power level: < 1 milliwatt 4. Heterodyne frequency: ≥ 1 MHz 5. Laser vacuum wavelength absolute accuracy (lifetime, 3 sigma): ≤ ± 1 ppm 6. Laser frequency stability (1 hour, 3 sigma): ≤ ± 0.1 ppm 7. Displacement range: ≥ ±10.5 cm (both single-point and differential modes) 8. Number of measurement axes: 1 9. Single-point measurement mode: minimum velocity range 0 m/s to ± 0.65 m/s, resolution ≤ 0.2 nm, interferometer thermal coefficient ≤ 50 nm/C 10. Differential measurement mode (optical differencing): minimum velocity range 0 m/s to ± 0.65 m/s, resolution ≤ 0.2 nm, interferometer thermal coefficient ≤ 10 nm/C 11. Measurement orientation: measurement axis at 90 degree angle to output beam from laser head. 12. Target distance: closest optical element or surface to be not less than 0.5 m and not more than 5 m from target reflector. 13. All power-dissipating electronics to be thermally-decoupled from optical components. 14. Electronic displacement error: ≤ 0.2 nm 15. Error due to imperfect path separation of optical frequencies: ≤ 3 nm 16. External sampling control at rates up to ≥ 100 kS/s, with sample timing variability with respect to sample signal edge of ≤ 5 ns. 17. Windows-compatibility: Connection to PC running Windows 7 or Windows XP, from which system will be operated. Acceptable interfaces are USB, PCI, PCI Express, eSATA, GPIB, Ethernet, HDMI, Serial, Parallel. 18. Laser power supply: operation from 60 Hz, 115 V. 19. Cooling: Air or solid-state cooling only. 20. Laser lifetime: Tested MTBF ≥ 30,000 hrs 21. All required mounting components to be provided. 22. All required interconnecting components, cables and fibers to be provided, as well as all required power cables. 23. All required alignment aids for system set-up to be provided. 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 and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture a non-contacting heterodyne visible laser interferometer are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to eric.bubar@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 eric.bubar@nist.gov is 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. Point of Contact Eric Bubar, Contracting Specialist, Phone (301) 975-3635, Email eric.bubar@nist.gov
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