Notice End Date: February 6, 2023

Vendor Name: Yokogawa AQ6377 Optical Spectrum Analyzer and Related Accessories

Contract Amount: $143,100.00

Agency Procurement Manager: SC Young

Agency Procurement Manager Email: scy@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 864-656-2830

The Agency hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

A research group at Clemson University will soon begin research into gas-filled hollow core fiber lasers. Due to this new field of research, we can achieve wavelengths that were never possible in optical fibers. Some of these wavelengths, important to counter-thermal sensor applications, are >3µm at a very narrow linewidth (<1nm). Due to these research constraints and the fact that we need to measure these center wavelengths and frequencies to such a high degree of accuracy, we need an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) to meet these research demands. After looking at suppliers for an OSA that would meet the demands of this endeavor, we found the Yokogawa AQ6377-10-L1-D; Its wavelength range is between 1900nm to 5500nm, perfecting spanning the wavelength requirements of our project, as well as having a high wavelength resolution of 0.2nm, allowing us to measure, not only around 3µm, but >3µm as well. This instrument is also already perfectly compatible with other instruments and accessories that we have in our lab. Further, this equipment cannot be purchased from any other reseller or distributor. Due to these factors, as well as the fact that other companies or supplies cannot meet our research needs, this item is a sole-source procurement.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Agency Procurement Manager (Listed Above)

PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-310(13).

Any Notice Of Intent To Protest And Protest Must Be Addressed To: Materials Management Officer