RFI for Spectroscopic CCD Camera Supply

The government authority located in Gaithersburg, Maryland is seeking a vendor to supply a spectroscopic Charge-Coupled Device camera. The agency needs this camera for a virtual imaged phased array-based spectrometer to determine the Heisenberg exchange in ultrathin films with high accuracy. The camera will record spectra of the spectrometer, which requires a sufficiently high spectral resolution for the measurements. The scope of work requires a camera with at least 1020 by 120 pixels and a backside-illuminated CCD chip. The camera must feature a high read-out rate per pixel of at least 1 megahertz in a fast mode, with a typical read-out noise of less than 20 electrons at that rate. The CCD chip must be cooled to at least minus 60 degrees Celsius, and the camera must allow both full vertical binning and unbinned modes. The technical specifications require a quantum efficiency larger than 90 percent at a wavelength of 532 nanometers. The pixel size must be larger than 12 micrometers by 12 micrometers and smaller than 28 micrometers by 28 micrometers. The agency requires the performance of the work to be onsite. Eligibility rules restrict this opportunity to onshore vendors within the United States only. The agency is looking for proposals to establish the budget for this procurement. The source document does not contain evaluation criteria or key dates.