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This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334413 (Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1250 employees.

The Government requires the procurement of an Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) system, and intends to negotiate a sole-source award for this requirement with Toptica Photonics, Inc.,

1120 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. Applicable Toptica Photonics, Inc. part numbers are as follows:

• DLC TOPO


• TOPO FIBER PROBE P+S


• #SC-000016


• HF-ANGS WS/7-30-IR2


• HF-PCS4

The Government has determined that other companies’ products and services do not meet or cannot be modified to meet the Government’s needs. Toptica Photonics, Inc. is the only known commercial vendor that offers an Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) capable of meeting the following essential specifications/characteristics:

• Output power: minimum of 2W @ 1550nm and 1W @ 2300nm


• Narrow linewidth that is at most 2 MHz at all operational wavelengths. Wavelengths are as follows:
  
  
  
  • 1500nm – 2000nm
  
  
  • 2100nm – 4000nm
  
  
  
  

This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to tiffany.slopka@us.af.mil. Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements.

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 28 February 2024.

A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.

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