67 -- INTENSIFIED CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (ICCD) CAMERA SYSTEM

Notice Date

May 21, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

ZIP Code

94035-1000

Solicitation Number

RFQ2-38013-MXS

Response Due

June 5, 2001

Point of Contact

Marianne Shelley, Purchasing Agent, Phone (650) 604-4179, Fax (650) 604-4357, Email mshelley@mail.arc.nasa.gov -- Ronnee R. Gonzalez, Contracting Officer, Phone (650) 604-4386, Fax (650) 604-4357, Email rgonzalez@mail.arc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Marianne Shelley (mshelley@mail.arc.nasa.gov)

Description

NASA/ARC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a digital Intensified Charge-Coupled Device Camera System (ICCD) for use in the NASA/Ames Aerodynamic Heating Facility as an integral component of existing laser diagnostics instrumentation. The system specifications have the following requirements: 1. The ICCD system must be compatible with existing customized Roper Scientific/Princeton Instruments laboratory hardware and control software. 2. The photocathode must have a quantum efficiency greater than or equal to 28% at 830 nm, and greater than or equal to 40% at 546 nm. 3. The intensifier must be optimized for operation in the near IR. 4. The intensifier must maintain a sustained repetition rate of at least 5 KHz. 5. The detector head must gate for less than 5 ns FWHM exposures. 6. The detector head must be sealed and require no purge gas during operation. 7. The detector must have air cooling for operation at -20*C. 8. The system must have CCD format with 512 X 512 pixels with true 16 bit dynamic range. 9. The system must be equipped with a camera controller with dual 16-bit 100 KHz and 1Mhz digitizer speed. 10. The system must have Windows based acquisition software. 11. The vendor must perform in-house tests on the new system to select and certify both its performance and suitability for NASA/ARC s particular needs. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/ARC intends to purchase this item (Princeton Instruments PI-MAX 512HQ) from Roper Scientific of Trenton, NJ. This acquisition is made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, based on the system s ability to interface with existing Roper/Princeton laboratory equipment and its two-dimensional imaging capability at very high data rates. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 12:30 p.m. local time on June 5, 2001. Such capabilities/qualifications 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 full and open competition 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. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html

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Record

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