Solicitations

Repair of NIST owned SRS Universal Gas Analyzer (UGA)

This requirement is conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b). This is a notice of intent to negotiate on a sole source basis and is not a request for competitive quotations. Vendors who want to challenge the sole source must submit an interest letter that demonstrates the capability to provide an equivalent repair service as described in the attached Statement of Work (SOW). Interested parties must provide rationale as to why they should be considered. All interested vendors must respond to this special notice by January 24, 2020, 10:00am, Mountain Time to Patricia Rose at patricia.rose [at] nist.gov. Responses received will be assessed; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion for the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will not reimburse for any costs connected with providing the capability information.

759NM FIBER EO PH MODULATOR

The Yb portable atomic clock projects require a 759 nm laser beam to create an optical lattice.  The necessary frequency stability is achieved by offset locking this IR laser to a stable optical cavity.  Using high frequency (>2 GHz) modulators ensures that the offset lock can span the frequency difference between the Yb atoms and a cavity resonance.  Using fiber instead of free space modulators reduces system complexity and adds robustness to the portable clocks.

SUPERPOLISHED FUSED SILICA MIRROR SUBSTRATES

The Government require high mechanical quality, super-polished, large radius of curvature mirror substrates with an annulus for optical contacting to be used in the construction of optical reference cavities for cavity-stabilized lasers. portable clocks.