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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $1,337,573 | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | — | 541710 | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Dec 30, 2008 | Nov 25, 2008 | Aug 31, 2012 | ||
| SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200276076 PURCHASE OF TWO PAIRS OF CUSTOM-MADE CALCIUM FLUORIDE ASPHERIC LENSES TO BE USED AS PHASE INDUCED AMPLITUDE APODIZERS IN THE AMES CORONAGRAPH EXPERIMENT TESTBED. THE ASPHERIC LENS SETS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PROCUREMENT ARE UNIQUE TO THIS APPLICATION. THE LENS DESIGN DOES NOT USE CONIC SECTIONS OR ANY OTHER ANALYTICAL SHAPES THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED WITH CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS. THESE DESIGNS ARE TRULY GENERALIZED ASPHERES THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED IN NUMERICAL TABLES. THESE PROPERTIES SEVERELY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF VENDORS CAPABLE OF MAKING THE LENSES. WE HAVE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE MARKET RESEARCH, CALLING ON EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF ADAPTIVE OPTICS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SOURCES FOR THE PREVIOUS, IDENTICAL PROCUREMENT NNA08BA25P, AWARDED JANUARY 29, 2008. SIXTEEN FIRMS WERE CONTACTED, AND ONLY TWO QUOTES DEEMED TO BE RESPONSIVE WERE RECEIVED. OF THE TWO QUOTES, AXSYS IS LESS EXPENSIVE BY NEARLY A FACTOR OF TWO. THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF `NO-BIDS REINFORCEE OUR CONCLUSION THAT THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PROCUREMENT RESULT IN A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF CAPABLE VENDORS. WHILE AXSYS IS NOT STRICTLY THE SOLE VENDOR CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING THIS ITEM, THEIR QUOTED PRICE AND THEIR PROVEN TRACK RECORD AS WELL AS THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF NNA08BA25P MAKE THEM THE ONLY CHOICE WORTH CONSIDERING FOR THIS PURCHASE. | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $13,246 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 333314 | AR42 | Dec 19, 2008 | Dec 19, 2008 | Jan 30, 2009 | ||
| PURCHASE OF TWO PAIRS OF CUSTOM-MADE CALCIUM FLUORIDE ASPHERIC LENSES TO BE USED AS PHASE INDUCED AMPLITUDE APODIZERS IN THE AMES CORONAGRAPH EXPERIMENT TESTBED. THE ASPHERIC LENS SETS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PROCUREMENT ARE UNIQUE TO THIS APPLICATION. THE LENS DESIGN DOES NOT USE CONIC SECTIONS OR ANY OTHER ANALYTICAL SHAPES THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED WITH CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS. THESE DESIGNS ARE TRULY GENERALIZED ASPHERES THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED IN NUMERICAL TABLES. THESE PROPERTIES SEVERELY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF VENDORS CAPABLE OF MAKING THE LENSES. WE HAVE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE MARKET RESEARCH, CALLING ON EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF ADAPTIVE OPTICS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SOURCES FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. SIXTEEN FIRMS WERE CONTACTED, AND ONLY TWO QUOTES DEEMED TO BE RESPONSIVE WERE RECEIVED. OF THE TWO QUOTES, AXSYS IS LESS EXPENSIVE BY NEARLY A FACTOR OF TWO. THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF REFUSAL TO BID REINFORCES OUR CONCLUSION THAT THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PROCUREMENT RESULT IN A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF CAPABLE VENDORS. WHILE AXSYS IS NOT STRICTLY THE SOLE VENDOR CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING THIS ITEM, THEIR QUOTED PRICE AND THEIR PROVEN TRACK RECORD MAKE THEM THE ONLY CHOICE WORTH CONSIDERING FOR THIS PURCHASE. AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES IS THE ONLY VENDOR TO SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THESE COMPLEX OPTICS. THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE A VERY SIMILAR SET OF LENSES THAT MEET OUR SPECIFICATIONS, AND HAVE ALREADY DONE THE CRITICAL NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING, NRE OF CONVERTING OUR MATHEMATICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE LENS SURFACES INTO COMMANDS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURING MACHINES. THEIR PROCESS HAS ALSO BEEN VALIDATED AS PRODUCING OPTICS OF THE DESIRED SHAPE WITH THE REQUIRED LOW SURFACE ERROR. CHOOSING ANOTHER VENDOR WOULD ADD COST, DELAY, AND RISK SINCE THIS NRE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPEATED - POSSIBLY ERRONEOUSLY - BY THE NEW VENDOR. SELECTING ANOTHER SOURCE WOULD DELAY THE MILESTONES OF THE AMES CORONAGRAPH EXPERIMENT TESTBED, REDUCING THE CHANCE THAT AMES COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A NASA FLIGHT MISSION FOR DETECTING EXTRASOLAR PLANETS. THE ONLY OTHER CREDIBLE QUOTE, FROM COASTAL OPTICAL SYSTEMS, WOULD INCREASE PROJECT COSTS BY NEARLY $20,000, AND WOULD ALSO ADD CONSIDERABLE PERFORMANCE RISK SINCE COASTAL LACKS AXSYS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE THESE COMPLEX OPTICS. PURCHASING THESE OPTICS FROM ANY AVAILABLE SOURCE OTHER THAN AXSYS IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $16,964 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 336419Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | AR42 | Jan 29, 2008 | Jan 30, 2008 | — | ||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $1,722,761 | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | — | 541710 | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Mar 19, 2007 | Mar 13, 2007 | Sep 30, 2008 | ||
| OFF-AXIS PARABOLIC MIRROR | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $25,285 | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY | — | — | 334516Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | 6640LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES | Mar 2, 2007 | Mar 2, 2007 | Jun 15, 2008 | ||
| MANUFACTURE OF CRYOGENIC MIRRORS | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $141,454 | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY | — | — | 334516Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | 6640LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES | Feb 4, 2005 | Feb 4, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 | ||
| — | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $0 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 335312Motor and Generator Manufacturing | 6105MOTORS, ELECTRICAL | Aug 23, 2004 | Aug 23, 2004 | — | ||
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| — | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $0 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | — | 334511Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing | 1220FIRE CONTROL COMPUTING SIGHTS AND DEVICES | Dec 19, 2002 | Dec 19, 2002 | — | ||
| — | SPEEDRING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | $0 | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY | — | — | 333314 | 6650OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, TEST EQUIPMENT, COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES | Jan 15, 2002 | Jan 15, 2002 | Nov 15, 2002 |