SOLICITATION NOTICE
36 -- VACUUM CHAMBER
- Notice Date
- 5/27/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333298
— All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG08248316L
- Response Due
- 6/11/2008
- Archive Date
- 5/27/2009
- Point of Contact
- Greta Marie McCommas, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-614-5601, Fax 301-614-5619
- E-Mail Address
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greta.m.mccommas@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for1. Vacuum Chamber-AL Cube 36"x36"x48," Acrylic Door, Qty 1 -Altitude Testing Chamber includes- Clear Acrylic Door Vacuum dial gauge Inlet and Exhaust ports with ball valves2. Thermal plate cooling, refrigeration loop, 48" cube, Qty 1 Includes- -Cooling coils embedded in Al plate -Heating elements embedded in Al plate -Upgrade to Dual Loop PID Temp Controller -4"x4" threaded holes as possible with heater and cooling coils -Requires heated thermal plate and digital PID temperature controller items -Thermal plate will be mounted on the top of the chamber -500-750-lbs max load weight that can be put on or hung on the plate3. Closed-loop refrigeration system - temperature to -86C (150W at -50C), Qty 1 Includes- -Heat exchangers, mounted to thermal plate -Upgrade to Dual Loop PID Temp Controller -Requires Heated Thermal Plate and Digital PID Temperature Controller Items -Refrigerator mounted to Mobile Chamber Cart4. Light, LED bar, Qty 2 -Customer to determine location -Default location, one on each center, side wall, towards top of chamber5. Stand/Cart, 48" cube chambers, Qty 1 -Includes -Welded steel, custom, stand/cart frame with shelf, casters, leveling screws -painted or powder coated -All options selected and the vacuum pumps are to be mounted on the stand/cart. -Connected and tested then shipped as a complete system6. NW63 Flange, High Vacuum AL-NW63-type flange, Qty 3 Features- -Atmosphere to 10e-8 Torr -Quick clamp with blank -Viton, Buna, or Silicone gasket -3.75" (114.3mm) Flange OD -2.51 (63mm) Tube OD -Stand off tube Length 2.5" -Installed and tested7. Digital pressure controller and gauge-Low Vacuum, Qty 1 -Vacuum Range - 1000 to 10e-4 torr -Mounted in Vacuum Cycle Controller front panel8. Vacuum cycle controller - digital control, Qty 1 Allows automatic process control Includes- -NEMA Enclosure -Integration with digital pressure gauge -Vacuum Cycle Timer -Solenoid valves to control vacuum inlet/vent -Manual control switches -LED indicators9. ACP28 dry roughing pump, Alcatel/Adixen, Qty 1 Features- -ACP28, 16CFM, 2.25x10e-2 Torr Ultimate Pressure -115VAC or 230VAC Single PhaseNASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from ABESS Instruments and Systems, Inc. Thechamber will be used for testing of HIWRAP radar that is being developed at GSFC. HIWRAPis a dual frequency and dual beam Doppler radar designed for flying on NASA high altitudeWB57 research aircraft. This aircraft presents difficult environmental conditions forHIWRAP. The chamber will be used for running HIWRAP through a series of environmentaltests simulating the aircraft environment. A delivery in less than three months iscritical since completion of the prototype instrument for testing is required by Fall2008. Additionally, requirements are that the chamber must be portable. ABESS is the onlyvendor that can meet the required performance/environmental conditions along withsize/portability requirements.The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon June 9, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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