USAFA - TOPTICA HIGH-PERFORMANCE LASER SYSTEMS

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

The US Air Force Academy (USAFA), Commodities and Services Flight, 10th Contracting Squadron intends to award a single source contract for the purchase of:

• Two continuous-wave (CW) single-frequency tunable diode lasers (Toptica - DLC TA PRO "NIR") in a system with the following salient characteristics/specifications:
  
  
  
  • Laser 1 (Oscillator + Tapered Amplifier): Output power ≥ 2.5 W at 882 nm.
  
  
  • Laser 2 (Oscillator Only): Output power ≥ 90 mW at 882 nm.
  
  
  • Performance specifications:
    
    
    
    • Tuning Range: Minimum 80% of rated power across the 840-885 nm range.
    
    
    • Controller: Integrated computerized controller with frequency tuning and locking.
    
    
    • Linewidth: ≤ 100 kHz.
    
    
    • Resonator: Laser resonator machined from a single block of aluminum (Al).
    
    
    • Single-Mode Scan Range: Continuous single-mode scanning ≥ 20 GHz, mode-hop free.
    
    
    • Fiber Output: FC/APC fiber optic output coupler with single-mode polarization-maintaining (SMPM) fiber.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Two CW single-frequency tunable diode lasers (Toptica DLC TA PRO 780 "RED") in a system with the following salient characteristics/specifications:
  
  
  
  • Laser 1 (Oscillator + Tapered Amplifier): Output power ≥ 2.8 W at 780 nm.
  
  
  • Laser 2 (Oscillator Only): Output power ≥ 90 mW at 780 nm.
  
  
  • Performance specifications:
    
    
    
    • Tuning Range: Minimum 70% of rated power across the 775-790 nm range.
    
    
    • Controller: Integrated computerized controller with frequency tuning and locking.
    
    
    • Linewidth: ≤ 100 kHz.
    
    
    • Resonator: Laser resonator machined from a single block of aluminum (Al).
    
    
    • Single-Mode Scan Range: Continuous single-mode scanning ≥ 20 GHz, mode-hop free.
    
    
    • Fiber Output: FC/APC fiber optic output coupler with single-mode polarization-maintaining (SMPM) fiber
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

The identified single source is:

Toptica Photonics, Inc.

1120 Pittsford Victor Rd.

Pittsford, NY 14534-3818

USA

Cage Code: 3DFK4

Toptica Photonics, Inc. a small business, is the sole distributor of Toptica products in North America.

THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. This acquisition is being pursued on a single source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, the Government will consider all responses received to this notice by the closing date and time of this Notice. IAW FAR 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a single source for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer determined the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Attachments: Single Source Justification and Approval.